Sunday, April 18, 2010

"Hi, I'm Fiona Wallace, and this, is Web Therapy"

I love Lisa Kudrow. It's as simple as that. But has her hit online show, "Web Therapy," fallen below her potential? I think so.

This show is basically completely improvised. So props to that. But what I find a bit lackluster, is the fact that there is basically no plot-line, no climax, just an overall lack of "fire." Part of what I like about Lisa in "Friends" is her large amount of spunk that she brings to Phoebe. She always finds a way to add that goofiness in everything she did. I've watched the bloopers and interviews, so I've seen what Lisa is like outside of "Friends" and I think she could add more of this fun side to Fiona Wallace.

The basis behind "Web Therapy" is that the main character, Fiona Wallace (Kudrow), is a therapist that is a bit disgruntled by the whole lay in the couch therapy session thing. She thinks that there is no need to have an hour long session when you can complete everything that needs to get done in three minutes. The sessions usually last longer than that for some quirky reason, but nonetheless, they are significantly shorter sessions than the hour long ones.

As I said, my problem with the show is that there is a lack of a climax. They seem to be just talking the entire time, and because it is improv, they seem to be struggling to find things to talk about. I do think it is impressive that Lisa Kudrow was able to come up with a show strictly on improv with the intent of having a theme, but the idea kind of flopped. There haven't been any new episodes in a while, and I'm guessing that was due to a lack of popularity. The only reason I heard of this show was because I googled Lisa Kudrow and it came up that she had a show. Otherwise, I would have never known.

Below, I have included a clip of an episode. You'll see what I mean by the lack of a plot and such.

Will you enjoy "Web Therapy"?

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