Sunday, July 6, 2008

Swingtown

Out of nowhere, I think I have a new favorite show, Swingtown.  
(How 'bout that orange shag text? I'm so tech these days.)  
After the first episode, I wasn't convinced, but now (four episodes in, watched, unintentionally, out of order), I'm hooked.  And it's the surprising development of Susan's original friend Janet--the cartoonishly repressed suburban joke-in-waiting--into a conflicted, beautifully complex character that's done it.  Susan, like Janet, is also revealing layers of salty-sweet depth, as is the initially one-note Trina.  A snap of the three women (arms linked, at a party) gives me shivers of hope and joy.  If you aren't watching Swington, do. 

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