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Melissa Leo Grabs This Show And Runs With It

posted 7 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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To me, I'm Dying Up Here is art trouvee, and I am worried that it will not find its audience. That would (will?) be a shame, because the performance of Melissa Leo alone, as comedy club magnate Goldie Herschlag, owner of the legendary Goldie's comedy club in 1970s Los Angeles, makes this series worth following. Her character is tough, beyond smart, hilarious, sexy, ruthless and, most important of all, vulnerable. It is a bravura performance. I would love to hear your feelings.

[–] [email protected] (1292) 7 years ago

The finale was awesome,, but yes I worry it wont find its audience. I grew up in the seventies, and loved every aspect of the show. The woman that plays Goldie was in so many roles,,Ive seen her younger on All My Children, and on the New Orleans show (4got the name) where she was the wife of John Goodman.
She is so multi talented.

Tell me your insights on the finale....

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

I liked the way it wrapped things up. Ron and Adam finally came to see eye to eye and that awful pimp got screwed. Goldy remained on top and Tedd's collapsed in ashes. Bill finally grew up, got on Carson, got the couch. I can't imagine that the video tape he had at the end was anything but s tape of his show. The problem with all this is that the patness of the finale tells me it is likely a series finale, not a season finale. Now, stranger things have happened. There was once a half-hour comedy named Sledge Hammer, starring David Rasche as a tough cop named Sledge Hammer. I thought it was a very funny spoof of the Dirty Harry movies. But the ratings were low and the show runners were certain that the network would not renew it for another season. So, in what the producers assumed was the final episode, Sledge was trying to defuse a giant bomb, screws it up, and the final shot was from outer space, where we see the entire planet explode! Then the network renewed the show! The way they got around that conclusive conclusion was to have all the new episodes pre-date the events in Season One.

[–] [email protected] (1292) 7 years ago

Thanks for your input... I hope for a season 2 and if they find a strong audience, and tighten up the storylines, it would do well.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

I agree, and share your hope, yours and pankoeken's.

[–] pankoeken (469) 7 years ago

She is good. Melissa Leo always is but Goldie is hard to like due to her ego and greed. The biggest problem with the show is it's all over the place. Too many characters to focus on and too many plots makes it hard to care about any of them. If it has a season two I hope they tighten things up a lot.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

She is very gifted at making us dislike her, like Jack Gleeson was when playing Joffrey!

[–] pankoeken (469) 7 years ago

She's not evil or anything. Just very selfish and self centered. The refusing to even pay the regulars a paltry sum or cheap shotting the girl comedians in the trades makes her very petty all while acting as if she cares about them. Hmmmm burning down Teddy's club may have been evil though.

It was a very good performance. I loved her on Homicide: Life on the Streets.