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Can Pushing Daisies sustain its premise?
Topic Started: Jul 31 2007, 02:21 AM (140 Views)
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Can new 'Pushing Daisies' series maintain the magic?
There has already been much written about ABC's fall drama "Pushing Daisies" (premiering at 7 p.m. 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) persuades 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 2 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.


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It seems like everybody is worried about Pushing Daisies not living up to its hype and that's understandable. The Pilot was great and it's difficult to see how the show will exceed that now, but I trust Bryan Fuller. He has done some amazing work in the past.

Everyone should just relax and enjoy the first few episodes for what they are--fun, adventurous, and out of the ordinary.
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I think alot of the hype is due to the type of programme it is. I mean there's nothing on TV like it. I think it will live up to it. Although I wasn't amazed with the pilot, I think it'll be successful. TV needs something new, different and fresh. Pushing Daisies is just that.

Like I say I don't think the pilot was that great so i'm expecting a lot more from future episodes and I think the show has alot more to give.

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What didn't you like about the Pilot? What was a turn-off?
Aaron Tyler: I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that had no meaning, that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe that has meaning—what does it mean?

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