| HBO is trying something that they've never attempted | | | | stitches. While the show has had quite the powerful |
| before. While most of the serials on HBO involve dark, | | | | start, there's only been two episodes aired thus far. |
| gritty storylines, such as those found in the mafia hit | | | | The pilot episode of Lucky Louie showed that although |
| The Sopranos or the life-on-the-inside prison drama | | | | it's a sitcom, they won't be pulling any punches. |
| Oz, they've decided to take a step in another direction. | | | | Amongst other taboos that are smashed throughout |
| Lucky Louie recently premiered on the station, and it's | | | | the episode, Louis' nasty habit of masturbating in the |
| HBO's attempt at landing the sitcom crowd. Starring | | | | closet comes to light and, when asked by his daughter |
| Louis CK, a semi-famous stand up comic as the man | | | | why things are the way they are, he simply replies |
| of the house, the show also features Pamela Adlon | | | | with "Because God is dead and we are alone." That's |
| playing his wife and 5 year old Kelly Gould playing his | | | | the kind of comedy you can expect from this show |
| daughter. The chemistry of the cast is excellent, with | | | | – an almost altogether too-honest look inside of |
| fresh and savvy dialogue that you'd expect from a | | | | the quirks of the average American family. It's a breath |
| Hollywood comedy writing team. Lucky Louie follows | | | | of fresh air to see a true-to-life sitcom that offers no |
| the life of a standard American family, but with some | | | | apologies, and no subject is taboo. It's also filmed in |
| notable HBO exceptions. Gone are all the standards of | | | | front of a live studio audience, which provides |
| decency that you would come to expect from a | | | | welcome refreshment from the canned laughter you |
| show that revolves around a family. The dialogue is | | | | can find on most TV shows. If you're looking for your |
| straight-from-the-gut, and it will leave you holding your | | | | standard, stereotypically portrayed TV family, look |
| own belly from laughter. Touching on topics ranging | | | | elsewhere. If you're part of a fed-up middle class |
| from child rearing to sex after marriage, the show | | | | working family with a good sense of humor, however, |
| consistently provides punch-lines that will leave you in | | | | this show may be right up your alley. |