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Peter Krause and Maura Tierney Move Into The New "Parenthood"

Posted by Olivia Purnell

 

Peter, sweet cheeks, we are not so sure that joining the cast of NBC’s pilot Parenthood is a good idea. (Maura, this goes for you too, girl)

Here’s why: 

You, both of you, are very good at what you do.  Maura we liked you on ER.  Peter, you were in Six Feet Under for goodness sakes.  Don’t you think a show in the HBO/Showtime neighborhood might be more appropriate for you?  Something along the lines of a Weeds, or a United States of Peter or something?  Find a show with cursing and sex and depth.  Maura, wouldn’t you like to cuss on TV for once?  It sounds nice doesn’t it?

Peter, your Parenthood character Adam Braverman is “a married man with two children who is a lunatic beneath the surface.”  We hope that the Parenthood script allows for true lunacy, but lets be honest, you’re probably going to be working with aw shucks family comedy.  Semi-disgruntled dad isn’t for you Peter.  Go back to playing truly disturbed characters with a healthy dose of self-loathing.  That’s your bread and butter.  Six Feet?  We Don’t Live Here Anymore?  Bread. And. Butter.

Maura, you just know you’ll be wearing dowdy pleated slacks on this show.  Don't let them give you a F.U.P.A. Can’t you get a guest spot on Californication?

Also, and this is key, kids.  Parenthood, the TV show has already been done.  Yes.  Would we lie to you?  In 1990 a television show called Parenthood was adapted from the 1989 Steve Martin flick.  The show starred . . . wait for it:  David Arquette, Leonardo Dicaprio, Ed Begley Jr., and Thora Birch.  Joss Whedon even wrote a couple of episodes.

If it didn’t work then, Maura, Peter, why do we need to try it again now, 20 years later?


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Previously:

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