Max of Lots of Co. points the way to this intriguing article on the pitfalls that have befallen K Street. I finally saw a few episodes at a friend’s house and, while James and Mary came off well, I thought the show suffered from a few strategic errors. For one, as this story points out, the only people who will recognize (or will care about) all the uncredited cameos are the same ones who’ll realize how ultimately fake the show is. For another, the show’s greatest strength was that it seemed news-dependent, but…if you have no news for a few weeks, trouble ensues. (Hence, the not-very-engaging personal subplots that have taken over.) Still, I think there’s definite potential for a show like K St.…perhaps Soderbergh & co. should try a second run a little closer to election time, if HBO wills it.
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Some of the personal subplots I could stand (Tommy’s gradual meltdown into pervdom, for example), but it was the three weeks where it looked like the whole thing was going to be about energy policies that really made me hit the fast-forward on the TiVo. Snooze city, yo.
As much of a Soderbergh fan as I am, I made it through only the first 4 or so episodes before I gave up. Funnily enough, WaPo runs a weekly column in the Style section titled something like, “K Street Updates: We watch it so you don’t have to”.