First Look: ‘Perfect Harmony’ Stages a ‘West Wing’ Reunion (PHOTO)
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Are you ready for a Bartlet administration reunion? On the January 9 episode of NBC comedy Perfect Harmony, star Bradley Whitford welcomes fellow West Wing alum Joshua Malina (above left, with Whitford).
Malina guests as eccentric podcaster Torsten VanBlaricum, who sits alongside crabby small-town choir director Arthur Cochran (Whitford) on the panel judging the Conley Fork’s Finest pageant.
“Torsten is a previous winner; [unlike Arthur,] he is entirely enraptured by the proceedings,” Malina says. “I think his life has peaked.”
The actors have maintained a fond rivalry since they met in 1990 appearing in the Broadway run of an earlier Aaron Sorkin project, A Few Good Men. (Malina joined Sorkin’s The West Wing in 2002, midway through its seven-season run.)
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“He likes to lord his Emmys over me,” the never-nominated Malina says of Whitford. “I’d like to point out he only has three more [wins] than I do, which really, ultimately, is not that many.”
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Unfounded, how? Who, exactly do you think a show about a church choir is bound to appeal to? If the intent wasn't to draw in fans of Whitford, why would he be cast?
I didn't state that the producers used logic in these choices, which are very contradictory, only based my very founded premise(s) on the facts. The show's cancellation will become apparent by February and may very well mark the last time any role of any significance is offered to Whitford.
If that indeed is the outcome, this terrible show will have at least been of some use.
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The show is tanking horribly. Whitford was never much of an actor, but now he's a loudmouth who insults his target audience because they don't agree with his politics. Funny how only Joshua Molina, one of the most minor WW cast would show. Hard to even classify this as a 'reunion'. This show has zero chance of renewal. Another fail by Whitford.
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Whoa, sorry you don't like Whitford. But many of us enjoyed him on WW. The whole cast seemed so unified. I continue to watch it on Netflix when I can't find anything else. I think his talents might be not well used on Harmony but its light entertainment.
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You apparently are one of the few who watch Harmony. Since you do enjoy it, I'm genuinely glad it's on for that reason alone.
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In other words you disagree with an actor politically and therefore you must hate on anything they are in publicly. Gotcha.
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No, I don't like an actor mocking the audience on one hand and then expecting them to tune in on the other. Further, I'm not hating on anything. The ratings for the show are anemic, and characterizing Malina as being some type of reunion is a big reach.
Why not point out what part of my post is incorrect? What acting success has he had since West Wing folded? Did he not go on a talk show and mock the people who'd likely make up the target audience for his show? Does an appearance by a single cast member really qualify as a show 'reunion'? I guess you equate facts you don't like with hate, just like a snowflake. Gotcha.
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Your premise rests on 2 unfounded assumptions:
People are primarily watching this show for Whitford (I, for example am there for the adorable Ms. Camp); The target audience is small-town conservatives (possible, but not likely).
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