Your Thanks This Side of 40
Party Down - Season Two (2010)
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Banjo
Hey, did everyone know that a better-than-bootlegged copy of Deadhead Miles is available to stream "instantly" on Netflix? If I ever join the 21st century with a new TV and Blu-Ray player, that might be half the reason right there.
The second season of Party Down can be seen in the same format, apparently, but I caught it over Christmas on DVD instead. I didn't laugh at anything during the holidays the way I laughed at "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday," and I don't even like it when shows make G-list celebrities the center of attention. Anyway, he isn't, or no more than any of the catering company's Johns (Steves?). Regardless of guest stars, the spotlight belongs to the regulars, abetted in their creators' belief that luck is an opportunity that good people sometimes get, and sometimes don't.
If Party Down was a one season show, I wouldn't rush to recommend it. That's a lie. Everyone deserves more Martin Starr. Everything that makes him such a true, unlikable nerd is back in season two, but the writers find a better way to play to the strengths of his deficiencies. The friendship between Henry and Ron runs deeper, Uda retains the sweet calm of her oddly compelling personality, and the core cast - even in a room full of strangers - interacts like so many kids in love.
Romance is tricky and funny television almost impossible to find, but children and drugs and Lizzy Caplan will set you on the right path home.
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Banjo
Hey, did everyone know that a better-than-bootlegged copy of Deadhead Miles is available to stream "instantly" on Netflix? If I ever join the 21st century with a new TV and Blu-Ray player, that might be half the reason right there.
The second season of Party Down can be seen in the same format, apparently, but I caught it over Christmas on DVD instead. I didn't laugh at anything during the holidays the way I laughed at "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday," and I don't even like it when shows make G-list celebrities the center of attention. Anyway, he isn't, or no more than any of the catering company's Johns (Steves?). Regardless of guest stars, the spotlight belongs to the regulars, abetted in their creators' belief that luck is an opportunity that good people sometimes get, and sometimes don't.
If Party Down was a one season show, I wouldn't rush to recommend it. That's a lie. Everyone deserves more Martin Starr. Everything that makes him such a true, unlikable nerd is back in season two, but the writers find a better way to play to the strengths of his deficiencies. The friendship between Henry and Ron runs deeper, Uda retains the sweet calm of her oddly compelling personality, and the core cast - even in a room full of strangers - interacts like so many kids in love.
Romance is tricky and funny television almost impossible to find, but children and drugs and Lizzy Caplan will set you on the right path home.
posted by NPK at 12:35 AM
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