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Julian McMahon, left, and Dylan Walsh check up on patient Kinsey Packard in FX's made-to-shock series about two plastic surgeons.Julian McMahon, left, and Dylan Walsh are partners in a thriving Miami plastic surgery practice in the new FX drama, "Nip/Tuck.In Reply to: Nip and Tuck posted by chicoles on December 03, 2000 If you want a show to shock you silly, though, "Nip/Tuck" is just your cut of meat.
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Probably inspired by the HBO movie "Breast Men," FX's "Nip/Tuck" seems to stab itself in the heart with overkill, and the notion that it's going to examine real issues about self-image in a makeover culture gets lost in the melee. On the other hand, one earlier sequence comes across as an editing tour de force, a fast-motion facelift montage accompanied by the Rolling Stones' oldie "Paint It Black." If the show weren't overstocked with eye-poppers, the sequence would stand out even more effectively. One sequence near the end isn't just a bloodbath but a fat bath, a grisly mess set in an operating room where liposuction is being performed on a man recovering from extensive facial renovations.
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The language used includes four-letter words that have become less uncommon on TV in recent years but even so are employed to excess here, and the graphic nature of the surgical sequences will make noshing on the couch impossible for all but the most impervious viewers. It becomes shock for shock's sake and, in addition, extremely overwrought, with lots of screamed accusations and lamentations. Writer-director Murphy seems willing to do anything to startle viewers and introduce outrageous elements into the script, but as he pushes the envelope up, down, backwards and sideways, the characters become less and less believable. If you are thinking "oh, brother," right now, that's what this critic was also thinking the deeper he got into the opening episode.
3), "Julia is forced to undergo anger management class by the police for the gerbil that she has flushed down the toilet." According to story lines for upcoming episodes as supplied by the network, in a couple of weeks from now "Sean and Julia are shocked when they find that their son has taken his penis problems into his own hands." Oh dear. To complicate matters, McNamara's wife, Julia, played by impressive television newcomer Joely Richardson, wants work done on her own breasts, and his 17-year-old son Matt, played by John Hensley, has decided it's time to be circumcised. McNamara feels ashamed that the docs are catering to the whims of the wealthy and self-indulgent he tells his partner, "What we do here is let people externalize the hate they feel about themselves." McNamara suffers a painful epiphany in the opening installment after hearing a lecture from a mother whose son was badly disfigured in an accident and who turns to the doctors for help but can't afford their sky-high fees. He also considers his partner to be a "robot." Christian Troy, played by Julian McMahon, is a swinging single who believes in lifting as many faces and bobbing as many noses as possible in order to keep the cash flow as bounteous as the blood flow. Sean McNamara, played by Dylan Walsh, is a married father of two who seems to be just going through the motions whether in the operating room or the bedroom. That's by way of establishing the two contrasting main characters, longtime friends who are both doctors and partners in a thriving plastic surgery business. Only a few minutes later, there are two intercut sex scenes, one a passionate physical romp and the other a perfunctory and listless exercise. In one of the opening scenes, we see a pair of bloody naked buttocks from which a surgeon casually removes a misplaced silicone implant. Ryan Murphy, who created the series and wrote and directed the 90-minute pilot, certainly isn't sneaky. You don't have to be squeamish to prefer in-your-home entertainment that isn't also in-your-face. But even forewarned adults may find the show too graphic and blunt to qualify as acceptable. FX will preface it with a parental guidance warning - TV-MA, the rough equivalent of a movie "R" - and is airing it at the relatively late hour of 10 p.m.
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"Nip/Tuck,'' a new drama series from the FX network about the personal and professional lives of two Miami plastic surgeons, is one of the most shocking shockers ever. And so they try shock tactics in their efforts to be noticed. But the population explosion in cable networks makes it harder and harder for channels to get your attention. At least it rarely gave you nightmares or sent you running for your Rolaids. Some of us are beginning to miss the days when TV programming was called too bland and innocuous.
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