Steven Seagal: Melodrama-man (or the Show Where Nothing Happens)
Airing on A&E, Steven Seagal: Lawman is a comedy of the highest form. Excuse me for a sec…(puts down pen) Are you sure? Okay sorry about that. It would seem that Lawman is NOT a comedy but a reality show. This ‘reality’ show (read: fake) follows Seagal and his work with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in New Orleans. He’s been at it for about fifteen years now. The show is supposed to be COPS. COPS it ain’t. It actually comes across more like CHIPS. The show is simply unbelievable and yet riveting in its crappiness. Seagal runs around the show (and the viewer gets the impression from the other cops that Seagal’s deputization has worn out its welcome), trying to push the drama into something exciting. The action isn’t all that exciting to begin with, so the added push (read: desperate invention) makes this show the best feel-good comedy of the year. Here are just a few examples of his talent: 1) After being called to a house where some lowlife has apparently broke...