Sister Wendy's American Collection
Everyone's favorite flatulent, foul mouthed, chain-smoking nun is back for
another crack at the classics of the art world - oh, wait a tick, that's Sister
Randy of those obnoxious BBC America comedy links - I meant to
write...
Everyone's favorite gentle, goodhearted and supremely knowledgeable art-loving
nun - Sister Wendy - is back for another crack at enlightening and
entertaining viewers with her highly informative and enthusiastic observations
on the best the world of Art has to offer.
Sister Wendy's American Collection (PBS) finds the good sister
exploring the finest museums in the USA starting with The Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. Sister Wendy is totally objective and her obvious love for the
pieces she's chosen to discuss helps make art totally accessible. While some may
find her delivery a bit dry most viewers will be instantly charmed by Sister
Wendy's sincere love of art and vast knowledge on the subject.
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Wendy's American Collection
TV Review: Ground Force : Back to the Roots
After finally catching up with all the new Ground Force episodes aired,
by BBC America, on Labor Day, I'm feeling a bit down. The episodes
themselves were mostly lackluster - a couple stand out as perhaps the weakest in
the show's history - though the Jersey episode was quite good. The
beigest disappointment was the much anticipated Back to the Roots episode
which I assumed would be along the lines of the special behind the scenes look
at Changing Rooms (Stripped Bare I think it was called) but
instead all we got was a tired old clip show with only a couple of goodies to
satiate the show's avid fans.
The best bits of the special came early when we meet producer John
Thornicroft and got a peak at both the original, Changing Rooms
inspired, pilot episode (a total disaster pitting rival neighbors in a times
back yard building project contest - more like a horticultural Junkyard Wars
than Ground Force) and Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh's screen-test.
This is the sort of stuff fan's love to see - we've already watched every
episode we can get out hands on as often as we've been able - what we want is
the behind the scenes dirt, we want to see what really goes into the making of
an episode of Ground Force and not just a silly hodgepodge of snippets
from previous episodes, which is what we got.
