Totally agree. This season has also given us two musical moments that I can't and don't want to get out of my head: Sturgill Simpson singing All the Gold in California and Dolly Parton's perfect and transcendent cover of Shine that I've loved since I first heard it over 20 years ago.
I really, REALLY, need to catch up on this show. That said, I'm not a huge fan of McBride's comedies. There's just something that's missing from his films and shows that I can't quite put my finger on. But people are raving about Gemstones all over the the internet, and due to the strike, I'll have some time to finally dive into this one.
My wife and I have been trying to rank The Most Sympathetic Righteous Gemstones Characters and, nine times out of 10, one of us will name somebody and the other will reply, Well, he killed a guy, or, He literally buried a dude. I'm pretty confident Tiffany is No. 1 on the list. After that ... Maybe Gideon (for now)? B.J.? You fall off a cliff real quick.
"And yes, I loved Succession and thought it was a brilliant, often funny, look at a certain sort of family. But Logan Roy hated his kids, and the Roy family isn’t like other families."
This. I think the shows are very similar in some ways, and are both "black comedies"—if wildly different in tone. But the crucial difference is that the Roys are at their core, nihilist and loveless: there's nothing there but hate and envy. Whereas Jody Hill brilliantly telegraphs a core of goodness inside the Gemstones, even if it's been buried by years of awful behavior. There's a sense that the Gemstones were at a time good people and pure in their spirituality, and that they can even return to that someday.
More so, I think that line runs through all of Hill's work, which is why it works. If I'm not wrong, Hill is from North Carolina, and you get the sense that he grew up with a lot of evangelical Christians and small town red-staters. And I think that's why he's able to lampoon them from an oddly sweet place of affection, whereas the same work coming from someone outside those worlds entirely would fall flat.
Love the Stones but frankly my favorite is Vice Principals. Dark, brutally honest....the heartwarming moments feel hard-won. But yeah, TRG is the best show running. Gives you FAITH in TV.
Totally agree. This season has also given us two musical moments that I can't and don't want to get out of my head: Sturgill Simpson singing All the Gold in California and Dolly Parton's perfect and transcendent cover of Shine that I've loved since I first heard it over 20 years ago.
The soundtrack to this season has been incredible.
I really, REALLY, need to catch up on this show. That said, I'm not a huge fan of McBride's comedies. There's just something that's missing from his films and shows that I can't quite put my finger on. But people are raving about Gemstones all over the the internet, and due to the strike, I'll have some time to finally dive into this one.
I will never unhear Paulie’s shoelace bit
Perfect perspective on a wonderful show.
My wife and I have been trying to rank The Most Sympathetic Righteous Gemstones Characters and, nine times out of 10, one of us will name somebody and the other will reply, Well, he killed a guy, or, He literally buried a dude. I'm pretty confident Tiffany is No. 1 on the list. After that ... Maybe Gideon (for now)? B.J.? You fall off a cliff real quick.
After every episode of The Gemstones I mutter something to myself about how brilliant it is.
Edi Patterson might be the funniest person on TV. Sometimes all they do is add an s to a word and it kills me.
"Doing trivias."
“That’s just Family Feuds”
"And yes, I loved Succession and thought it was a brilliant, often funny, look at a certain sort of family. But Logan Roy hated his kids, and the Roy family isn’t like other families."
This. I think the shows are very similar in some ways, and are both "black comedies"—if wildly different in tone. But the crucial difference is that the Roys are at their core, nihilist and loveless: there's nothing there but hate and envy. Whereas Jody Hill brilliantly telegraphs a core of goodness inside the Gemstones, even if it's been buried by years of awful behavior. There's a sense that the Gemstones were at a time good people and pure in their spirituality, and that they can even return to that someday.
More so, I think that line runs through all of Hill's work, which is why it works. If I'm not wrong, Hill is from North Carolina, and you get the sense that he grew up with a lot of evangelical Christians and small town red-staters. And I think that's why he's able to lampoon them from an oddly sweet place of affection, whereas the same work coming from someone outside those worlds entirely would fall flat.
Love the Stones but frankly my favorite is Vice Principals. Dark, brutally honest....the heartwarming moments feel hard-won. But yeah, TRG is the best show running. Gives you FAITH in TV.