Re: OKC Starring in TNT's "Grace"
My take on the 1st show (a mixed bag, for sure):
1. Any national TV about Okc is good TV. Publicity is publicity and it's good to get the city's name out.
2. I liked Holly Hunter's and Earl's performances ... good to see and clever, also.
3. I liked the "backup" ocpd crew ... esp. the Native American which lends an Oklahoma identity. The white guy was more or less "urban" even if not much of a "presence." The black ocpd captain was pretty cool, I thought.
4. The "stockyard" scenes struck me as authtentic ... not that many of from Okc pay that much attention to Stockyards City (even though it is most definately a very real part of our history and present) ... but it's genuine Okc whether you like it or not.
5. Some of the characters' names were "too cute." Kind of "high school," I thought.
6. Some, if not all, of the general stereotypes were, also.
7. The scenes at the Murrah Memorial brought tears to my eyes ... I'm still not over it. But ... most definitately ... part of Okc history, and it was handled well, I thought.
8. The scenes with the black convicted guy with Grace were good ... at the outset and then in the prison ... probably set the tone of much to come. And, I liked the inter-racial mix of Grace and the convict ... meaning, the lack of racial overtones in white-girl Grace trying to resussicate (sp?) the guy ... and their sharing of impressions at the prison. As far as I'm concerned, this is a "good" image to present for Okc.
9. Overall, everything struck me as somewhat "unjointed/disconnected" but maybe that will all come together. I was pretty sleepy, so I might revise this comment on "rewind."
10. Knock my socks off? No. I was certainly not "blown away." Perk my "story" interest? Yes. It may be taking a "slowly developing" approach, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I'd give it a "promising" but yet "unproved" storyline that may/may not be interesting to tell, and see.
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