Viewin' Dirty

I caught the first episode of Dirt on FX last night. It's mostly gotten bad reviews, but I really enjoyed it. And, I mean, this might be sorta obvious, but this show is really really dirty! Rick Fox got pegged with a strap-on in the first five minutes! (Celtics fans have been waiting years to see that.) There was drug use, sex, betrayal, and the whole thing was sleazy and wonderful and I loved it. Most of the bad reviews I've seen seem to be objecting to the fact that they're not going completely over-the-top campy like Hollywood Wives or something, but that was really fine with me. I like the fact that Courtney Cox is not a total dragon lady (I mean, she's a partial dragon lady, but not total), I like the fact that the show allows us to simultaneously wallow in and disapprove of depravity--always a recipe for top-notch entertainment. Not sure exactly what they're doing with the schizophrenic photographer, but I liked that element too. It's actually kind of touching to see Courtney Cox being sort of kind and slightly maternal with this guy even as they scheme to blackmail and eviscerate various celebrities. And, I mean, there was just so much depravity in one little episode! Basketball player pegged by hooker and photographed in the act! Guy manually pleasuring his girlfriend in a bar! Pregnant woman doing lines! Stoned starlet cheating on her boyfriend--caught on tape! Boyfriend made to watch tape! Boyfriend reinacting sex act he saw on tape with same cheating girlfriend! One-night-stand guy tazed in the nuts! Probably I'm forgetting some, but if that laundry list doesn't make you want to watch this show, well, I guess I can only conclude that you really want different things from your television entertainment than I do.