American Woman

I really wanted to like this. I gave it a shot. It is not good. And considering how good it thinks it is, that makes it even worse. They must have spent a fortune on music rights, because the songs just keep coming along and along and along, which is unfortunate, because some really good writing and acting would have worked with these hits. Starting at the top, Alicia Silverstone sinks the whole thing. Whatever that voice is she's putting on... I'm not even sure what to write about it. But every time she opens her mouth to speak, I am forced out of the narrative and start to examine and critique what she's doing. Then there's the narrative. This is some of the worst television writing I have experienced in a long time. It is so obvious and literal and expository and weak. Okay, I'm done. Moving on to something that doesn't make me want to give up cable.

I really wanted to like this show, but I just didn't. The acting was awful, maybe they are out of practice, I don't recall seeing any of them in anything recently. The story...well, there really wasn't one. The music was good. I won't be watching it again.