Review: 'Kath & Kim'

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Hercules Suffers Through NBC’s KATH & KIM!!
Published 10/9/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... … should be funnier, and could yet be, but the pilot disappoints. … The Los Angeles Times says: … a mother/daughter Odd Couple that is drained almost immediately of any comic value except for the black hole of anger and narcissism that is Blair's Kim. Spoiled rotten girls are funny. Spoiled vicious girls are not. … desperately tries to caricature both family dynamics and consumer culture but winds up just abusing its terrific cast. ...

Molly And Selma Fail To Save Aussie Import Kath & Kim [Critical Mass]
Published 10/9/2008 by Maria at Jezebel
... : The Australian version is broader, bolder and more callous, gleefully unabashed about sending up lower-class accents and suburban vulgarity; the NBC adaptation tiptoes a little too squeamishly through snobbery and bad taste. “Kath & Kim” should be funnier, and could yet be, but the pilot disappoints. The Los Angeles Times : If this seems like a lot of space to devote to wardrobe, it's only because everything just gets worse from here, and, frankly, it pains me to write about it. For one thing, the original Australian "Kath ” was very funny, and it's always embarrassing ...