So. Are you going to watch Notes From the Underbelly? Come on! You gotta, you hipster parent, you! It's the sitcom aimed at YOU. I mean, if there were any target audience more appropriate for a show about an "irreverent" and "honest" take on parenting, it has to Strollerderby readers, right?
Well, before you tune those DVRs you might want to read Lynn Harris' review of the show. She advises us all to "expect the worst." According to Harris, there's no humor in delivery room goings-on or about "sight gags humiliating to women" (women with legs raised in the air after sex) on a show that's supposed to be women-friendly. And she's right on the money.
I saw the same screener episodes that Harris saw but had a slightly different reaction: I was prepared to hate it, but thought the show had glimmers of funniness. It has potential if you focus on the couple and not on their stereotypical and annoying-as-all-get-out passel of friends.
We will be re-capping it in our own special way here on Strollerderby for as long as it's on (Harris and I agree that the show doesn't have long life potential). Join us, won't you?
[photo credit: ABC]
