The Sarah Silverman Show - Season 1
2007
Sarah Silverman says what's on her mind. And no one else's. In this first season of the critically acclaimed Show, Sarah gets hepped up on cough syrup, takes in a homeless man and poops her pants. With her unique perspective on life and her ability to turn just about everything into a song, find out why Sarah Silverman is an .. Read more
| Starring | Sarah Silverman |
|---|---|
| Director | Rob Schrab, Steven K. Tsuchida |
| Genres | Comedy |
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The Sarah Silverman Show - Season 1
Sarah Silverman says what's on her mind. And no one else's. In this first season of the critically acclaimed Show, Sarah gets hepped up on cough syrup, takes in a homeless man and poops her pants. With her unique perspective on life and her ability to turn just about everything into a song, find out why Sarah Silverman is an American treasure. An offensive, filthy-mouthed treasure.
| Starring | Sarah Silverman |
|---|---|
| Director | Rob Schrab, Steven K. Tsuchida |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Apr 2009 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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An acquired taste
The Sarah Silverman Program draws obvious parallels with Silverman’s own comic persona. In a word they’re both immensely frustrating. Both the show and the comedian have a genuinely infectious enthusiasm and energy and demonstrate a vivid imagination and a delight in the ridiculous. The show also functions as a wonderfully acidic pastiche of the populist US sitcom.
Although not especially new, it does remain incredibly refreshing to watch a sitcom headed by a character who is - whilst riffing on the ‘lovable loser’ and ‘smart alec’ archetypes - immensely obnoxious and fundamentally unlikable. However the delicate balance this requires from both writing and performance is not always there. The show also opts for the cheap laugh far too frequently and mistakes being crass for being subversive.
Silverman seems to revel in the scatological to a quite perverse degree (although perhaps no more so than a great deal of more recent US comedy) and this, unfortunately, serves to drown out her strengths. Silverman has a keen aptitude for juxtaposing the childish with the offensive, but too often it is thrown away on cheap sight gags or woefully misjudged set pieces.
The show is an intriguingly heady brew but, ultimately, an acquired taste.
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- TheUncanny from HALESOWEN
- Posted 22 Apr 2009 14:14
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Most recent members' review
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
An acquired taste
The Sarah Silverman Program draws obvious parallels with Silverman’s own comic persona. In a word they’re both immensely frustrating. Both the show and the comedian have a genuinely infectious enthusiasm and energy and demonstrate a vivid imagination and a delight in the ridiculous. The show also functions as a wonderfully acidic pastiche of the populist US sitcom.
Although not especially new, it does remain incredibly refreshing to watch a sitcom headed by a character who is - whilst riffing on the ‘lovable loser’ and ‘smart alec’ archetypes - immensely obnoxious and fundamentally unlikable. However the delicate balance this requires from both writing and performance is not always there. The show also opts for the cheap laugh far too frequently and mistakes being crass for being subversive.
Silverman seems to revel in the scatological to a quite perverse degree (although perhaps no more so than a great deal of more recent US comedy) and this, unfortunately, serves to drown out her strengths. Silverman has a keen aptitude for juxtaposing the childish with the offensive, but too often it is thrown away on cheap sight gags or woefully misjudged set pieces.
The show is an intriguingly heady brew but, ultimately, an acquired taste.-
- TheUncanny from HALESOWEN
- Posted 22 Apr 2009 14:14
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Sarah Silverman says what's on her mind. And no one else's. In this first season of the critically acclaimed Show, Sarah gets hepped up on cough syrup, takes in a homeless man and poops her pants. ... -