So, Common Law

[giandujakiss]

Which I watched. It was pure fanbait - probably the epitome in "let's attract slash fans but no homo" sort of thing. Leaving that aside, I thought it was okay; it didn't thrill, in part, I think, because the banter was too hostile to ping my buddy kink. But it was pleasant enough that I'll stick with it and see how it develops.

Mostly, though, I was struck by the Starsky & Hutch vibe. Not solely because it featured buddies (and made me desperately want to re-edit The Real Slim Shady again), but because the entire structure felt a lot like episodes like Bust Amboy - the detective work mostly consists of traveling from witness to witness, each witness is sort of quirky and interesting, and the guys adopt a faux-casual, constant-joking sort of attitude at each stop.

But there was that scene -


Where Starsky and Hutch Wes and Travis deal with a couple of street criminals trying to rob a convenience store? And the criminals are played by black men made up to look like the absolute worst sort of scary-black-criminal stereotype, and seriously, whenever I see that kind of thing, the only thing I can think is - what must the actors feel, to have to do this? And then I flashback to the hilariously miscast Don Cheadle as an inner city gang leader in the Booker episode, The Pump.

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[raine]

I couldn't get past the group therapy session.