TMC
08-22-2015, 11:07 PM
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/aug/21/blunt-talk-patrick-stewart-review?CMP=edit_2221
"Strangely enough, he’s sort of the show’s weak link,” says Brian Moylan. "Just as it’s fun seeing Betty White swear, it’s great to see this lion of stage and screen do blow and take a bunch of Oxy, but that wears thin after awhile. As great an actor as Stewart is, he doesn’t quite nail the comedic tone here. It’s hard to buy someone as staunch as him behaving like such a libertine. Considering he’s in just about every scene, that’s a bit of a failure for the show.” PLUS: Blunt Talk is muddled but endearingly dirty (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/blunt-talk-patrick-stewart-gets-dirty-with-mixed-results/2015/08/21/00d4deda-4798-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html?), it may be the media comedy of our times (http://nypost.com/2015/08/21/patrick-stewart-scores-as-scandalous-news-anchor-in-starz-comedy/), Patrick Stewart’s character is too scattershot (http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/documentary-now-blunt-talk.html), it relies too heavily on Stewart’s madcap antics (http://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/blunt-talk-patrick-stewart-comedy-review-starz-1201569988/), and it easily wears out its welcome (http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Unevenly-Blunt-Talk-with-Patrick-Stewart-6447490.php?t=9e0fdc04a91210a92f&cmpid=twitter-premium).
"Strangely enough, he’s sort of the show’s weak link,” says Brian Moylan. "Just as it’s fun seeing Betty White swear, it’s great to see this lion of stage and screen do blow and take a bunch of Oxy, but that wears thin after awhile. As great an actor as Stewart is, he doesn’t quite nail the comedic tone here. It’s hard to buy someone as staunch as him behaving like such a libertine. Considering he’s in just about every scene, that’s a bit of a failure for the show.” PLUS: Blunt Talk is muddled but endearingly dirty (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/blunt-talk-patrick-stewart-gets-dirty-with-mixed-results/2015/08/21/00d4deda-4798-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html?), it may be the media comedy of our times (http://nypost.com/2015/08/21/patrick-stewart-scores-as-scandalous-news-anchor-in-starz-comedy/), Patrick Stewart’s character is too scattershot (http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/documentary-now-blunt-talk.html), it relies too heavily on Stewart’s madcap antics (http://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/blunt-talk-patrick-stewart-comedy-review-starz-1201569988/), and it easily wears out its welcome (http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Unevenly-Blunt-Talk-with-Patrick-Stewart-6447490.php?t=9e0fdc04a91210a92f&cmpid=twitter-premium).