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The title of Slings and Arrows, like many of the themes and characters in this show, comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It refers to “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” that the Danish prince suffers, leading him to question whether he is to be or not... you know. It’s a clever title for an inspired show about--what else?--the theatre. Set in the New Burbage Theatre Festival, a fictional Canadian Provincial theatre, a jaded, burnt-out artistic director, Oliver Welles (Stephen Ouimette), dies suddenly, and is replaced by a potential genius, his visionary protégé Geoffrey Tennant (Due South's Paul Gross). Geoffrey is legendary at the New Burbage for his awe-inspiring performance of Hamlet there years before, and also because he went mad and now his sanity seems to be hanging by a thread. And oh, by the way, Oliver’s still hanging around as a ghost, but Geoffrey’s the only one who can see him (sound familiar?), and his impulsive reactions and out-loud arguments with Oliver--including one captured while being interviewed for a news program--besides being hilarious, convince the cast and crews he’s really lost it. The show details the daily activities at the festival as they attempt to mount a new production of Hamlet (starring a movie star who’s all face and no talent), and in doing so it employs a huge cast of peripheral characters, including the dysfunctional acting company (rising star Rachel McAdams has a key part), scheming board members, and a neurotic theatre staff, each with their own little subplots interweaving to make one big drama.
This first-season set of the Sundance Channel program contains only six episodes, which is too bad because the series is so excellent it’ll leave you wanting more. The fact that shows of this caliber are rare makes it stand out all the more. The writing is topnotch, with memorable dialogue, biting dark humor, and clever situations that continually point out how absurd real life can get. This one is a real gem, a show that demonstrates ‘tis nobler in the mind to laugh at the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, rather than suffer them. --Daniel Vancini
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Airing weekly in Canada on The Movie Network, this darkly comic Canadian drama series had the critics piling on the superlatives from the very first episode. On the theory that "the real show is backstage," it follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe, making fun of the excesses of the actors for whom art (and ego) is everything, as well as the "suits" who want to turn the theatre into a Shakespearean theme park. It accomplishes the neat trick of being a laugh-out loud comedy and a moving drama, with characters whose fortunes, however outrageious, become addictively important to viewers. With a production of HAMLET as the central plot line in Season 1, there are theatre jokes aplenty - including a ghost who only appears to one tortured soul. But as the LOS ANGELES TIMES put it: "You don't even have to know or like Shakespeare to enjoy it."
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