Why am I watching Moonlight?
Moonlight is dire. I don't have a problem with it being derivative for that's true of most television. I do have a problem with it being dull. There's not an ounce of chemistry between the "romantic" leads, the acting puts the Troy horse to shame, and the characterisation is confused. It can't even count as a guilty pleasure due to the distinct lack of anything pleasing - well, nearly anything because the truth is that I am watching Moonlight for Jason Dohring. That will keep me going for a while, but there will come a time, and that time gets closer with every episode, when I will need more.
So, I endeavour to come up with ten alternative reasons to watch:
1. It is a wonderful dietary aid. Save all your chocolate for watching the show. Only eat a piece when Josef isn't Logan Echolls.
2. It is a convenient background for thirty games of Free Cell.
3. It gives an excuse for enjoying a bottle or two of wine by taking a sip each time the natural accents of O'Loughlin and Myles slip through.
4. Saying "Angel did this better" never gets old.
5. It provides material for the dissertation on the extent to which pretty people can carry a show regardless of wit, style, or substance.
6. It can be used to measure how long the good buzz of Jason's performance in a critically acclaimed piece of work can be maintained by his continued involvement in this drek.
7. Uh...
That's it. I'm spent. I need four more reasons to watch Moonlight. Something tells me that it's going to be a fruitless search.
So, I endeavour to come up with ten alternative reasons to watch:
1. It is a wonderful dietary aid. Save all your chocolate for watching the show. Only eat a piece when Josef isn't Logan Echolls.
2. It is a convenient background for thirty games of Free Cell.
3. It gives an excuse for enjoying a bottle or two of wine by taking a sip each time the natural accents of O'Loughlin and Myles slip through.
4. Saying "Angel did this better" never gets old.
5. It provides material for the dissertation on the extent to which pretty people can carry a show regardless of wit, style, or substance.
6. It can be used to measure how long the good buzz of Jason's performance in a critically acclaimed piece of work can be maintained by his continued involvement in this drek.
7. Uh...
That's it. I'm spent. I need four more reasons to watch Moonlight. Something tells me that it's going to be a fruitless search.