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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 160: SAG & Golden Globe noms, 'Sons of Anarchy,' 'Homeland' & more

Dan and Alan also answer mail about 'Parks and Recreation' and when bad writing happens to good acting

By Alan Sepinwall Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 7:00 PM

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It's a slightly delayed episode of the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, as Dan and I were both busy on Monday, and then decided we might as well wait until today so we could make fun of the Golden Globe nominations. Which we did. For a while. We also did our usual "Homeland" discussion, reviewed the latest season of "Sons of Anarchy," answered your mail and more.

The line-up: 

Golden Globes/SAG blather (00:01:30 - 23:00)
Listener Mail - Toupee Fallacy and Bad Actors or Bad Writing? (00:23:40 -
Listener Mail - The future of "Parks & Recreation" (00:30:45 - 35:45)
Listener Mail - "The Shield" and "Sons of Anarchy" into finale discussion (00:36:20 - 00:53:55)
"Homeland" - (00:53:55 - 01:12:10)
 
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And as always, feel free to e-mail us questions for the podcast.
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com
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    keith

    Fake real accents: Alexis Denisof. I never buy his American accent.

    December 13, 2012 at 10:55PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Gizmo_bigger_talkback_profile

      dan Keith - Alexis Denisof is an odd but fair example. Absolutely. He's like David Anders in terms of actors who became weirdly successful doing British accents before anybody knew they were American and now sound wrong when they're American...

      -Daniel

      December 13, 2012 at 11:21PM EST
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      Merve Another fake real accent: Lauren Cohan. I know her real accent is English, but it sounds fake.

      December 14, 2012 at 3:24AM EST
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      Some Guy I think her real accent sounds strange because she grew up in the US, moved to England in her teens and has subsequently spent much of her time moving between the two.

      December 16, 2012 at 2:54AM EST
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    LizC

    Every time the discussion of the romantic relationships on Parks and Rec comes up, I'm reminded of this focus group info that came out in spring 2009 before the first season aired:
    "The show could use a genuinely likeable male lead. The lack of quality male characters was evident in both the Dial Test and Focus Groups. While Leslie, Ann and April are good characters; all the men in the show were seen as “sleazy” in one way or another. Because there are no “datable” men in the cast, there is little “romantic tension” or “interesting relationship potential” in the show."
    (http://www.deadline.com/2009/03/problems-with-nbcs-parks-and-recreation-rough-cut-pilot-and-amy-poehlers-character/)
    It bugged me then that there was a perceived need to have romantic tension at all, and I've always wondered how much this has driven the need to pair up the characters. I'd love it if someone would bring this up in an interview with Mike Schur (hint, hint.)

    December 19, 2012 at 3:04AM EST Reply to Comment

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