A Woman's Work Is Never Done
Okay, so I watch TV. I know I should do more chores, or bake, or read to my kids more, or weed the garden or build works of great art or cure cancer, but instead, I find that I often watch TV. A lot of TV. I probably shouldn't, but I do. However, in my defense, I do remember a time when TV wasn't just "good," it was great . Why? Because the pioneers of television were all seasoned theater actors who knew how to act. This meant they knew how to be funny. They had something called experience in front of live audiences. What happened to this? I don't get it. An example of the kind of timeless television I'm talking about, the kind based on good old fashioned acting talent, is found in this random clip from The Honeymooners . Perhaps the theme is dated, but these actors were former Broadway hams who simply had the chops to pull off how to keep a scene moving, the audience engaged and knew precisely what character driven com