The Playboy Club: Discussion Thread

[YRBB]

Oh, wow, they did opening credits--full opening credits--for the second episode. I thought that art was dead! And the credits were really nice.

[YRBB]

And... I really liked the second episode. But it seems like the subject matter is enough for many people to never give it a chance.

[All My Shadows]

The Playflop Cub. More people watched Y&R.

[Juliajms]

I have to admit that's the case for me. Watching women walking around in bunny suits...just seems like a reminder of the bad old days to me. Even Pam Am leaves a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth for that reason, but I'm giving that one a chance.

[Becki]

Since I watch Castle, I've watched the first two episodes of The Playboy Club online. I like it. Not enough to watch it instead of Castle, but I like Eddie Cibrian and the girl playing Bunny Maureen is good as well.

[EricMontreal22]

I have a friend who inexplicably loves this show--and I do love Laura Benanti from her Broadway work, so saw the last two eps with her--I thought the second episode was an improvement. It helped we didn't have Hef arrogantly saying ridiculously untrue voice over statements about how the Bunnies were some of the only free women in the world, etc... Something's missing though. Pan Am has a lot of issues, and is no Mad Men, but it is damn stylish and nice to look at--and has enough for me to stick with. But Playboy Club's period design actually feels to me a bit lazy and underwhelming--the style of the piece doesn't seem ALL that clearly 1960s--especially next to Pan Am and Mad Men (which is still heads and shouldrs over the others--even Pan Am seems to have too much fond nostalgia for the era it shows).

I didn't realize Sam Maher, who I loved as Simon in Firefly/Serenity and have always had a tv crush on (and suspected was gay) has used his role as the closeted gay character married to the lesbian bunny to publicly come out. Good for him. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/26/firefly-playboy-club-actor-sean-maher-comes-out-ga/

And yeah, I can't see this show with its poor ratings, off putting conept and low ratings lasting...

[DRW50]

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/09/recap---i-the-playboy-club--i-

[EricMontreal22]

Ha interesting. I have to say, one thing for all that was going on (sex, murder, mobsters, early gay and civil rights) it really did feel flat and lacking in momentum.

[DRW50]

It's all very trendy, but a trend that is several years out of date. Oh look, we're like Mad Men. But Mad Men is a niche show, at best.

[EricMontreal22]

And, I think even those who don't like Mad Men's style (or the show itself) it's done with much more thought--this feels just knocked out. The elements are there more or less, but the execution isn't. And yes, Mad Men would never work on a network, demanding network audiences. Many people who seem to like the look of Mad Men or the era don't even watch the show.

[John]

NBC AXES PLAYBOY

http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/nbc-gives-full-season-orders-to-up-all-night-whitney/

[Toups]

I wanted to watch the show but I kept putting it off because I had too many other show to watch and because they got low ratings and guessed the show wouldn't last.

[YRBB]

I might as well make sure I enjoy the last episode, then.

[wingwalker]

I'm not shocked they canceled it, but I'm surprised they did this soon. I figured they let it air all 13 of it's episodes first. I mean, are repeats of Prime Suspect going to do any better? Probably not.

[Cheap21]

I was just thinking about checking this out but I just saw on Wendy that it got cancelled so I wont waste my time