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On The Day Comedy Won: How 30 Rock Beat Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

I think this article expresses every misgiving I had about "Studio 60" except one: The incessant political preachiness in the writing and the annoying sense of self importance the characters seemed to have. For example, there was a two parter where John Goodman played a judge in Nevada who detains some of the cast and writers. He makes a real point of telling them how he objects to the way their show portrays Middle America and ridicules his beliefs and so on. It felt like the writers were trying to say "Look Red States – we understand your feelings and we're giving them a voice in this lovable cranky judge character. Our liberal regulars are sure gonna learn a lesson this week!" I just don't think Hollywood or New York are NEARLY as important to the rest of the country as they think they are. It would have been more realistic and dramatically interesting to me if the Studio 60 staff had accused the judge of harrassing them because he found their program offensive only to be told that he didn't watch their show and frankly didn't give a shit what their little sketches had to say about his way of life.

Posted on February 5, 2011 at 4:02 pm

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