The legal series All’s Fair, created by super producer Ryan Murphy and featuring an all-star cast led by Kim Kardashian, has received harsh reviews. But viewers are praising the combination of high camp, statement fashion, and perfect interiors.
Since debuting on Hulu on Tuesday, the glossy new legal drama “All’s Fair” has been thoroughly panned by critics. In the UK, times opined that it might be the worst TV drama ever. guardian He called it “fascinating and existentially terrifying.” Both papers gave it 0 out of 5 stars. All’s Fair currently holds a rare 0% fresh rating. rotten tomatoeswhich indicates an overall negative review. Indeed, it’s the most scheduled show of the year so far. Indeed, this nine-part series ryan murphythe Emmy-winning mastermind behind Glee and American Horror Story, dead on arrival?
Probably not. That’s because All’s Fair is showing early signs of being a hit, at least on social media. In X, fans called it this “Brilliantly stupid.”, “My type of nonsense camp show” And perhaps the most insightful show is the “Very fun” I watch it because I’m not afraid of bad things. Unusually poor reviews, combined with a high-profile cast that included first-time star Kim Kardashian and an ensemble cast that included Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Sarah Paulson, and Teyana Taylor, made the show an instant hit. It helps that the three episodes that premiered Tuesday contain plenty of shockingly bad stand-alone scenes that you’ll want to share on social media. One clip that’s already making the rounds online shows Close’s Dina Standish asking Paulson’s Carrington Lane about her mother’s decision to avoid birth control, in shockingly vulgar terms, which is quite a feat for an actor of Close’s stature, who has been nominated for eight Oscars, three Emmys, and three Tonys.
Perhaps creators Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Bates, and Joe Baken were aiming for high camp, at least in part. It’s probably no coincidence that Paulson’s character shares part of her name with Alexis Carrington Colby, the biggest bad girl played by Joan Collins on the hilariously funny 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty. All’s Fair has some of that show’s alpha female energy, but adds a procedural element to the mix. The film centers on Grant, Ronson & Green, a benevolent fictional Los Angeles law firm founded by Alura Grant played by Kardashian, Liberty Ronson played by Watts, and Emerald Green played by Nash-Betts (yes, that’s her actual character name). The company specializes in securing large divorce settlements for wealthy wronged women, but its founders are also embroiled in a constant battle with Mr. Paulson’s rival lawyer, Carrington Lane.
The first episode’s prologue, set 10 years ago, depicts Lane complaining about not being asked to join an all-female company. This, in a way, sets the stage for the frenzied revenge she is chasing today. So far, Lane hasn’t fallen into the lily pond of her namesake on Dynasty, but she has hurled some particularly imaginative abuse at Kardashian’s character.
Paulson is one of the show’s 17 executive producers, along with Close, Kardashian, Nash-Betts and Watts. At times, these central performances are so rarely complementary that it feels as if everyone is directing themselves. Close seems to be having fun, Nash-Betts manages to sell some painfully leaden dialogue, but Watts never seems comfortable and Paulson is furiously over-the-top. To be fair, if you’re asked to say a line that’s five words and features three F-bombs, you better go all out at it.
Source: BBC Culture – www.bbc.com
