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Best friends talk about all of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find love.
CAST : Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles, Richard Coyle
REVIEW
NBC's 'Coupling' comes nowhere near the British one. First of all, the censorship on US broadcast TV is way too constricting to allow the duplication of half of what made the original 'Coupling' funny. For this and other reasons, other countries like the UK import US shows, but the US imports the IDEAS of shows from these other countries (like 'Coupling', 'Men Behaving Badly', 'Big Brother', etc.). Secondly, the British acting is of a different caliber than in the US. Please don't get me wrong, the US has produced MANY great actors, and continues to do so. But in the UK acting is still a craft. Actors don't necessarily do what they do with Hollywood dreams for motivation. They do it for the love, and concentrate on the hard work it takes to develop themselves to the point that their talent DESERVES to be given a stage. In this sense they are like athletes; most will never get the big payday and they know that. By contrast, how many of us have seen some bimbo or pretty boy get by on their looks and or commercial sexuality, and proclaim that they have that and more COMING TO THEM? If you need to be convinced, watch the E! channel interviews with pornstars, strippers, models, etc. who take it for granted that fame and fortune are inevitably on their way, like Jenna Jameson.
CAST : Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles, Richard Coyle
REVIEW
NBC's 'Coupling' comes nowhere near the British one. First of all, the censorship on US broadcast TV is way too constricting to allow the duplication of half of what made the original 'Coupling' funny. For this and other reasons, other countries like the UK import US shows, but the US imports the IDEAS of shows from these other countries (like 'Coupling', 'Men Behaving Badly', 'Big Brother', etc.). Secondly, the British acting is of a different caliber than in the US. Please don't get me wrong, the US has produced MANY great actors, and continues to do so. But in the UK acting is still a craft. Actors don't necessarily do what they do with Hollywood dreams for motivation. They do it for the love, and concentrate on the hard work it takes to develop themselves to the point that their talent DESERVES to be given a stage. In this sense they are like athletes; most will never get the big payday and they know that. By contrast, how many of us have seen some bimbo or pretty boy get by on their looks and or commercial sexuality, and proclaim that they have that and more COMING TO THEM? If you need to be convinced, watch the E! channel interviews with pornstars, strippers, models, etc. who take it for granted that fame and fortune are inevitably on their way, like Jenna Jameson.
