In case you haven’t noticed, there is a controversy brewing concerning an upcoming ABC sitcom called “Work It.”
“Work It” tells of two unemployed men so desperate that they dress as women to get jobs. Some members of the LGBTQ community have called the show offensive to the transgender community.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) have both joined together in opposition of the show, and have come out with a full page ad in Daily Variety denouncing the show.
Now many have talked about it but very few have actually seen the show. So below is the promo. What do you think?
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Personally I found the show to be in poor taste and simply not funny. Don’t get me wrong. Men impersonating women (or women impersonating men) isn’t necessarily an offensive subject for comedy in and by itself. Two Academy Award winning movies, “Some Like It Hot” and “Tootsie,” come to mind.
But sometimes when an entertainment piece is walking a fine line between uproariously funny and downright offensive, things like script-writing, three-dimensional characterizations are important.
This is where this show fails big time. The characters are one-dimensional and from what I see, the storyline is even poor.
My guess is that even without the controversy, “Work It” will fail.
Offensive ABC sitcom ‘Work It’ will fail simply because it’s not funny