Say Goodbye to The Riches
October 8th, 2008 by dave
No, I don’t mean those in your wallet, or that were in your wallet before the whole banking gone boom fi-freaking-asco. I mean the TV drama-comedy-black-comedy-vehicle-for-Eddie-Izzard-to-be-on-the-TV. The series, telling the ultimate story of identity theft, was full of plot holes, but as a fan you learned to accept many of them. Obviously, Fox/FX realized that not enough people were buying the hoax and decided to axe it after 1 3/4 seasons. I say 3/4 seasons because of the shortened filimg of season 2 due to the California Wildfires.
Am I upset? A little. I used to go over to my best friend’s house on Mondays and Tuesdays to watch it, and it had some great moments. The tone was kept tense throughout- Who’s sneaking around their door? Does someone know their true identity? Will Wayne Malloy put on a dress (no, but his son did regularly). I wonder if Eddie Izzard will return to his roots and don a pair of black leather pants and lipstick again, now that he doesn’t have to be the suit and tie Riches lead any longer.
And what about Minnie Driver? She was phenominal in her role as Wayne’s wife Daliah. Good enough to earn Emmy nominations for her role. Easy on the eyes, too, but that’s a whole other story. Now it sounds like she’s got more time to spend with the newborn instead of working on Season 3.
The good news is, Fox and FX can now start their latest two TV shows, “What Animal Attacks Next?, “American Steroid Monsters” and “Oww, You Just Kicked My Balls”. Those are the shows that America really wants to see, I guess. Looks like Bill Hicks was right.
