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ReView: First Season was smart and sexy as it evolved
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and David had voluntarily
adopted artificially con—
structed roles in the 1980s’
selflproclaimed “Battle of the
Maddie saw it her
feminist duty to put a damp—
er on David’s rough humor,
just as David felt obligated
by his code of‘ machismo to
tweak Maddie‘s more man—
nered sensibilities.
What Shepherd and Wil—
lis were deft enough to con-
vey, through the nuance
and emotional authentin
ity ol'their acting, were the
pantomimes ot‘Maddie and
David’s dynamic relation—
ship, the superficiality of‘the
court ship dance they felt oh-
ligated to go through —- even
as they denied to themselves
that they were courting each
other,
Like Maddie and David’s
relationship, the first season
(it"‘Moonlighting” was evolv-
ing into what it would he—
come, but it was smart and
sexy from the start and made
audiences f'eel smart and
sexy themselves for having
watched it,
If‘ you’d like to see me
tackle Seasons two through
five (it“‘Moonlighting" in fu-
ture columns, let me know.
Meanwhile, the finale
of‘ the second season of" the
Marvel Cinematic Universe’s
“Loki” is coming up today
on Disney+, and long as
you’re all caught up on the
MCU to date, it promises to
he a fascinating ride.
Talk of' “superhero fatigue”
has become so endemic that
Variety has even devoted a
cover story to the MCU’s sup—
posed woes, and yet, “Loki”
Season 2 scored the second
most—watched season pre~
miere f'or Disney+ in 2023,
which was well-deserved.
From its first-season
premiere, “Loki” has contem~
plated the nature of' destiny,
free will, moral responsibility
and autonomous governance
within a reality Where gods
exist, and altering either the
past or the future is merely a
matter ol'sui'ficiently sound
structural engineering.
“Loki” Season 2, Episode 5,
“Science/Fiction,” finally goes
f'ully metafictional with the
concept, as Marvel’s Norse
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God ol'Mischief‘is advised to
employ the rules of‘ genre sto—
rytelling to achieve his aims,
and our cast of supporting
players just acts the living
hell out of their characters.
“Loki” is not just one ofthe
best things the Marvel Cin-
ematic Universe has ever
produced; it’s possibly the
most challenging, innovative
thing to hit TV since David
Lynch unleashed the third
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David Addison
(Bruce Willis) and
Maddie Hayes (Cybill
Shepherd) agree:
“Moonlighting”
‘ Season 1 is a scream.
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season (it“Twin Peaks”
complete with “Episode 8” —~
upon an unsuspecting world
in 2011
This is the kind of’genre-
bending TV that mass—media
storytelling historians are
going to be talking about for
years to come, and I can’t
wait to see how the “Loki”
Season 2 finale manages to
tie all of its disparate threads
together.
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