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Dr. David J. Demko, AgeVenture News Service | ||
Alexandra Wentworth is not really a therapist, but she does play one on TV. And, I'm not really a Hollywood reporter, but I did spend the night in a Holiday Inn. So, let the healing and reviewing begin.
Spawned by what appears to be the highly creative, yet deeply disturbed minds of an agency called "An Uncle Film" (not affiliated with "Uncle Tom's Cabin", at least as far as I can see) comes HEAD CASE, which is "outrageous TV comedy at it's absolute best." No, the producers did NOT pay me to award such high praises to their TV comedy, but I seriously wish they would. After all, this sensational comedic hit is sure to make the producers a couple of gah-zillion bucks. Back to the good doctor Goode and her needy celeb clients. Celebrities in LA tend to live "fast and hard" rock-n-roller-coaster lifestyles. It's a stressful existance of constant ups and downs. Celebs need help. Help from a genuinely sympathetic and highly professional person. Dr. Elizabeth Goode is not that person. You've got to trust me on this; at least until you view HEAD CASE for yourself. So, go out tonight, break into an appliance store, steal a tv, tap into your neighbors cable-line, then enjoy the show (the doc's advice, not mine). Rumor has it that celebrities need a sympathetic ear and a helping hand in order to deal with personal issues. In fact, limo drivers intimate that their celeb clients are so miserable, they fight-back tears all the way from their palatial mansion until they arrive at their private bank to make a huge withdrawal to pay for a weekend at the King Saudi's Spa and Last Resort. May we all be spared the miserable life of a Hollywood celebrity. There's more comic relief. Dr. Goode shares her office suite with another therapist, brilliantly played by an actor whose name I'm too lazy to look up right now, who gives a stellar comedic performance. This therapist believes in tough-love. He taunts suicidal patients to, "Go ahead, jump off a building." Of course the doc is joking, but many patients follow his "advice." It goes without saying that Dr. Goode's office-mate has a dying practice. So, whose patients does he try to steal? You guessed it. HEAD CASE will have you laughing so hard, you will literally see "STARZ", because STARZ network airs the show late at night (Wed at 11:00 PM). Your kids should be fast-asleep by then. And that's a "good thing" because you won't have to worry about innocent toddler eyes discovering adult viewing habits are as mindless as the program choices kids make. HEAD CASE is a laugh out loud spoof on therapists of all kinds: psycho-therapists, behavioral therapists, psychiatrists. Sometimes these head-shrinks drive us crazy. Not just ordinary crazy, but "2+2=5" crazy. The only people who can get away with that kind of math are nut-cases and IRS agents. Watch HEAD CASE at STARZ TV, Wednesdays at 11:00 PM. If you can manage to stop laughing long enough, you'll realize this is comic satire at it's best. Until next time, "don't do drugs, stay in school, and never ... ever ... get caught up in Dr. Goode's healing hands. She might not have washed them. Besides, you don't know where those hands have been ... unless you watch HEAD CASE. | ||
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