Veep

Anyone else watch HBOs latest white comedy? White actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is hilarious and even though the show in no way depicts REAL life, the way REAL people live in Washington, i thought the writing was excellent.

When she referred to him as "a dead", I peed a little.

Armand Ianucci's characters are not so much Leslie Knopes but Ron Swansons with no frontal lobe. Look for The Thick of It and the film In the Loop to gage what his characters are about. Good stuff.

And I cannot believe the child actress from My Girl has grown up to say wonderfully irreverent dialogue.

I enjoyed it. I thought it got funnier as it went on.

I really liked it too. My only complaint is I wish the season was longer!

It's been full of delicious dialogue so far. Here's a link to IMDB with some of the best lines listed so far:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/board/nest/199687211

Really enjoying it thus far. A viable replacement for the brilliant New Adventures of Old Christine.

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Am I alone in finding it boring and less than funny?

You see, I really appreciate the realism and attention to detail. I love Parks & Rec but this season just appeared like they were making stuff up as they went along with what exactly are the rules for a local department head running for elected office.

The offices in Veep look exactly like the offices I interned at The Hill with doors in every room and unkempt cubicles. Heck I have been at parties for people in the Senate and Congressional offices for weirdly specific issues (though not quite corn starch versus plastic) that are fully catered but maybe have just over two-dozen people there. Nobody is really dressed to the nines but rather in the most conservative formal to business casual most of the time.

As for the story lines, yeah bills actually do suddenly become high stakes and bills just suddenly die and are never talked about again. It just happens that way but I thought the show did a good job of making sure that what seemed to be story-lines swept under the rug, like the bills themselves had consequences like the pregnancy story line and Dan's involvement with the McCauley amendment.

The only misstep is the caricature Washington Post journalist. I guess since they had Frank Rich with a producer credit they did not want a sage-like portrayal but I just thought it was over the top.

I agree. This season is even better.

The word Veep sounds like an undiscovered STD lol

There's a Season 2?--Fantastic.Watched all of the first series in one sitting.Will give it a re-visit after I struggle through the last 6 episodes of Broadwalk Empire.

Ha! That is great promo art. Can't wait for s3.