Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Uptown Girl Meets Downtown Girl

 2 Broke Girls premiered following Two and Half Men. While it has a similar premise in connecting two opposite personalities together, it also draws on some sex humor. With a diversely funny cast, the show seems to have enough wits to be a hit.
 Caroline (Beth Behrs) is a newly broke heiress, out of money because of her dad's Madoff like antics. Max (Kat Dennings) is the streetwise young waitress, trying to make enough money to live. Their worlds collide when Caroline begins working at the diner that Max works at. They clash initially, but seem to have a shared lack of money that push them together.
 At first Max doesn't really trust Caroline because she lied about her experience and seemed to think marrying ketchups meant clinking bottles together. However, after Max finds out that Caroline's friends left her in the cold and that Max's boyfriend hit on Caroline and then cheated on her, she changes her mind. Caroline, of course, wants to accept her generosity but her standard of living sometimes getting in the way of seeing Max's genuine friendship.
 Caroline who is an accomplished business school graduate, devises a plan for them to open a bakery and tells Max that this goal can be reached in a little over a year. Max is skeptical but receptive and so decides to give it a try. At the end of the show, there's an amount shown of how much they've made so far. It's a clever way to remind us that starting from the bottom isn't always a bad thing.
 I think this show will do well, especially when it moves to it's regular time slot after How I Met Your Mother. The two shows compliment each other just as the Chuck Lorre produced Two and Half Men and Mike and Molly work well together. While 2 Broke Girls is no family comedy, anyone can relate to having a dream, an unexpected friend, and a lifetime full of stories. This show is definitely one to watch.

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