Wednesday, June 18, 2003
I'M WITH "I'M WITH BUSEY": Last night was the much-ballyhooed debut of Comedy Central's I'm With Busey, where a "regular" guy (Adam) gets to hang with the always unpredictable, never boring Gary Busey. "Regular" has to be qualified, since this guy with Busey doesn't seem to have the strongest character. Maybe it's because Busey is such an overpowering presence that anbody will look weak by comparison, Busey being positioned as some sort of crackpot sage. Anyway, it was reasonably decent television. There was a hint of freakshow, but it was all rugged, manly freakshow, not the whiny, mushmouthed freakshow that is the life and times of Anna Nicole. The paintball sequence was a trip...very nice point-of-view shots to capture the heat of the moment.
My main gripe on reflection is that Adam seems to be trying too hard to force things sometimes. When Busey is on, he obviously doesn't need extra nudging. There are enough interesting things in the man's head that you could just point a camera and a mike at him for an hour and let it roll.
I still think Adam looks kind of like Chaz, though.
My main gripe on reflection is that Adam seems to be trying too hard to force things sometimes. When Busey is on, he obviously doesn't need extra nudging. There are enough interesting things in the man's head that you could just point a camera and a mike at him for an hour and let it roll.
I still think Adam looks kind of like Chaz, though.
|| Eric 9:31 AM#
