Trending
MOST READ
San Antonio's Theater Scene is Long on Space, Short on Productions

San Antonio's Theater Scene is Long on Space, Short on Productions

Arts & Culture: If you think there is little to no serious theater in San Antonio, you’re not alone. Even business travelers dining at Bohanan’s must... By Scott Andrews 5/22/2013
Cityscrapes: One More Hotel

Cityscrapes: One More Hotel

News: Just one more hotel, and the city will boom. That has long been the mantra of this city’s business and political leaders. With her decision to... By Heywood Sanders 5/22/2013
Is Piñata Protest Ready for Bigger Things?

Is Piñata Protest Ready for Bigger Things?

Music: “It might get a bit loud,” Álvaro del Norte tells me, as I proceed to sit in the middle of Piñata Protest’s 8 x 10 rehearsal space at a secret... By Enrique Lopetegui 5/22/2013
2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List

2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List

Best of 2012: 2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List 4/25/2012
Daft Punk: 'Random Access Memories'

Daft Punk: 'Random Access Memories'

Aural Pleasure Review: Fresh off shattering Spotify streaming records, Daft Punk return with their dance music history lesson, Random Access Memories. Rooted in the... By M. R. Brown 5/21/2013
Calendar

Search hundreds of restaurants in our database.

Search hundreds of clubs in our database.

Follow us on Instagram @sacurrent

Print Email

Primal Screen

Playing dress up

Photo: , License: N/A


The BFRO decides to conduct an evening investigation using a baboon borrowed from a local zoo. And even the baboon seems to have trouble keeping a straight face.

Angry Boys (9pm Sunday, HBO)
HBO shows a rare lapse in taste with this so-called comedy, a showcase for creator-writer-star Chris Lilley. According to the press material, Lilley is adored in his native Australia, though I suspect the description from a local newspaper review — “jaw-dropping” — might well have been taken out of context. The series claims to explore the 21st century male, with Lilley himself playing asinine adolescents, a black rapper, a cold Japanese woman, a butch prison guard, and other characters.

These people are supposed to be entertainingly pathetic, but Lilley forgot the entertaining part. The adolescent subplot, for example, consists of a foul-mouthed idiot baiting his deaf brother. The prison guard subplot focuses on her allegedly humorous racism. Laughing yet?

Angry Boys is, indeed, jaw-dropping.

Work It (7:30pm Tuesday, ABC)
This new sitcom is a response to the country’s high unemployment rate. Things get so bad for laid-off Lee (Ben Koldyke) and Angel (Amaury Nolasco) that they resort to dressing up like women to work on an all-female sales staff.

I’m all for gender-bending, but Work It dresses guys in bras and high heels only to affirm rigid sex stereotypes. The series’ men are clueless macho horndogs, the women either ditzes, bitches, saints, or sex objects. The writers’ only idea of a joke is to keep emphasizing the fact that dudes know nothing about women. Sample punch line, delivered by one of those dudes to overwhelming laugh-track approval: “Thanks for the tampon!”

If the unemployment rate drops, Work It’s premise will no longer make sense, and it will have to be canceled. President Obama, the ball is in your court.

We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following guidelines:

To comment you must first create a profile and sign-in with a verified DISQUS account or social network ID. Sign up here.

Comments in violation of the rules will be denied, and repeat violators will be banned. Please help police the community by flagging offensive comments for our moderators to review. By posting a comment, you agree to our full terms and conditions. Click here to read terms and conditions.
comments powered by Disqus