What happened to type-casting?

thedrmink

I know producers have to market their shows, but I always find it disheartening when they deviate so much from the author's description of the characters. This show is a perfect example. A great, telegenic group, but not a single one resembles the characters in Patterson and Petro's books. Lindsay Boxer is a tall blonde from California, not a tall brunette with a Texas accent. Claire Washburn is described at a LARGE, jovial "earth mother" and mother of teens, not a thirty-something like the actress who portraits her in the show. Cindy Thomas is blonde ditz with curly hair, not a ginger. At least Jill Bernhardt is not too far off course, although she isn't as well described as the other characters. I'd have pegged her more an "old money" WASP, but not as pasty as Laura Harris. And don't even get me started with Warren Jacobi, who is most likely not a middle aged Black male. However, since such dramatic "license" has been pretty common since casting Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham, who was definitely not Black but made for great box office, such liberties are to be expected.

score 5/10

thedrmink 12 June 2012

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2626618/