The show's simply not that funny. It occasionally has a few moments of intelligence, when it exposes stereotypes and racist behaviour through people's attitudes to the cavemen - as well as the cavemen's own attitudes. The characters are affable enough. But for the most part, it just doesn't make you laugh. It's just people chiselling away the word “black” in the scripts, replacing it with “cavemen”, and hoping we laugh at the cleverness of it all - and not notice that there aren't any actors from ethnic minorities playing any significant parts, despite the show being about racism.
And yes, it's another show about slackers. Why this sudden craze in programming, I wonder? And will anyone find a decent way of making it funny?
The Medium is Not Enough hereby declares Cavemen is a 4 or “Major Caruso” on The Carusometer quality scale. A Major Caruso corresponds to “a show that David Caruso might exec produce or star in after seeing an advert on television featuring cavemen. However, after deciding that cavemen are too dirty and too likely to vote Democrat, he changes the format of the show to be about a hard-working Polish actor, played by himself, who fights the terrible prejudice that exists in society towards people with red hair and who can't act.”
October 12, 2007 | Reply
I LOVE YOUR COMMENT...especially the part with the Major Caruso....MAY I CITE YOU???? Would be great.
October 13, 2007 | Reply
Of course you can. Glad you liked it!
October 14, 2007 | Reply
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