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MAY 15-21, 2013
May the Best Sibling Win
The Goodwin Games pits family members against each other
TV
by DEAN ROBBINS
In Fox's promising
sitcom The Goodwin
Games (Monday, 8:30
p.m.), three estranged
siblings reunite after
their father (Beau
Bridges) dies, only to
learn that he has set up
a series of competitions
to determine which one
of them will win his
fortune. This questionable approach to an
inheritance echoes his
questionable approach
to childrearing. The
siblings have all been
scarred by him, each in a different way. Henry (Scott Foley) is an overachiever,
Chloe (Becki Newton) a flake, Jimmy (T.J. Miller) a criminal. The Goodwin
Games is reminiscent of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, another bittersweet comedy about adult children broken by a bad dad. Here, daddy dearest continues to torment them from beyond the grave.
"You children could have been magnificent," he tells them in one of his posthumous videos.
As in The Royal Tenenbaums, though, nothing is black-or-white. In a mere
half-hour, the pilot shades Henry, Chloe and Jimmy so that they emerge as people
rather than comic types. Even Jimmy, the goofiest of the siblings (check out the
priceless bit in which he tries, and fails, to be sarcastic), displays unexpected tenderness to his young daughter.
I have to correct old man Goodwin. These children are magnificent, at least as
characters.
Shark Tank
Friday, 9 pm (ABC)
In the season finale, the panel of five self-made millionaires hears intriguing
pitches from budding business people. A woman named Val seeks a $200,000
investment for a curated dating service in which only appealing people are picked
to participate. An 11-year-old boy named Ryan seeks $25,000 for his dog-biscuitbaking enterprise, with the irresistible name the Barkery.
The episode's would-be entrepreneurs are all likable, while the panelists … well,
not so much. They leer at Val and lecture Ryan. They insult each other and guffaw
at their own stupid jokes. Beady-eyed Kevin O'Leary tells two earnest restaurateurs
from Cincinnati: "The whole thing is crap. Is 'crap' the brand?"
I don't think any of these panelists is appealing enough to be picked by Val's
curated dating service.
The Simpsons
Sunday, 8 pm (Fox)
It's the saddest time of the year for fans of animated TV comedy: the season finale of The Simpsons. We'll have to content ourselves with watching reruns for the
next few months — come to think of it, not such a bad way to spend the summer.
In the meantime, the last episode of 2012-13 has an Icelandic theme, with a
cameo by the overwrought ambient rock band Sigur Rós. It will be the first time
Sigur Rós has gotten a laugh out of me — an intentional one, that is.
Billboard Music Awards
Sunday, 8 pm (ABC)
The Billboard Music Awards prides itself on having something for everyone,
with nods to R&B, rap, country and Billboard's other charts. In booking this
year's musical performances, though, the ceremony has favored artists who've
recently disgusted large segments of the population. Chris Brown has continued to
behave obnoxiously after his assault conviction; Justin Bieber made a mockery of
the Holocaust with recent comments about Anne Frank; Lil Wayne was dropped
by Pepsi after sick lyrics about civil rights martyr Emmett Till; and Taylor Swift
lost female fans with her dismissive remarks about feminism.
Here's a new motto for the Billboard Music Awards: "Something for everyone…
to be revolted by."
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