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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Niether enough comedy nor enough drama, just TMI

Really wanted to like Tig Notaro's series One Mississippi but found it pretty thin gruel - not funny enough as a comedy (Tig playing herself has a wry, or maybe dry, sense of humor and her two radio bits - her character apparently has a talk and music show on an indie station - telling winsome stories largely about her cancer and her mother's untimely early death are a highlight - but not enough of a highlight) nor engaging enough as a drama. Tig goes home to her stepfather's house (I guess it's in Miss but all the references are to N.O. - which maybe is just the nearest airport or major city?) in time to be w/ her mother in her last moments. The stepfather (oddly, we learn from snatches of home movies that he seems to have been w/ the family from T's childhood, though she treats him as a stepfather from a much later re-marriage) is cold and controlling, but begins, by episode 2, to show some flashes of feeling and caring. I guess, over time, we will see Tig grow to love or at least like him - but how much time do we have? There's no drama or crisis or mystery built into this family or this narrative and tho Tig is an appealing character and presence her struggle through her illness - cancer, seemingly now in remission, but leaving her debilitated and suffering from continued diarrhea - is not all that pleasant, nor all that interesting - just TMI. Sorry, but I found the series flat, dull, though maybe not unprofitable.

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