I get the concept, but .... this would have been much better had the sit-com portion not be so obviously over the top.
An effort to write it within the constraints of a "good" sit-com rather than making it an obviously bad sit-com would have made the point more clearly. "Everybody Loves Raymond," for example, may have been playing some really hurtful stereotypes but it was at least funny within its form ... this is not.
Conversely, the drama portion is just too funny. It should have been written (and acted) more within the genre of serious drama. I can't help but realize I am watching comedy actors play stereotypical "Worchesterians," bad accents and all.
But, the concept is interesting. Forget the twist of playing off sit-com TV, how do abused and ignored housewives really live in our male-dominated society?
An effort to write it within the constraints of a "good" sit-com rather than making it an obviously bad sit-com would have made the point more clearly. "Everybody Loves Raymond," for example, may have been playing some really hurtful stereotypes but it was at least funny within its form ... this is not.
Conversely, the drama portion is just too funny. It should have been written (and acted) more within the genre of serious drama. I can't help but realize I am watching comedy actors play stereotypical "Worchesterians," bad accents and all.
But, the concept is interesting. Forget the twist of playing off sit-com TV, how do abused and ignored housewives really live in our male-dominated society?