Sports Night. It's taken over.
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angelchickenI'm having issues with Peter Krause's last name being two syllables.
Because I had a friend with the last name Krause - K-R-A-U-S-E and it was
one syllable. So where is the second syllable? How do you pronounce it?
Krau-suh? Krau-say? Krau-wtf?
And the SN DVD's have no commentary on them (or *any* extras which sucks) so
I can't even hear him pronounce this phantom syllable.
And while were on things that bother me, I'm not loving season two as much
as season one. And I think I know why. Because Season One was the Casey
and Dan show, something I wholeheartedly endorse. But Season two has
*significantly* less Casey & Dan and has, in fact, become the Casey and Dana
show which I like . . . less.
So, season two, so far:
Good:
* Casey is hot and does a great deal of smirking and this tongue thing that
I also found appealing in another (bottle) blond male character on a
television show I have, on occasion, shown obsession for. Ahem.
Seriously, though. The tongue.
* There was a moment. Right after Dan realizes he's having a nervous
breakdown. And he's telling Casey about it in his vague, non-telling way.
And there is masculine support.
* The show is only two seasons, and I can see this season going in a
direction I'm not loving with my whole heart and so I can just pretend the
rest of the series went in a direction I deemed appropriate. It's happy in
my head.
Less good:
* This whole Dana/Casey thing. I mean, I like Dana. I do. But, honestly,
her plan is really, really dumb. And I know where she's coming from, but
that doesn't negate the dumbness. Also, her hair in S2 is ageing her. She
is so much younger and prettier than her haircut allows.
* Other things that I can't currently think of.
* Not enough Dan and Casey interacting like they might just have sex at any
moment.
* No Dan/Casey bonding without pants (so far).
* I'm seeing this more this season, but someone in the writing room really
has to figure out their New York landmarks. I mean, the majority of the
location shots are of the Twin Towers (which, the whole bomb threat
episodes? Less funny than they may have been six years ago) which were very
much downtown. And also imply that the studio was, in fact, in one of the
Twin Towers. But they do have some location shots of The Empire State
Building which is very much in Harold Square. But THEN! Then, my friends,
Dan mentions coming to them live from Rockefeller Center which is VERY MUCH
in, well, Rockefeller Center (48-51 streets) which is not Harold Sq (34th
street) and *DEFINITELY* isn't Downtown (Down town).
Possibly I have meditated too much on this.
I have another problem as well. This problem being that I am almost done
watching the entire series. All two seasons. Almost over. If you are me,
logical progression would mean that I then comb the internets and such until
I find more work the actors have done (particularly the actors I like) and
then watch the actors entire filmography. Now, with Peter Krous-ole' I don't
have to go far because I know that he was on Six Feet Under and I know that
it would be very easy for me to get a hold of that. But what if I don't
like the character of Nate? And, more importantly, how am I
supposed to watch a television show when I know that the character (well,
actor) I started watching the show for DIES?!?! And it's not a supernatural
show, either, which means I can't just magically bring him back to life in
my head unless I smoosh together some fandoms that I REALLY CAN'T SMOOSH IN
MY HEAD!! I mean, it's seems logical, Buffy and Six Feet Under. But it's
not. I can't do it. Especially as I will then have to somehow incorporate
Sports Night into it as well and that won't work very well and WON'T SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JOSH CHARLES!!!!!
I mean, I know he's . . . worked. But not a lot. Is he holding out for
better scripts? Is he some kind of asshole who only wants to be the star
(which, he was, apparently, in S.W.A.T. so I think not)? Why isn't he
working? I know he's a good actor as even though I haven't seen it in 17
years (way too upsetting) I *know* he rocked the cave in Dead Poets Society.
And he rocked the newsroom in SN. This makes no sense!
I'm concerned.
Also, he grew up next door to one of my best friends from High School. So
I'm all with the two degrees of separation.
Because I had a friend with the last name Krause - K-R-A-U-S-E and it was
one syllable. So where is the second syllable? How do you pronounce it?
Krau-suh? Krau-say? Krau-wtf?
And the SN DVD's have no commentary on them (or *any* extras which sucks) so
I can't even hear him pronounce this phantom syllable.
And while were on things that bother me, I'm not loving season two as much
as season one. And I think I know why. Because Season One was the Casey
and Dan show, something I wholeheartedly endorse. But Season two has
*significantly* less Casey & Dan and has, in fact, become the Casey and Dana
show which I like . . . less.
So, season two, so far:
Good:
* Casey is hot and does a great deal of smirking and this tongue thing that
I also found appealing in another (bottle) blond male character on a
television show I have, on occasion, shown obsession for. Ahem.
Seriously, though. The tongue.
* There was a moment. Right after Dan realizes he's having a nervous
breakdown. And he's telling Casey about it in his vague, non-telling way.
And there is masculine support.
* The show is only two seasons, and I can see this season going in a
direction I'm not loving with my whole heart and so I can just pretend the
rest of the series went in a direction I deemed appropriate. It's happy in
my head.
Less good:
* This whole Dana/Casey thing. I mean, I like Dana. I do. But, honestly,
her plan is really, really dumb. And I know where she's coming from, but
that doesn't negate the dumbness. Also, her hair in S2 is ageing her. She
is so much younger and prettier than her haircut allows.
* Other things that I can't currently think of.
* Not enough Dan and Casey interacting like they might just have sex at any
moment.
* No Dan/Casey bonding without pants (so far).
* I'm seeing this more this season, but someone in the writing room really
has to figure out their New York landmarks. I mean, the majority of the
location shots are of the Twin Towers (which, the whole bomb threat
episodes? Less funny than they may have been six years ago) which were very
much downtown. And also imply that the studio was, in fact, in one of the
Twin Towers. But they do have some location shots of The Empire State
Building which is very much in Harold Square. But THEN! Then, my friends,
Dan mentions coming to them live from Rockefeller Center which is VERY MUCH
in, well, Rockefeller Center (48-51 streets) which is not Harold Sq (34th
street) and *DEFINITELY* isn't Downtown (Down town).
Possibly I have meditated too much on this.
I have another problem as well. This problem being that I am almost done
watching the entire series. All two seasons. Almost over. If you are me,
logical progression would mean that I then comb the internets and such until
I find more work the actors have done (particularly the actors I like) and
then watch the actors entire filmography. Now, with Peter Krous-ole' I don't
have to go far because I know that he was on Six Feet Under and I know that
it would be very easy for me to get a hold of that. But what if I don't
like the character of Nate? And, more importantly, how am I
supposed to watch a television show when I know that the character (well,
actor) I started watching the show for DIES?!?! And it's not a supernatural
show, either, which means I can't just magically bring him back to life in
my head unless I smoosh together some fandoms that I REALLY CAN'T SMOOSH IN
MY HEAD!! I mean, it's seems logical, Buffy and Six Feet Under. But it's
not. I can't do it. Especially as I will then have to somehow incorporate
Sports Night into it as well and that won't work very well and WON'T SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JOSH CHARLES!!!!!
I mean, I know he's . . . worked. But not a lot. Is he holding out for
better scripts? Is he some kind of asshole who only wants to be the star
(which, he was, apparently, in S.W.A.T. so I think not)? Why isn't he
working? I know he's a good actor as even though I haven't seen it in 17
years (way too upsetting) I *know* he rocked the cave in Dead Poets Society.
And he rocked the newsroom in SN. This makes no sense!
I'm concerned.
Also, he grew up next door to one of my best friends from High School. So
I'm all with the two degrees of separation.
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Date: 2006-12-28 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-28 11:47 pm (UTC)1) He isn't pretentiously adding a syllable to distinguish himself in the acting world. I like that. Even if it makes no sense to me.
2) Yay! I like it when the actors I like are friendly people. And even if he's a dick now (which is not anything I have heard at all even a little bit) it's nice to know that he *was* a friendly person and so it is inherently a part of him.
Thank you, my friend. You rock.
Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-28 08:29 pm (UTC)Sports Night was the best...but it got weird at the end.
Re: Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-28 08:48 pm (UTC)HEY! Are you my firend in Seattle whose call I missed on Christmas?
Re: Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-29 06:09 am (UTC)Re: Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-30 06:43 am (UTC)Re: Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-30 06:34 am (UTC)Re: Josh Charles
Date: 2006-12-30 06:39 am (UTC)Sports Night did indeed get weird, but I still get warm-fuzzies watching it.
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Date: 2006-12-28 09:47 pm (UTC)Every once in a while, another friend of mine will find out about the Krausuh thing and is absolutely thrown by it. I'm pretty sure I always thought it was pronounced like that, but that might be because I took just enough German in high school and college for it to seem natural to me. I do remember reading an article when Sports Night was on the air that mentioned the pronunciation, so if I didn't know for sure before that, I knew it then.
I don't know why this interests me so much, both the discovery as the reports peter in and the reactions to it.
I have heard that Josh Charles was a huge asshole to Jennifer Connelly while they were together. This upsets me because I LOVE Danny and apparently have a hard time distinguishing between fictional characters and the people who portray them on the teevee.
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Date: 2006-12-28 11:52 pm (UTC)You see my quandry.
Of course, this shall only last until I succumb to the temptation which, lets face it, is going to happen. Just a question of when.
Also, I hate that JC is an asshole and insecure because I, too, have problems distinguishing real life from fiction. But at least he's not dead. And maybe his struggling career has led him to rething his asshole ways and not he's really quite genuinely sorry and will go on to do wonderful things. Mebby.
So is pronouncing 'Krause' with one syllable wrong? I still can't hear the second syllable, but I accept it. Perhaps I have been overthinking this . . .
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Date: 2006-12-29 12:38 am (UTC)In this case, yeah. It's KROW-zuh. He's from Minnesota, so it's all funky Scandinavian-y.
And hey, Josh Charles has totally done stuff. Did you not see Muppets in Space, where he gets the shit kicked out of him by Miss Piggy?! Come on!
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Date: 2006-12-29 12:49 am (UTC)I've heard that the end of Six Feet Under is really beautiful and uplifting, but if the death's something you can't get past, that's the way it goes. When I think about it, though, it's kind of fitting for the show, though, to have this hanging over the Johnny-come-lately viewers, since the show itself is so morbid.
The opening credits are so beautiful. I can't get over it. After I watch a few episodes, the theme haunts me for days, in a good way.
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Date: 2006-12-29 07:03 am (UTC)It's so sad when Sports Night ends, because you don't have anymore to watch! My sympathies.