So It Begins…
July 18, 2007
A&E has posted 1/3 of the premiere of “The Two Coreys.” Objectively, it’s terrible. Putting aside my bias as a person who had an idea stolen, I can at least admit relief after seeing that the parties involved clearly do not have the chutzpah and vision to make the show funny. It was problem Ken and I saw from the very beginning and willfully ignored for the sake of solid scripts: Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are not talented. While writing and pitching the scripts we constantly faced the reality that the two Coreys would not be able to due justice to the material.
The reason lies in the blind hubris of the Coreys. When I talked to Corey Haim on the phone (at his mom’s house) and described our scripts, I described his character as the insane, desperate one, as a foil to the domesticated, resigned Feldman. Haim immediately bristled and I reassured him would could always flip-flop the roles (though we wouldn’t). Sadly, I just wanted to please Corey f’ing Haim and have him push our script into development.
What A&E has developed from our idea is a muddled, tone-less failure. In what in clearly faked “reality”, the Coreys show a complete inability to banter or improv humorously. The aim is “Curb Your Enthusiam”, but A&E ruins it with inevitable injections of VH1 Celebreality. The talking heads in particular crumble any pretenses that this might be “reality.” Why are they being shot against a white background in a studio?
Corey Feldman is delusional. Unable to admit he’s a nobody, the show even refers to him as a “working actor.” Even if that is his real house, it’s unbelievable. Feldman should have been living in a 1970s family ranch in the Valley, not a five bedroom landscaped manse. So what we get with “The Two Coreys” is “You, Me, And Dupree” meets “Flavor Of Love.” It’s truly awful. Mostly because of shit acting. This is why we debating using talented actors to play generic has-beens named “Corey” instead of the real deal. A&E’s show will flop because of shallow reliance on sheer nostalgia and the acting abilities of two complete hacks.
But I’m not bitter…
Coming soon to this blog:
Scripts from our show.
Raking through A&E’s show for any hints of the above.
