A not-so-sweet sour note from a disgruntled parent. Disney has released The Suite Life of Zack and C

A not-so-sweet sour note from a disgruntled parent. Disney has released The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Sweet Suite Victory on DVD, a three episode compilation of the grating, obnoxious sitcom that appears to be a big ratings hit on The Disney Channel. I ve walked in and out of the room when The Suite Life of Zack and Cody has been The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Seasons 1-3 DVD Box Set one of our TVs, and besides an insanely insistent laugh track where apparently every single line is a gut-buster, nothing about it stuck in my head. Sitting down to watch these three over-the-top approximations of adult sitcoms, I can guarantee you that I ll keep right on walking los angeles clippers logo through the room whenever los angeles clippers logo I hear that laugh track again.
Dylan and Cole Sprouse, identical twins, play Zack and Cody Martin, identical twins, who live at the luxurious Tipton Hotel in Boston. Their single mom, Carey Martin (Kim Rhodes), is a singer at the hotel (with a hell of a long contract evidently), so the trio set up residence in the posh establishment. And wait till you see all the wacky adventures those two little demons get up to! Sigh. Okay, helping los angeles clippers logo Zack and Cody fill out their 22-minute episodes Twin Peaks Seasons 1-2 DVD Box Set Ashley Tisdale as Maddie Fitzpatrick, a struggling singer who works at the hotel, and Brenda los angeles clippers logo Song as London Tipton, a spoiled-rotten Asian princess who the producers not-so-cleverly disguise los angeles clippers logo as a blatant knock-off of Paris Hilton. And what crazy work/home sitcom would be complete without crazy employees, including Adrian R Mante as Esteban, the bellboy, los angeles clippers logo Phill Lewis as the uptight hotel manager Mr. Moseby, and Brian Stepanek as Arwin, the apparently mentally challenged handyman who enthusiastically backs all of Zack and Cody s shenanigans. Just watch the fireworks explode with that goofy crew! Christ.
Hey, I like silly sitcoms for kids; I just reviewed Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, a big laugh-getter ten years ago for Disney s ABC, and I was pleased to see how well that charming, funny show held up. And I suppose the millions los angeles clippers logo of kids growing up on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody will also no doubt look back on it fondly when they re older. We all do that with TV shows, regardless of how they come off in later years. los angeles clippers logo But I found it hard to stomach this relentless mug-fest; it has a surprisingly hard edge to it, a snappish meanness to it that I found off-putting, but which I suppose is representative los angeles clippers logo of what Hollywood producers think kids are like nowadays.
los angeles clippers logo I ve never been big on the precocious child actor who spouts los angeles clippers logo lines obviously written by a 45-year-old writer kind of comedy; it always seems forced and terribly obvious los angeles clippers logo to me. And The Suite Life of Zack and Cody is filled to the brim with that kind of lazy writing. There s a scene where Zack and Cody s mom is detailing the train wreck-of-a-personal-life she s had, and when asking one of the boys (who cares which one, frankly) what lesson he could learn from that, the unsmiling little creep goes, You need to pick better men? It s a glib, facile, post-Friends kind of throwaway line that should give pause to parents who worry about increasingly rude, disrespectful, socially inept kids out there. After all, they re lapping los angeles clippers logo this crap up, and you can bet the show s overall tone of snide little put-downs will creep into the little tweens noggins.
I was also surprised los angeles clippers logo at the level of physical threats los angeles clippers logo involved in the show. Someone is always grabbing someone by the shirt or arm or collar, and threatening them with physical violence (one character comes right out and says, or I ll beat you, when demanding things be done their way). Sure, The Three Stooges True Blood Seasons 1-4 DVD Box Set to hit each other with axes, but that was fantasy violence which believe me, no kid in their right mind tried to emulate. These little guys though put out a shallow, snotty vibe that just might make the wrong kind of impression on little kids. Watching the two twin actors, I was somewhat taken aback not only by the less-than-subtle mugging that they ve obviously been instructed in apparently, if you want to sell a big laugh on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, you just act like you re having a seizure but also by the almost snarling snappishness of their delivery. Some viewers may say that s real life; that s how brothers behave. los angeles clippers logo Well, that certainly is true sometimes. But it s not a model of behavior to emulate and celebrate, and certainly not on a full-time basis in a sitcom that supposed to be light and funny and one that is aimed directly at little kids. For me, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Sweet Suite Victory was a decidedly los angeles clippers logo sour little cookie I would rather have passed on.
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