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Sometimes we all need a laugh. Funny thing is, I'm not much for comedy. Never have been. You have to practically force me to watch a movie if it's a comedy. I've seen "Sorority Boys" three times now, but not because it's funny. Perspicacious readers of this LJ can do doubt guess why. Haven't voluntarily watched a sitcom since "M*A*S*H" went off the air - and I'm not sure I ever watched a whole episode of that. Okay, I confess, I watched a whole pile of episodes of "My Family" but it doesn't count. Right? Right.

Not that I'd want anyone to think I didn't have a sense of humour. I do, really. (Really?)

Anyway, all this preamble is just to recommend a story: A Very Luthor Wedding by Ellison Wonderland. When I started it I thought it was just too silly to read and I didn't think I'd last more than a couple of pages. Then I couldn't put it down.

See, Lex is getting married, and there's a party, and everyone (except Clark) gets drunk, and everyone says something indiscreet - usually to the wrong other person. It's a sex farce that never made it to the stage - though it has the right kind of set pieces: the balcony scene, the ballroom scene (spotlight: Martha), the second ballroom scene (spotlight: Lionel). The story covers late evening and the next morning from various overlapping points of view - most stories are told chronologically and this is a terrific change of pace. It's a romp. It's fun, and unlike sex farces on stage, it even has some sex it it.

I thought the funniest line was the one about Lucas, which can't be told out of context. Other hilarious bits were in the characterization: Lana as seen through Lionel's eyes, Chloe's angsting over her relationships ("The hair! It's my hair, isn't it?") and - best of all - the snide sniping between Lionel and Lex Luthor.

Date: 2003-05-22 09:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acampbell.livejournal.com
I saw this posted. Must read it!

As far as I'm concerned, there'll never be another sitcom like "The Charmings"! (1987-88)

Date: 2003-05-22 09:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
I missed "the Charmings" entirely. Was it American?

Re: The Charmings

Date: 2003-05-22 10:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acampbell.livejournal.com
Yes. The premise: Snow White (Snow) and Prince Charming (Eric). their two kid(Thomas and Corey), the Wicked Stepmother(Lillian), her Magic Mirror, and one dwarf (Luther) were all inadvertently apple-poisoned and zapped into 20th century L.A.

Not to everyone's taste, of course, and really silly, but it was also clever, especially if you knew your fairy tales. The actors all played well together, and did a terrific job portraying all the screwups involved as fairy tale characters tried to navigate successfully life in contemporary America.

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