HBO's "K Street"

PDiddie
PDiddie, I watched it out of curiousity. Yawn, ZZZzzzzzzzzz.

---BumbleBeeBoogie

I thought it was pretty good. I'm interested to see where it's going. Matlin and Carville are great together.

I was rather stunned about the 'art imitating life imitating art' characteristic, ifyaknowhatImean.

Left unanswered remains the question, "how did Carville and Matalin ever fall in love, marry, and have children"? Only a bit of light shone on that imponderable, so I will look for more of that in the weeks ahead.

All in all, it reveals the exceptionally whorish environment of political consultants, something I didn't think could surprise me.

The actors had little to say in the presence of the politicos and the hacks. No surprise there, I guess.

I was surprised to see actual politicos like Dean and Santorum. I thought the interplay between Matalin and Carville was hillarious. She has a wicked tongue. I frankly don't get what they're connection is either.

I think the show has incredible potential. It way out-west Wings West Wing--sort of also 'reality TV' plus the real politicos-- BUT

P Diddie said something I agree with. I felt, at times, like I was getting the pooty shot in a porno film. It had some smarmy, nasty elements. As PDid said, I knew this went on--but aspects of it, I don't like looking at.

The grooming Dean/feeding lines was what I disliked most. Not because of my politics. I know they ALL do this. And it is incredibly fake and misleading. Sort of explains a lot about why they are all corrupt to some level.

So---very mixed feelings. I'll watch again.

Matalin/Carville interplay is great--but their marriage disgusts me. Go figure!

Watching Carville as he actually sat in the audience at the actual debate, and reacted when Dean used the "show's line" was a coup for the show. Their ratings must have been higher due to the 'news' about the Dean remark.

This bit from Salon's take sums it up for me: was Carville acting? No, that's really him. I think. Was Santorum acting? Had to be; sanctimonious prick. Good Lord, that couldn't be the real him, could it? Dean, acting or real? Not sure I could tell the difference. Don't know him that well.

The real people were hamming it up playing themselves and the real actors were scenery.

Confusing, and a bit nauseating, but I'll watch again (for now).

Either, A) you watch too much porno, or

B) you got dizzied by the 'Soderbergh effect'

I wonder if Dean was distracted by the fellow with the camera lying at Carville's feet? I know I was.

Haven't watched porno in ages. <sigh>

I was thinking of the best representation of the dirty underbelly of life at its worst angle.... which is what I felt I saw. The fake lines fed, the manipulations and packaging of the candidate... Like I said, I know they all do it. I just don't know how much of it I want to see.