TMC
10-28-2015, 12:35 AM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wicked-city-tv-review-834717
It degrades women, it has dreadful dialogue and it’s tone-deaf. “Why,” asks Tim Goodman, "would ABC make something as offensive and tedious as Wicked City, which so desperately wants to mimic something better on cable, when there’s already so much vastly better material than this on cable? Why wouldn’t ABC say something along the lines of, 'This is weak and it will make us look bad in comparison, so please pitch us something we can actually use.’” PLUS: Wicked City out-creeps (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/10/wicked_city_on_abc_starring_ed_westwick_the_true_detective_of_network_tv.html) cable as the True Detective of network TV, it’s the '80s version of NBC’s Aquarius (http://www.avclub.com/review/abcs-wicked-city-sounds-so-good-its-shame-youre-su-227514?), but Ed Westwick’s sickly charismatic (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/27/wicked-city-los-angeles-serial-killer-tv-anthology-abc?CMP=edit_2221) performance is perfect, it’s another drama that glorifies violence against women (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/10/26/wicked-city-and-tv-violence-against-women/22965/), Wicked City creator was inspired by the murder and music (http://observer.com/2015/10/wicked-city-ep-come-for-the-sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll-stay-for-the-intrigue/) of the time period, and why would anybody think a serial killer show would be a good fit for ABC’s aspirational and allegedly female-friendly brand (http://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/wocked-city-review-ed-westwick-abc-1201621290/)?
It degrades women, it has dreadful dialogue and it’s tone-deaf. “Why,” asks Tim Goodman, "would ABC make something as offensive and tedious as Wicked City, which so desperately wants to mimic something better on cable, when there’s already so much vastly better material than this on cable? Why wouldn’t ABC say something along the lines of, 'This is weak and it will make us look bad in comparison, so please pitch us something we can actually use.’” PLUS: Wicked City out-creeps (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/10/wicked_city_on_abc_starring_ed_westwick_the_true_detective_of_network_tv.html) cable as the True Detective of network TV, it’s the '80s version of NBC’s Aquarius (http://www.avclub.com/review/abcs-wicked-city-sounds-so-good-its-shame-youre-su-227514?), but Ed Westwick’s sickly charismatic (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/27/wicked-city-los-angeles-serial-killer-tv-anthology-abc?CMP=edit_2221) performance is perfect, it’s another drama that glorifies violence against women (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/10/26/wicked-city-and-tv-violence-against-women/22965/), Wicked City creator was inspired by the murder and music (http://observer.com/2015/10/wicked-city-ep-come-for-the-sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll-stay-for-the-intrigue/) of the time period, and why would anybody think a serial killer show would be a good fit for ABC’s aspirational and allegedly female-friendly brand (http://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/wocked-city-review-ed-westwick-abc-1201621290/)?