Saturday, April 26, 2008

Summary Judgment: Cybill Shepherd on the L Word

I've had mixed feelings about Cybill Shepherd's presence on the L Word. At first, I thought, Cool , since I'd liked her on Moonlighting eons ago. And you can never forget her part in Taxi Driver back when she was the ingenue (oh, to be the ingenue again):
But then, like so many characters on the L Word, hers was uneven. One minute a comic foil, one minute a mouthpiece for the exposition of other characters, one minute clinging desperately to her sliver of a subplot. In the end, I'm glad she's been around. As the series has relied more and more on camp, she's been very much at home. Here's an interview where she talks about working with her daughter who plays Shane's love interest, Molly:

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