So I've started watching 30 Rock on DVD after staying with my friend Phil in DC and hearing him laugh his ass off while watching it. I decided it couldn't totally suck. Took a while to get going but it is pretty good and it helps that each episode is under a half hour. I really like the pacing of the show-- the editing is really fast and Tina Fey and cast are constantly in motion which I think is great. It takes a few episodes to break through some of the character cliches (Alec Baldwin's robotic boss, Tracy Morgan's zany black guy, and Tina Fey's klutzy, post-feminist workaholic) but it does get to some genuine emotions. I'm usually not such a fan of woman comedians (forgive me) but Tina Fey plays up the self-deprecation and desperation and I think that's what makes anyone funny. I'm trying to remember examples of this but I'm not watching it now and I didn't write it down so I don't have an illustrative details. I have this same problem when it comes to anything I do creatively-- I can come up with concepts but not examples. Sonofabitch this thing is getting off track. So the show is pretty good, but not great but I would recommend it.
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