I finally saw some of "This is wonderland" on CBC - it's really good

[HEyHEY]

What do you folks think of it?

[CanuckAmok]

1. i think it's crap

seriously...the really think anyone in the audience could have any empathy for that whining, babe-in-the-woods, deer-in-the-headlights half-wit of an Allie McBeal knock-off?!

It's terrible, and the ethnic stereotyping of the bit parts is just offensive.

Worst CBC since King of Kensington.

[HEyHEY]

2. Oh, now you're knocking the KING!

I only saw 20 minutes of it so I'll watch for that ethnic thing you're talking about. The one thing I did notice is whoever writes for it has no experience with the Canadian legal system.

[iverglas]

4. yeah

Ditto that on the lead character. We watched about three, expecting it to tone down a bit after the opening salvos, but it didn't.

I was a huge fan of Street Legal (the two male leads were modelled on Toronto lawyers I knew very well) and Due South (both of which on constantly in rerun on BBC Canada now), ENG, even Night Heat (a cop show always with a pretty overt lefty message, like about block-busting developers and such, that for some reason was on in midnight rerun on US network stations for years too). All of them were A-list. I've drifted away from DaVinci's Inquest for some reason.

But Wonderland sucks, which is unfortunate, since the content is interesting, and it even has Street Legal's Leon Rabinovitch (David Peterson); it's the characters who are insufferable.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. I'm afraid I've gotta go with Amok on this.

There's a stench emanating.

[ironflange]

3. I've watched it a bit

Legal shows aren't really my cup of tea, but it looks like a good show. BTW, Cara Pifko got her start as a little girl on The Elephant Show with Sharon, Lois, and Bram. She's a real natural.