Dirt - The Complete First Season on DVD (2007)

hunkydomste from Liverpool [Highly rated reviewer] , 18/08/2008

Along with Californication this is a series that completely passed me by, when it was aired on TV. And along with Californication this is some of the best American TV I have seen in a loooong time.

Courtney Cox has appeared in a few things, but she has incorporated two very iconic roles. There is Monica from Friends of course (and have you never called an uebertidy frined Monica, hmm?), but then there was Gail Weathers in the Scream trilogy. Apart from Lisa Kudrow, Cox is the Friends actress who can step out of her best known role and be someone completely different. She managed it with the portrayal of the sensation hungry, self-centred, but also somewhat human reporter in Scream 1-3- here she takes that role further. Much further.

Courtney Cox plays Lucy Spiller, Editor-In-Chief for Dirt Magazine, Hollywood/La's biggest celebrity gloss/paps trap. You know from the opening scene: Do not mess with Lucy. She is carreer driven, harsh, ice cold, venomous- but she has a streak of humanity in her, which she only displays to few. Most of all to Don, her functional schizophrenic photographer and 'best' friend.

The relationship between Don and Lucy provides a warm contrast to the nastiness of the mag business and Don's hallucinations and trips give the show a third dimension, lifting it from sheer gossip trash to something quite special.

FABULOUS!

SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED

* CALIFORNICATION

* SCREAM

* THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

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tnike from Ashton-under-Lyne [Highly rated reviewer] , 18/06/2008

oh dear.

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A customer from earth , 07/06/2008

goooooooooooddddddddddd

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A customer from Weybridge , 28/06/2008

Good girly trash - easy to watch. Courtney Cox plays the hard nosed editor bitch very well!

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A customer from Gloucester , 09/07/2008

Not a Monica in sight, this is fantastic and Courtney Cox plays Lucy so well. When Jennifer Aniston shows up all you see is Rachel, but Lucy is fantastic. I think this show is great and i am desparate for more!!

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A customer from London , 25/10/2008

simple loved it coutney cox is a fab actress and such a minx

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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