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TV Guide
July 26, 2007
Live Press Tour Diary: ABC, Day 2 -- Ausiello Report
By Damian Holbrook
BIG SHOTS PANEL
5 pm: As luck would have it, Shonda Rhimes' revealing chat just so happened to coincide with the start of the dreaded Big Shots session. As a result, my TV Guide colleague Damian Holbrook has graciously agreed to blog this session while run off to transcribe Shonda Rhimes. Take it away, Damian!
5:01: OK, so I liked Big Shots, even though I've been calling it D**cks in the City. Dylan McDermott, Joshua Molina, Michael Vartan and Christopher Titus as macho CEO types confounded by the many ladies in their lives? McDermott's cosmetics guru even gets busted with a tranny hooker. What's not to giggle about? So fire up the trailer clip, ABC!
5:05: Ooooh, the clips are hitting the fan. Even the 289 ABC flacks lining the ballroom aren't laughing. Is it the slightly doughy Molina's shirtless scenes?
5:07: Before the flacks can even clap, Titus exclaims "I want everybody to know, we are getting Joshua Molina a trainer!"
5:07.05: Silence. Oh no.
5:08: Crap, Titus has commandeered the panel. "What is great about this show....blablahblah, yukyukyuk." Let producer Jon Harmon Feldman talk, funnyman!
5:09: While I'm bored blind by the week's umpteenth question about scenes set in a men's-room, it's refreshing that this panel's query about McDermott's truck-stop hook-up entry can immediately be followed by a tranny hooker question.
5:10: Titus blares that his character never hooks up with a tranny. That's probably because the question was posed to McDermott.
5:11: Feldman eloquently states that men are capable of expressing emotions just as well as their female counterparts. Hence the show's unofficial catchphrase, "Men, we're the new women." So, for that matter, are some trannies.
5:13: Oh hell, Titus is talking again. "I'm learning to be a superstar from Dylan."
5:15: One of the critics just defended Molina's upper body by comparing it to those of the gathered journalists. Honestly, that's like comparing oranges to globular, pale swag-grabbing apples, folks.
5:16: Titus is stilllll talking. It's Titus Run-on-icus!
5:17: "It's hard to be a guy," says Titus. It's also hard out here for a pimp, but you don't see them stealing the spotlight from their co-stars.
5:18: Hey, Dylan McDermott is wearing the same Vans I decided to leave at home in Philly. Dag, we could have been shoe-buddies.
5:18.3: The much-dirtier other term for cats just slipped from Titus' lips. Vartan still not saying a word. Ahh, with that face, he don't need no stinking words.
5:18.9: "Holy crap, can I please stop!" Even Titus is tired of hearing his voice. Amen.
5:18.23: Another journalist just asked whether this show is female friendly. Um, have you seen the cast, dude? It's a Men's Vogue spread come to life. However, the women in the show are kind of shrews... but hot ones.
5:20: The first question about the difference between how men and women communicate and ironically... not a word from the panel. "They're different," says Feldman. Yep, they sure are.
5:21: Finally, someone points out that the women in the show are "shrewish." Feldman dares to reply that the women aren't portrayed badly and that---wait for it---the show's actually about "men who love too much." That sound you just heard of someone screaming "what?!" was me. Thank you very much.
5:24: McDermott says that Feldman's script and the lighthearted drama was what brought him back to TV. "The Practice was really heavy at times." Nah, just that one lady on it.
5:25: "At its core, it's a show about friendship," declares Feldman, merely four minutes after saying that it's about men who love too much. Make up your mind, man!
5:28: Now Feldman is saying that "theyÕre guys who do love but don't know how to do it the right way." You know, there are books and videos to help with that.
5:28: Finally, someone asks Vartan a damn question! "Do you feel saddled with the nice guy role, or will he get to do something dark?" Apparently he doesn't 'cause the Alias vet admits that he likes being the moral center of the group... then immediately hints to Feldman that maybe his character could become an alcoholic. Based on the amount of drinks these guys suck back in the pilot, that shouldn't be a problem.
5:30: One of the journos throws the Teen Beat question of the panel. "Would you guys rather hookup with the cast of Cashmere Mafia or Lipstick Jungle?" And it's a resounding "Yes!" Boys will be boys.
5:32: Molina just slammed Titus for having a ginormous noggin. Thing really is like Sputnik.
5:33: McDermott says that he knew they "would be all right" after the fellas' chemistry became evident while filming a golf course scene, prompting Molina to confess that off-camera, the cast talks about "real things" and only trash each other in front of critics. Lovefest alert!
5:36: Much questioning about the title has led to genitalia jokes, capping with Feldman stating that the original name was "Big D@*#s." Hey, it beats "Dirty Sexy Homies."
5:40: The tranny hooker Dontrell will be back. "We're still negotiating with her pimp," jokes Titus. Aiiight, that was a good one. All's forgiven, C.T.
5:41: Thank you very much. Ladies and gentleman, TCA is over and we. Are. Outta. Here!
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