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The show's core relationship is appealingly relaxed. It dares to suggest successful coupledom lies less in heated passion than in being able to dress down and screw up and know you're still loved.
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It all makes for a promising start on a network whose best comedies invariably wind up on Thursday nights. Whitney is already there, and looks as though it just might belong.
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Eventually the mood relaxes, even as the slapstick amps up, and what may prove to be a charming comedy begins to emerge.
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Whitney is funnier than "2 Broke Girls," probably because the humor seems more idiosyncratic.
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Sep 22, 2011It's really one lonnnnng sex joke. That said, some of the punch lines are pretty funny.
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The characters are all caricature-y stereotypes and the jokes are of the ba-da-dum! variety, but the pilot made me laugh more than some other new comedies, mostly due to the performances.
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The show largely treads disappointingly familiar territory.
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D'Elia sparks well off Cummings, but this show demonstrates her true talents lie offscreen.
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The relationship jokes come off stale and cliched (men can't be monogamous!), and you're left feeling like you watched a raunchier--and less funny--version of "Friends."
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Problem is both series [2 Broke Girls and Whitney] are hit-you-over-the-head until you laugh or else.
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The main character is too loud, too dominant and far too central; the lines all sound as if they were written to be delivered by a performer rather than spoken in conversation; and the supporting characters are ciphers who exist merely to reflect or foil the star.
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The sitcom, premiering Thursday night, is perfectly adequate, but only that, and it doesn't compare well to the show Cummings co-created, "2 Broke Girls," which premiered Monday on CBS.
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Other than Cummings' slightly off-kilter view of relationships as writer and star, Whitney as a construct is more spindly than her legs.
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It's D'Elia and the other cast members who rescue the show from a wretched Whitney overload.
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Although there aren't any Carrie Bradshaw-esque puns on this show, nor ethnic stereotypes, the comedy feels more frantic and desperate.
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Standup comic Cummings has potential, but no one could overcome these dated relationship cliches.
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Instead of an entertaining half-hour to ease our wait for the return of "30 Rock," the network has given us another "Outsourced."
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A lot of the success of Whitney may hinge on whether people find her likeable or not. But there are fundamental issues holding back the show as well--beyond the multi-camera fakeness of it all.
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It also has hints--just hints--of a fascinating show about the implications of technology and the limits of knowledge. But I don't know if it really wants to, or will be allowed to, become that more interesting show.
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Collectively, then, Whitney often feels like a series of standup jokes broken up by snippets of dialogue.
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Not only are Whitney's jokes a little musty, the multi-camera format seems like the wrong choice for this comedy.
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The problem is that Whitney is a terrible show, though in ways that resonate with our culture's debates about women and humor.
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Relying heavily on sex talk and slapstick, Whitney is the kind of show where less funny people surround the star, always commenting on her zany actions.
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If you caught a snippet of Whitney unawares, you would be forgiven for assuming that it's one of those shows-within-a-show that exists to caricature bad television.
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With its stilted scenes, canned laughter, and handwringing about marriage, Whitney feels more like a step backward.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 112
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Mixed: 21 out of 112
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Negative: 54 out of 112
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