Living Single: Dateless doesn't always mean lonely
When it was first suggested that I write a Living Single column, I said, "But I don't `live single. ' " At least, not according to TV and pop culture standards. On Seinfeld, the No. 1 comedy series in the free world, even George has a new girlfriend every week.Every week! George.I hate dating. I don't remember the last time I even went on a date. But - and here is the shocker - I am perfectly happy in my life....
TV REVIEW
'Living Single' on a Bumpy Road to Good Comedy
Premiering at 8:30 p.m. Sunday on Channel 11, "Living Single" is caricature comedy, a classic sitcom that's predicated on gross exaggeration. That makes it compatible with "Martin," the incumbent comedy it follows in Fox's fall schedule.In addition, both have energetic young African-American casts, both make more noise than sense, both yield pearls of clever wit. Unfortunately, you have to dive 10,000 fathoms to locate...
CREATOR REBUTS CRITICISM OF FOX'S `LIVING SINGLE'
THE TABLE READING for the latest script of Fox's "Living Single" was under way, and the mood among the cast, producers and writers of the situation comedy was jubilant, almost celebratory.For a while, at least, the fact that a prominent news magazine had just singled out "Living Single" as a prime example of the flood of urban-oriented shows that perpetuate negative stereotypes didn't matter. As the cast, producers and...
Room for improvement in `Living Single' sitcom
They're "Living Single" and I'm drinking doubles in an attempt to juice up the laughs in this underwritten, overacted Fox sitcom. Here's the premise: Four female Brooklyn buppies share their lives (three of them even share a brownstone) and thoughts about men and careers. You might think of the show as "Designing Black Women," except it has not one whit of the wit of that classic women's...