Beating a Dead Horse

Part of: TV Raves And Rants

I hate beating a dead horse.  It seems hugely pointless.  I mean, let’s face it, if the horse is already dead, why do you have to keep smacking it?  It’s possible that you simply want to use the dead horse as a sort of punching bag, a training aid if you will, but how long can you really beat it for until flies start swarming, the buzzards circle, and the smell becomes horrific?  Beating a dead horse just can’t work in the long term. 

I don’t think I’m there yet though.  The horse may be on life support at the present moment, but dead?  I don’t think so.  That being said, on with the show…

Please, I beg of you, explain to me why those nice folks on The Riches can’t just pick up and find a new family to pretend to be.  All this nonsense and trouble that they’ve gotten into with their ex-band of Travelers seems to be for no reason.  I wonder though if the producers haven’t realized that and started to clean up their mess.  Last night, Di Di  looked at Ken, after their wedding had sort of happened and said she didn’t want to marry him and he was fine with that.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but she’s pretty much been saying she didn’t want to marry him for a couple of episodes.  All of the sudden he’s fine with it and they act like this conversation has never happened before.  That I don’t buy, it feels like revisionist history, but if it moves the storyline to something more believable, I’m willing to accept it.

As for dead horses?  What’s with The Sopranos spending this entire past episode reminiscing?  And why didn’t Tony whack either Paulie or Bobby when he wanted to off both of them the past couple weeks?  Is this a kindler, gentler Tony who is going to try to get out of the life when the series ends?  I don’t think so, but maybe.  I’d bet more for the switcheroo, Tony tries to get out and Michael Corleone-style gets pulled back in, committing a brutal series of whackings in the finale (unlike Michael though, I imagine Tony will get his hands dirty). 

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Josh Lasser, formerly known as "TV and Film Guy," and complete with a Masters Degree in Critical Studies in said areas, gives his opinions on TV, Film, and Entertainment in general. All of which he does in a shameless attempt to try to get paid to do the exact same thing. …

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