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From Monsters and Critics.com Smallscreen Reviews IFC's "The Business" follows the team at Vic's Flicks - a dodgy "Girls Gone Wild" production type company that catches an unexpected break and morphs into a respectable indie film company. "Business" is back for the second season, the eight episode IFC Original hybrid is filled with more cartoonish veritas of The Business of Hollywood. The new season continues the motley crew's dilemmas as they navigate the industry and settle in to their unexpected "be careful what you wish for" success. With their new found respectability after "House of Fear" does a surprise boffo box office, button down and white bread producer Julia Sullivan (Kathleen Robertson) and caricature of every over-the-top Jewish producer, Vic Morgenstein (Rob deLeeuw) move their flawed team into spiffy new offices and go to work as they try to prove that "House of Fear" wasn't a one hit wonder - in the film business, you're only as good as your next hit. "The Business" uses improvisation-heavy antics of "The Office," and heavy handed sexual situations to hammer the point that show business is indeed a surreal world where eccentric and excessive behavior is rewarded and encouraged. Vic's cadre of office personnel includes a smarmy Lothario PR guy, a pretentious hotshot director, a WASP-y striving development producer, a crazed Japanese in-law who becomes an investor, an troubled teen daughter, a lewd secretary who seduces everyone in sight and a forced-upon-him ex-porno star lead. In one memorable scene, a French female producer pitches the team her steamy tale, and resurrects the dead in Vic's long lost erection which is featured prominently throughout the following scenes. Another mention goes to the episode where a passionate Irish guy is pitching a tale of starvation in jail, and Vic keeps interrupting and referring to him as "that Scottish guy, worst accent ever." In subsequent scenes Vic is eating a hearty Irish spread that has him doubled over and nearly kills everyone around him from the odious results. Vic’s Flicks PR guy Tony Russ (played by Trevor Hayes), lusts for Kathleen Sullivan and the buff by the books office accountant rips his clothes off in certain odd seduction scenes revealing his gay stud life. All in a day's work at this office, there's lots of inappropriate un-PC coupling going on in "The Business." This series is very funny at times and has promise, but it doesn't hold a candle to "Jackie Woodman," yet. Upcoming episode: The Business - Full Moon and Half Nuts © Copyright 2007 by monstersandcritics.com. This notice cannot be removed without permission. |