True about "Burn Notice", the narrative - when I began watching it I really liked the way the main character explains why he is doing things, his spycraft, and had forgotten that element of the show.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > Cool! I'm going to look for that. > > > > I've been watching a few TV series DVDs lately - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" by > > Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, and starring who else? A guy that just > > can't get out of his own way, fingernails on a chalkboard comedy, and > > "Castle", main character is a writer, teamed with his female sidekick, > > Detective Beckett, solving murder cases. Very stylish and witty. > > > > Oh, and a comedy clearly outside all boundaries of decency and good taste, > > HBO's "East Bound And Down", about a washed up foul mouthed baseball > > player, with Executive Producer (and occasional guest star) Will Ferrell at > > his best, given to me as a birthday present by my daughter - She said, > > "yeah Dad when I saw a preview of it online, it was for you!". > > > > And "Burn Notice", enjoyed almost as much for the camera technique and rich > > saturation of color throughout, as the rest of it. The characters are > > sustainable too, especially "Lacey" from "Cagney and Lacey", who plays the > > main character's wise cracking, chain smoking, mumu wearing, mom. > > > * * Yeah, and Fiona is great, too. But I think the device that makes "Burn > Notice" work as well as it does, is definitely the voice of the Narrator. As > it did also in "Wonder Years" (a very different show); sometimes narration > makes all the difference, adds that extra layer of depth and lets us into the > protagonist's head almost as if we were reading a book. > > Of course, with "Curb Your Enthusiasm, no narration is necessary; everything > that passes through Larry David's mind, he speaks out loud, and therein lies > much of the comedy :-) >
