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Can Pushing Daisies Mantain The Magic?
Topic Started: Jul 28 2007, 05:13 AM (89 Views)
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ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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There has already been much written about ABC's fall drama "Pushing Daisies" (premiering at 8 p.m. EDT Oct. 3): It's got a ton of positive buzz; it looks like the love child of "The Princess Bride" and "Big Fish." But much as I liked the pilot, I have worries: Can it sustain its oddball premise? Can it keep up the dazzling visual effects in the premiere?

All parties involved answer an emphatic "Yes" to both questions, but of course that's what they're going to say. The proof will be in the product this fall.

Created by Bryan Fuller ("Dead Like Me," "Wonderfalls") and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld ("Men in Black," "Maximum Bob"), "Pushing Daisies" tells the story of pie maker Ned (Lee Pace), who can briefly return the dead to life with just one touch. A second touch kills them again forever. Private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) convinces Ned to help him solve murder cases (and collect reward fees) by reviving the dead so they can name their killers.

Then Ned revives his murdered childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Anna Friel), and allows her to live. But now he can't touch her.

"Daisies" is told like a fairy tale -- Jim Dale, narrator of the "Harry Potter" audio books, does the narration here, too -- and as magical as the pilot is, I do wonder what episode two will be like.

"On a series basis, to me it's really clear it's a procedural, a whodunit telling these mysteries that are done with incredible originality," said ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson. "It's never gonna fall into the 'CSI' vein. The love story and mystery are behind it all and is tied into that, but week-to-week it is a procedural."

Fuller, who named the French film "Amelie" as an inspiration, said ABC strongly encouraged the creators to hang the show's stories on the procedural elements. He's embraced that edict, much in the way the death-of-the-week provided the procedural hook on his Showtime series "Dead Like Me."

Although death is a part of the story, Fuller doesn't want it to overwhelm.

"I think the tone of the show is the tricky balance between the sweetness and the darkness, not too morbid and depressing," he said. "We all set out to do a show that was fun. I can't watch '24,' it's just too depressing. All of our procedural (elements) on this show will have fun infused with them. ... When we do have murders, they skew a little more 'Beetlejuice' than 'CSI.' "

The romance between Ned and Chuck will also power the series and probably be the bigger draw for genre fans. Fuller promised he won't shy from that, even though the lead lovers can't touch. He's envisioning Saran-wrapped kisses and dancing in beekeeper suits.

"Along the way, they will touch each other that is not flesh-to-flesh," he said.

"It's more exciting we're not able to touch," actress Friel added. "It's the longest foreplay ever."


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