http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/14/HOUSE----Ugly.aspx This week’s HOUSE M.D. starts with black and white footage of a father (Michael Whaley) and his son (Khleo Thomas) with a facial deformity on train platform and a young girl screaming at the disfigurement. A Discovery Channel/TLC/PBS type network is paying for the reconstructive surgery of the young man so long as they get to film the proceedings. Once the patient is on the operating table everything goes crazy. He has a heart attack. Less than ninety seconds into the show (or show within the show- meta-television? Metavision?) and Dr.Chase (Jesse Spencer) is shouting to turn that damn camera off! I can be dense when it comes to subtle winks to the viewers, but I think the writers were acknowledging the goofy convention they were embarking on, right at the top of it. House (Hugh Laurie) vaguely accepts the camera’s presence, scheduling most of his meetings with his fellows in places the TV crew cannot follow: MRI lab, hemorrhoid surgery, and those types of places. House has made enough commentary on the reality genre already this season with the over the top parodies, so this time the cut was straight forward- the camera was freezing his fellows. And the reality became hackneyed and scripted. As if we didn’t know that already. I can be dense when it comes to subtle winks to the viewers, but I think the writers were acknowledging the goofy convention they were embarking on, right at the top of it. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/14/HOUSE----Ugly.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/14/HOUSE----Ugly.aspx#2219 i love this show its always good:) tinkluvspan http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/14/HOUSE----Ugly.aspx#2219 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:24:16 GMT