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Not only is it full of cursing, ethnic jokes, prostitution, and the like, but it dares to have no laugh track and a bastard as the protagonist: "the show is truly subversive and daring in its scabrous attitude" (Caryn James, the New York Times ). A few minor complaints: 1) The show is "a little in love with its own transgressiveness" (James Poniewozik, Time ). 2) The show relies on "humiliation humor" and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker predicts that the unlikability of star Jay Mohr will sink the show.
Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.
-- Steve Joynt (similarly, Bruce Oberg , James Poniewozik , Bjorn , and Steven Davis )
-- Molly Shearer Gabel ( Norman Oder had a similar answer; as did Matthew Cole , only more personal; and James Poniewozik , only feverishly baroque.)
"Crichton isn't nearly as interested in people and their inner workings as he is in things and their inner workings," but that doesn't stop the book from being fun to read: "It's the geeky stuff, in fact, that makes Crichton's books so hugely entertaining" (Daniel Mendelsohn, New York Times Book Review ). A few critics can't work up any excitement, labeling it just another "dull time-travel tale" (James Poniewozik, Time ) that is bound for the movies.
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