CRIT-O-MATIC.Byline: David Kronke "Unan1mous" (Fox, Channel 11; 9:30 tonight) Logline: Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" reimagined as standard-issue Fox reality trash, teasing its audience by announcing proudly: "A social experiment will spiral out of control." Nine disparate contestants are stranded in a goofy Goofy bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] See : Awkwardness futuristic bunker, where an Orwellian host on a plasma screen tells them they must unanimously decide which one will win $1.5 million. The rest, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , go home with nothing. Let the histrionic histrionic /his·tri·on·ic/ (his?tre-on´ik) excessively dramatic or emotional, as in histrionic personality disorder; see under personality. hectoring begin. A minister and a gay man tear into each other before the others seem to have had a chance to say hello. Pros: Moving right along ... Cons: Most reality shows revel in the cast's suffering subtly; "Unan1mous" wears its sadism on its sleeve. "We're lab rats  This article or section contains information about a scheduled .It may contain non-definitive information based on commercials, a website or interviews. ; that's all we are," one participant perceptively notes early on. In a nutshell: The show's setting, a narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. informs us, is "deep underground." Well, watching it is certainly hell. Our rating: One star CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (``Unan1mous'') |
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