The Comeback was the latest HBO comedy produced by the same guy, Michael Patrick King, who produced the famed Sex and the City, and starring the excellent Lisa Kudrow, fresh off her engagement to the late series Friends. The expectations were high, the ratings less so, and HBO has opted not to renew it.
I immediately felt like the show was slow, not really boring, but certainly not electrifying. That's probably were the few who tuned in for the pilot switched channel. I decided to stick around, and eventually I was rewarded with a cute little gem of a performance from an actress I thoroughly respect and admire (ever since the first movie I saw her in, The Opposite of Sex.)
The show was supposed to be slow, because it tried to show the not-so-exciting existence of celebrities when they're off camera. It also tried to show how they are people just like us (same needs, same wants, same problems,) and how these reality shows that follow celebrities around are so overblown and totally fake (from the celebrities not really being themselves because on camera, to the editing room, where everything gets worked up for maximum audience reaction.)
I believe the show reached its goals admirably. The stories were well written and "realistic," and, most of all, they were rendered unbelievably well by Ms. Kudrow, who never made me doubt for a second that she indeed was Valerie Cherish, working on her personal comeback story.
The whole cast was also very good, especially Robert Michael Morris as Mickey, Valerie's queenie personal hair stylist who acted like no one knew he was gay, and Lance Barber as Paulie G, one of the two main writers of the show-within-show "Room and Bored," who was constantly rude and caustic towards Valerie.
In one word, brilliant. And all thanks to Lisa Kudrow.
I'll make sure to check out her next project, whatever it is. This one only reinforced my love and admiration for her.
Goodbye. And thank you.
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