Editorial-

Trying to improve upon a classic is hard work. Coca-Cola learned this lesson the hard way with their ‘New Coke’ debacle, as did Paramount when they refused to leave a fine movie alone and remade The Bad News Bears. The new version of the all-time great television series I Love Lucy (renamed No Nos Gusta Bushie) is destined to follow these two down the swirling urinal of historical poor choices.

Set in the paradise of modern day Venezuela, we find Lucy and Ricky living as that country’s President and First Lady. Ricky has given up his famous nightclub act to preside over his adopted homeland and Lucy has caught the activism bug, spending her free time excoriating American President George W. Bush.

From episode to episode the setting changes (Lucy gives speeches all around the USA and Ricky does the same in various South American locales), but the dialog remains almost exactly the same. 

However, there are some bright spots. The casting of Jason Alexander in the role of ‘Fred’ is an inspired choice as is Danny Glover as the fictional, race-baiting, black civil rights activist Jerome Johnson.

All in all, No Nos Gusta Bushie is chock full of cliched characters, repetitive dialog and illogical story lines.

In the words of the original Ricky, this show’s creators have “some ’splaining to do.”

Thanks to: Mudville.

Technorati tags: Cindy Sheehan, Hugo Chavez, Bush, Venezuela, I Love Lucy, Satire, Humor

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