Saturday, November 11, 2006

Great Darryl and Jensen! Let's try this again, with just more Madness...

So Black Gay Men, finally, have their own Dynasty. But from what I remember of Dynasty, it actually had, some amount of logic. Maybe it was only 6% of logic, 94% utter incompetent bitchery, but there was some logic...really!

Noah's Arc is devoid of logic. Period.

So out of the 4 characters you see on the cover. Only one has what we can call a real job (That he spends little time at, but, it's still a job) Noah, the protaganist lives in a One Bedroom Apartment in West Hollywood, but doesn't have a job, or any verifiable source of income.

gimme a minute while I search on L.A. Craigslist to see how much a rather nice one bedroom in West Hollywood would cost.....

so, the lowest I saw was $1300, and it didn'y have any of the classic moldings and fixtures of Noah's unit..

Anyways, those realistic points are not valid, because it's TV! But, how about the, um, lack of continuity of the show. Let's use the final scene of the Season 2 finale as a model.

So Wade and Dre speed off in a 1987 VW Cabrio ( When Season 2 started they had a 2006 or so VW New Beetle Convertible, In Tangerine no less. So, what happened to the New Beetle? Was it repo-ed? Why was there a Wade and Dre have financial difficulty and their car was repo-ed episode to explain that. And I didn't know Black Folks drove VW Convertibles period! Unless their names are Becky and Corey....) After Wade is caught cheating with Noah in the Bathroom.
So Noah and crew (4 stuffed in a Mini Convertible...ummm) and they come across an accident. Guess what car it is! YES! But remember there were 2 people in the car. Why is everyone making sure Wade is ok, nobody gives a shit about the other passenger, including the scriptwriters apparently.

I admit, like Fergie, I can enjoy Noah's Arc. Drunk. It's a wonderful drinking game show. Every plot line dropped, take a shot. Everytime Rodney Chester says "Ghuur", shot. Everytime Noah changes an outfit *Shot.* Every time Ricky Mentions that he's only a top, Take a shot. Everytime you notice there are no white people, and this is not taking place on 54th and Crenshaw *shot* (remember there were even white people on The Parkers).

So everyone wants to rant and rave that this show is such a breakthrough. Well, yeah, 4 black gay men portaryed on TV. GREAT! But does the actual show have to be horrible? Not Mundane like Julia, but outright horrible, like worse than high school theatre I've done? Just wondering...

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