Note to TV producers:
Mar. 14th, 2008 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiA laugh track* never makes your show better.
Ever.
In fact, it will make your show worse.
No exceptions.
Really.
Not that The Return of Jezebel James would have been good with the laugh track removed, mind you.
In fairness, the fault doesn't lie completely with Amy Sherman-Palladino (although she certainly deserves most of it, as the writing and directing both suck ). Parker Posey is just completely off, reprising her role as Fiona from Josie and the Pussycats instead of bringing anything new to the role.
Lauren Ambrose is wonderful, though. More wonderful than the writing deserves. Dianne Wiest also outclasses the material.
Also, how did the house transform into a condo between episodes?
*Or, if you prefer, a "live" studio audience comprised of morons who laugh whenever a studio page presses a button and activates the tingler under the seats.
Ever.
In fact, it will make your show worse.
No exceptions.
Really.
Not that The Return of Jezebel James would have been good with the laugh track removed, mind you.
In fairness, the fault doesn't lie completely with Amy Sherman-Palladino (although she certainly deserves most of it, as the writing and directing both suck ). Parker Posey is just completely off, reprising her role as Fiona from Josie and the Pussycats instead of bringing anything new to the role.
Lauren Ambrose is wonderful, though. More wonderful than the writing deserves. Dianne Wiest also outclasses the material.
Also, how did the house transform into a condo between episodes?
*Or, if you prefer, a "live" studio audience comprised of morons who laugh whenever a studio page presses a button and activates the tingler under the seats.