Salem Rogers
I’m a huge Rachel Dratch fan. From her work on SNL to 30 Rock to all the voiceover work she has done. I love it. I just feel I need to preface by saying that because I went into this show really wanting to like it. It is completely coarse, unapologetic, in-your-face, dark humor, and that is right up my alley. It follows a model who went into rehab in the ’90s (during her peak) and came out over a decade later to find the world did in fact go on without her. Trying to pick up her career where she left it, she enlists the help of her old assistant (Rachel Dratch), who is now a bestselling children’s author. Hoping to get material for a book out of her experience trying to help, Dratch agrees. Shenanigans ensue, and politically incorrect jokes are told.
Leslie Bibb’s supermodel/diva character is the perfect foil to Dratch’s mild-mannered pushover one. These are two extremes we’ve seen before. So much so that I can without a doubt predict that while working together, they will each learn things from each other that will make them better, more well-rounded people. Ok, so that’s not the point. The important part is the boozed-filled, drug-induced misadventures they will have along the way.
Bottom Line: Salem Rogers is crass and unrefined at the moment, but in it shines glimmers of comedic gold. As long as it can overcome the cliches, and eventually establish likable female characters, I can see this transforming into something greater.
RATING: ★★★★★★(6/10 stars)
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