One series I really loved is Bunheads. It is a story of Michelle Simms (played by Sutton Foster - Tony Award Winner) a former ballerina (or bunhead) who wound up as a Las Vegas showgirl. A bit hopeless with her life, she decided to accept the offer of marriage of her consistent admirer, Hubbell Flowers (played by Alan Ruck). They moved to Hubbell's coastal town of Paradise in Southern California (a fictional town at that). Sadly, Hubbell was killed in a car accident leaving Michelle struggling to adjust to life in a small town and taught alongside with her mother-in-law, Fanny, at her ballet school: The Paradise Dance Academy.
 |
| from left to right: Melanie Segal (played by Emma Dumont), Boo Jordan (played by Kaitlyn Jenkins), Fanny Flowers (played by Kelly Bishop), Michelle Simms (played by Sutton Foster), Ginny Thompson (played by Bailey Buntain) and Sasha Torres (played by Julia Goldani Telles) |
They are really fun to watch especially their snappy banters and fast-paced hilarious scenes. I mean, Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop have the fast mouth and the talent to really pull it off; and the other main cast is also catching up with it. I enjoy its gleeful absurdities and its prodigious performances in a single continuous take.
It was a different kind of story from the usual genre we always watch on TV. We've already been bombarded with shows exhibiting over-the-top plot and from eccentric to blatant stories just to garner a much larger audience while in fact, it's not. There is a lot more than larger than life stories. There's searching for meaning in life and knowing your strengths; and that's what Bunheads is. It is the kind of story we don't see much on TV anymore because of how fantastic and ambitious TV has been in the last decade or so.
No comments:
Post a Comment