fluffernutter
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Sun Apr-03-05 01:19 PM
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Ving Rhames as the new Kojak |
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anyone catch it? like it? thoughts?
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tjdee
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Sun Apr-03-05 01:27 PM
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1. Did we need a new Kojak? |
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That was my only thought.
I do like Ving though.
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Sun Apr-03-05 01:29 PM
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2. Wasn't the original Kojak a greek cop? |
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Why did we need a new Kojak? Have we truly run out of original scripts? Is this why we have "Reality TV" 24/7?
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tjdee
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Sun Apr-03-05 01:46 PM
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4. Hollywood is afraid of originality right now. |
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I blame Bush, LOL, but the economy is so bad these days that the studios (and TV folks) aren't taking any risks. It's all stars, sequels, remakes, and adaptations of books/plays.
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Sun Apr-03-05 05:38 PM
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7. yes, and for "Kojak" and his brother (well, his real brother).. |
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....who played the fat fuzzy-headed detective on the old show, their greek ethnicity often became a plot element. I'm not sure how they can do that with Ving. I mean he could go up to the old neighborhoods and look for street cred with the black community, but the guy's NAME is greek, f'chrissakes.
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Sun Apr-03-05 01:39 PM
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3. Ving Rhames is one of my favorite actors, |
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and Kojak was one of maybe 3 programs I watched regularly during the 70s (the others being Masterpiece Theatre and the news). I had great hopes for this venture.
That said, I was not a happy camper last night, and no, I'm not at all sure we need another Kojak. Somebody please just re-run the original.
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Sun Apr-03-05 05:25 PM
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6. yeah, i kind of agree... |
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i love Ving too - but i think it's just too hard to get the original bitchin' Kojak out of my mind.
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Sun Apr-03-05 02:03 PM
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Ving is cool, but TV is the sand in our cultural wasteland.
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