902102 doesn’t suck as much as expected

I take back what I said about Michael Lee and Lucille Bluth. They can both obviously act and 90210 was not able to suppress them. Also, the producers deserve credit for simply using the Lucille Bluth character directly (although is there a cross-over between Arrested Development and 90210 viewers?).

I’m not sure what message they are trying to send with the addition of a single black character into the elite white world. Don’t worry!! He’s adopted!! Straight from the corners of Baltimore. Look - he plays lacrosse not basketball!

The white adoptive parents also make some comment, while lying in bed inside their mansion, about being really glad their adopted black kid’s birth parents are not around. I guess because property values would drop or something.

But, the show isn’t good enough to be great, and not bad enough to be good. Gossip Girl totally wins.

Question: why didn’t they call it 902102?

5 September 2008 - 15:03 | Tags: , ,