Monday, August 9, 2010
MADTOURAGE: How unsettling it is to wind down for two Sunday night shows -- one program to which one looks forward; one that one watches out of self-loathing -- only to discover that the two have become a single show. A successful man fails to see himself losing to an increasing drinking problem, turns to the comfort of a woman who is paid for her affections, and unwisely mixes his professional life with his seamy personal life. The jarring similarities left me so confused last night that I tried to apply Mad Men-style attention to a show that can't bear it. I spent way too long trying to figure out what Doug Ellin was trying to say with the unexpected reversal of Sasha Grey's and Turtle's girlfriend's personal grooming styles before realizing that what he was trying to say was "here is a concession to the censors."
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