Swingtown: First Season [DVD]
フォーマット | ドルビー, AC-3, ワイドスクリーン |
コントリビュータ | Jamie Babbit, Kate Norby, Alan Poul, Nick Benson, Brittany Robertson, Joshua Marston, Aaron Christian Howles, Michael Rady, Daniel Minahan, Grant Show, Lesli Linka Glatter, Matt Earl Beesley, Jack Davenport, Bob Balaban, Lana Parrilla, Molly Parker, Alex Zakrzewski, Josh Hopkins, Miriam Shor, Shanna Collins 表示を増やす |
言語 | 英語 |
ディスク枚数 | 1 |
出版日 | 2008/12/9 |
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A brilliant but low-rated series, Swingtown tackles the social mores of the 1970s by focusing on three couples. Susan (Molly Parker) and Bruce Miller (Jack Davenport) have just moved into the wealthy Chicago suburb of Winnetka. Across the street, their neighbors Trina (Lana Parrilla) and Tom Decker (Grant Show) eye them with curiosity. The Deckers are swingers who're hoping that their attractive new neighbors will be open to a little experimentation. The Millers (who got married right out of high school) are tempted and promise each other that maybe they'll try--just once. The looks on their faces when they attend the Deckers party--abundant in both sex and drugs--is a mixture of repulsion and relish. It is clear that while they may not understand what's going on, they are intrigued. While the show's conceit is based on the promise of swinging, Swingtown really isn't about sex as much as it is about the dynamics of a relationship, open or otherwise. When Susan and Bruce befriend the Deckers, their previous best friends and former neighbors Janet (Miriam Shor) and Roger Thompson (Josh Hopkins) feel slighted. And in the case of Janet, she feels betrayed. There are story arcs involving the Millers' high school daughter falling in love with her cute summer-school teacher, as well as a sweet storyline focusing on the enduring and complicated friendship between the Miller and Thompson sons. But the stories that resonate the most revolve around the adult couples. While there are a few flirtations and affairs that don't ring true, the plots more often than not offer a strong dose of reality and a good sense of heart. Swingtown is spot-on in capturing the mood of the seventies, from the music, to the clothes, to the kitschy gold kitchen appliances. All the actors are well-cast in their roles, but keep an eye on Shor. Though her Janet initially is presented as a shrewish character, she shows the most growth in this debut season. Starting off as a jealous friend, an overbearing wife, and an overall fuss budget, Janet is the character viewers least want to see hurt. But the the finale makes it clear her life will never be the same again. --Jae-Ha Kim
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- 言語 : 英語
- 梱包サイズ : 19.3 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm; 204.12 g
- EAN : 0097361387345
- 監督 : Alan Poul, Alex Zakrzewski, Bob Balaban, Daniel Minahan, Jamie Babbit
- メディア形式 : ドルビー, AC-3, ワイドスクリーン
- 発売日 : 2008/12/9
- 出演 : Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show, Lana Parrilla, Miriam Shor
- 吹き替え: : 英語
- 販売元 : Paramount
- ASIN : B001E6DLK0
- ディスク枚数 : 1
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When searching for a word that describes what fueled the late Sixties and Seventies, one frequently referenced is 'exploration' - all that had transpired, from the riots to the assassinations and dehumanizing effect of police actions in Southeast Asia, provoked much soul-searching and a truly ravenous desire to play, lustily reconnect with life after being thoroughly immersed in death for almost a decade. But paradoxically, such indulgences as wife-swapping were really expressions of adult desires to be innocent again. With this exploration inevitably came insight as to the nature of relationships and the aforementioned changes to them. A lot of the soundtrack to this process illuminates it well, but also lays bare the superficial quality accompanying those times. While so much of the music produced in the late Sixties and Seventies was genuinely innovative and diverse, by the mid-Eighties an undeniable ennui and soullessness had crept into it sonically, art imitating life - the new visual medium pushed the societal envelope far more than the sounds being made and MTV thrived for that reason alone. To the ears of many baby boomers - this reviewer's included - the Eighties simply cannot compare to either decade preceding them.
"Swingtown", more than any other television show focusing upon the Seventies, reveals the underlying forces that altered some long-accepted perceptions about relationships; as has been noted by others, any hedonistic forays in this show act only as a vessel for the characters' journeys to discover intimacy again, as illustrated by how Tom and Trina Decker, swinging throughout, bond in the first-season finale with the prospect of becoming unintentional parents while the marriages of Susan, Bruce, Roger and Janet all seemingly hang in the balance - the underlying message speaking to the value of honesty, about who the Deckers are as people and what they feel free to enjoy; they have never been anything less than communicative. True, there is a distinct danger of portraying their experiences too broadly and glossing over the emotional consequences in particular of these explorations, but such honesty will be what helps all concerned to navigate the very new terrain awaiting them and a nation still young at 200 years.
The cast of "Swingtown" features the unsinkable Molly Parker as Susan Miller, Jack Davenport as her husband Bruce struggling to be an effective father and faithful partner, Miriam Shor as earnest, loyal and forthright Janet Thompson - the eventual breakout character whose career path, much to our surprise, fully exposes a strong element of independence and who could potentially become a retroactive icon for women's liberation should the series be given renewed life. Her slightly chauvinistic husband Roger, whose moral bearings have been lost with his job and blurred familial role, is deftly portrayed by Josh Hopkins as, at first feeling less than useful to his family, he inexorably gravitates toward the somewhat emotionally neglected Susan, although she has not effectively communicated the depth of her frustration to Bruce before their relationship degenerates at the Decker's annual end-of-summer beach party on the shores of Lake Michigan. The teenagers in "Swingtown" are also on their own, comparatively modest, journeys of exploration - with the possible exception of Laurie Miller, who is growing up much too fast for Bruce to reconcile, further straining his family's bond with him. That this series takes place around Chicago is not entirely surprising; the social aftershocks in question did take a while longer to reach the heartland.....CBS and producer Mike Kelley have a well-written, thought-provoking show (the latter does need to be more diligent about some anachronisms that have snuck into the dialogue and settings; for example, 'no-brainer' first arose in the Nineties and the men's suit lapels should be wider, but those are minor quibbles) that wholly deserves to be renewed for a full second season; in just 13 episodes, the character development has been outstanding and thousands of viewers have been vociferous in their online support of "Swingtown" - one petition has garnered almost 6,000 signatures in less than a month. Here's hoping that the Tiffany Network rewards that support.....


And maybe that's what happened with a LOT of other people too--which probably lead to this show's cancellation. And what a shame! Because Swingtown - The First Season was a GEM of a show!!!
The character's were so wonderfully put together. And the actors who got to play them were EVERYTHING and MORE than you would've wanted them to be!!!
And the funny thing--and it's not even really funny, but the MAIN reason that I wanted to get this show was because of the actor Jack Davenport--who I remember enjoying from the BBC show Coupling - The Complete First Season --I always liked him in that--always kinda reminded me of the 'Ross' character from the TV show Friends: The Complete First Season . Though, he was NOTHING like either of those characters in this show.
I liked how he and his wife, played by the wonderful Molly Parker--who I remember seeing in Six Feet Under: The Complete Series as the lady Rabi, were like the 'normal' couple moving up from suburbia.
I liked how even though they could've been thought of as slightly 'conservative', they were MORE than open enough to...well, the name of the show IS 'Swingtown', so I'm sure you can put it all together!
But what I liked even more than the 'swinging' aspect of the show, was how the two couples Jack & Susan and Tom & Trina related to each other when it wasn't about the 'swinging'. It was like Susan was NEVER going to look at Trina sideways for sleeping with her husband. And Tom was NEVER going to be caught leering at Susan. It was like (the 'swinging') was something that the four of them did together. And it held a special place for them, CERTAINLY. Though it wasn't going to get to the point that it was BIGGER than their friendship. Like their friendship could even be sustained without it. (Which as the show went along, it sorta came to.)
More importantly, what I liked about this show, is that it was about people. And the lives that they were living at a certain time in America that has LONG since been forgotten about--well, maybe not SO forgotten about, but people have a lot of other things on their minds these days!
I liked that this show could be unique and different and didn't have to follow the same old formula of 'crime show' THIS, 'medical drama' THAT, that most current shows seem to me modeled around.
Sure wish that the network wouldn't have cancelled this and sure wish that the production staff of this show could've somehow found another network for this show to be moved to, to keep it going--I mean, that's what cable's for!
I mean, it seemed to work for the show Sliders - The First and Second Seasons as well as another long time favorite of mine-- The Paper Chase: Season One .
But, oh well, I can be thankful for my DVD just the same!!! Just wish there was something on TV right now like it. (Mr. Kelley, that's a hint!!!)
Also, GREAT work by the incredibly talented Grant Show--who played the 'swinging' Pilot Tom, who makes EVERYTHING better and better by his very presence!!! And Lana Parrilla, who was absolutely terrific as his very sexy and sultry wife Trina!!!