Lot of cringe in this show. Valerie Cherish gets humiliated over and over. It was funny the first couple of times. But the way she gets horribly treated by the writers, especially the offensive Paulie G character, is hard to watch. They could have made her character more strong, and less annoying and stupid.
The show was indeed ahead of its times, well over a decade before the #MeToo movement and the exposure of the misogyny prevailing in the male dominated entertainment industry (similar to other industries like tech and finance), which is clearly why the show didnt get good reviews and was cancelled after season 1.
I thought season 1 was better than season 2. Fastforward 10 years and the show made another 'comeback'. Season 2's premise was that the Valerie comes back as a 'meaner' version of her, so to speak, to star in a HBO sitcom about her character from the season 1 sitcom written and directed by her nemesis Paulie G. I didnt notice much of a difference in Lisa Kudrow's portrayal of this supposedly more nastier Valerie. She isnt half as mean as Paulie G was to her in season 1. Just the same grating voice and being idiotic, so it was hard to root for her or the show. And like the other writer says "why would you even work with him again?". Just a weak story line.
The show was indeed ahead of its times, well over a decade before the #MeToo movement and the exposure of the misogyny prevailing in the male dominated entertainment industry (similar to other industries like tech and finance), which is clearly why the show didnt get good reviews and was cancelled after season 1.
I thought season 1 was better than season 2. Fastforward 10 years and the show made another 'comeback'. Season 2's premise was that the Valerie comes back as a 'meaner' version of her, so to speak, to star in a HBO sitcom about her character from the season 1 sitcom written and directed by her nemesis Paulie G. I didnt notice much of a difference in Lisa Kudrow's portrayal of this supposedly more nastier Valerie. She isnt half as mean as Paulie G was to her in season 1. Just the same grating voice and being idiotic, so it was hard to root for her or the show. And like the other writer says "why would you even work with him again?". Just a weak story line.