Pushing Daisies

[kingandy]

I had the good fortune of catching an episode of Pushing Daisies recently.

I wasn't initially interested because a simple pitch-type summary - 'private detective who solves crimes with his dead girlfriend' - doesn't do the show justice. That brief soundbite gives you the idea that it's a dark show trying to be the next Buffy, like 'Tru Calling' or something. This could not be further from the truth; in fact the show is more like a modern fairy tale, and while this phrase too is bandied about far too much, in this case it is particularly apt because of the narration, which comes from a distinguished british gent and speaks in story-book terms like 'the shoemaker' and 'the piemaker' rather than naming the characters directly. In addition the show is bright and colourful, with plot and direction both that scream whimsy. Almost hysterically, in fact.

Here is a clip from the show where the dead girlfriend's archnemesis follows her reanimated pigeon friend, accompanied by the dead girlfriend's taxidermist aunts.

Intriguing.

Comments

[paulgregory.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed that moment, although it was somewhat ruined by a spoiler in the Radio Times by some cretin who not only got the song title wrong but got the quantity of singers wrong. And still had the nerve to suggest that the show is annoying.

I agree with your view of the show, although I do think the marketing tried hard to present the title brightly.