Sooo I feel like its hard to give my favorite show from back in the day a negative review... and that's not to say I would give it a negative review if I could... but there are maybe some things that I didn't think were the best for the show. I would say it isn't a perfect show... but it is what you need it to be.
Oddly enough, my main concern going into the show isn't something I'm actually concerned about after watching it. My main concern before the show aired was that it didn't pick up where the show left off. Will and Grace didn't have children and they were no longer with their spouses that they ended up with on Will and Grace. That was addressed early on in the episode in a way that didn't really bother me. I'm not really thinking of this series as a continuation of the original show... I think it's Will and Grace but in 2017 instead of the 90s/2000s. And honestly... we really need that. Just so much has happened and it just makes sense to have your favorite show back on... especially when that show had a lot of pop culture references and political politics that go perfectly with the show.
The episode definitely recycled an old episode from the original series. In the original series there is an episode where Grace decides to redesign a Nursing Home for free because Will takes a job working for charity and quits his firm. Grace then gets a job to redesign for Will's "old" firm... only to find out that Will actually still works there. And they don't tell each other this because the other one was so proud of them... this episode had the same plot- but with a 2017 post Trump/Clinton election theme.
I know everyone doesn't like watching shows about politics... but this show was always kind of about politics... so yeah. Also the whole reason for the comeback is because they did an ad for voting and that got a lot of views... so they wanted to kind of incorporate that in the show... also EVERY DAMN COMEDY HAS MADE FUN OF POLITICS FOR YEARS... GET OVER IT! Lol. I'd probably feel differently if the show was politically biased towards the other side... but yeah.
Anyway... I also find it amazing that James Burrows directed every episode of the original series and I think he's directing every episode in this series too... I think that is part of why Will and Grace was so successful to begin with. The show was originally going to be a different show about a large group of friends and 2 characters were a straight woman and her gay roommate... but that later changed to just focus on those characters- who became Will and Grace. This concept had probably been abandoned before the pilot that aired was written and shot... but in the first episode of that it seemed like they were JUST trying to get that concept straight... and I think Jim Burrows really helped the characters flow a little better and the show just worked a lot better because of him... so I'm sure this revamp will also flow a little better because he's back with it and I think he's directing every episode again... so I think that's going to be a good thing. It flowed a little better because of him already and I think it will get better as everyone gets into their rolls.
I think that's everything I want to mention... I didn't love it the way I love the original series but I love that it's back. I would recommend it if you watched the original series... I may recommend it more if you didn't watch the original series because it might be better that way. Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
Oddly enough, my main concern going into the show isn't something I'm actually concerned about after watching it. My main concern before the show aired was that it didn't pick up where the show left off. Will and Grace didn't have children and they were no longer with their spouses that they ended up with on Will and Grace. That was addressed early on in the episode in a way that didn't really bother me. I'm not really thinking of this series as a continuation of the original show... I think it's Will and Grace but in 2017 instead of the 90s/2000s. And honestly... we really need that. Just so much has happened and it just makes sense to have your favorite show back on... especially when that show had a lot of pop culture references and political politics that go perfectly with the show.
The episode definitely recycled an old episode from the original series. In the original series there is an episode where Grace decides to redesign a Nursing Home for free because Will takes a job working for charity and quits his firm. Grace then gets a job to redesign for Will's "old" firm... only to find out that Will actually still works there. And they don't tell each other this because the other one was so proud of them... this episode had the same plot- but with a 2017 post Trump/Clinton election theme.
I know everyone doesn't like watching shows about politics... but this show was always kind of about politics... so yeah. Also the whole reason for the comeback is because they did an ad for voting and that got a lot of views... so they wanted to kind of incorporate that in the show... also EVERY DAMN COMEDY HAS MADE FUN OF POLITICS FOR YEARS... GET OVER IT! Lol. I'd probably feel differently if the show was politically biased towards the other side... but yeah.
Anyway... I also find it amazing that James Burrows directed every episode of the original series and I think he's directing every episode in this series too... I think that is part of why Will and Grace was so successful to begin with. The show was originally going to be a different show about a large group of friends and 2 characters were a straight woman and her gay roommate... but that later changed to just focus on those characters- who became Will and Grace. This concept had probably been abandoned before the pilot that aired was written and shot... but in the first episode of that it seemed like they were JUST trying to get that concept straight... and I think Jim Burrows really helped the characters flow a little better and the show just worked a lot better because of him... so I'm sure this revamp will also flow a little better because he's back with it and I think he's directing every episode again... so I think that's going to be a good thing. It flowed a little better because of him already and I think it will get better as everyone gets into their rolls.
I think that's everything I want to mention... I didn't love it the way I love the original series but I love that it's back. I would recommend it if you watched the original series... I may recommend it more if you didn't watch the original series because it might be better that way. Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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