Discussion: Is Hung The Worst Show Ever?

Meghan: So:I think Hung is a totally underrated show. There I said it.

Liana: That's insane! I think Hung is actually the worst show of all time and I'm shocked it's still on the air.

Meghan: Wow. Why do you hate male prostitutes so much?

Liana: Because they're boring!

Meghan: I mean, sure it's not as bloody and booby as most of the shows on HBO right now.
But it's about people trying to get by with the cards they're dealt. That's not always fast paced!

Liana: Okay, here's my point to that. It's a show about a big penis and we never see the penis. That's ridiculous!

Meghan: Okay. Fine. They could show us Thomas Jane's johnson.

Liana: Also, Thomas Jane. UGH. So uncharismatic.

Meghan: I think he does an excellent job of portraying an attractive man who is not that smart.

Liana: But who cares about that character?

Meghan: And realizing that his skillset of being totally hot is not so valued after high school.

Liana: I mean - okay, listen to ONE Bruce Springsteen song and you get that. The premise itself is ridiculous. Women like that are not hiring male prostitutes.

Meghan: Again. Why do you hate male prostitutes?

Meghan: I think the show is almost more about Anne Heche than Thomas Jane. Also, I think she is so perfectly suited for this part. She was born to play an over the hill cheerleader.

Liana: Sure, i will concede this one point. Anne Heche does a fine job.

Meghan: I mean, I've never found Anne Heche super attractive in the present tense. But as someone who USED to be super hot?
It's kind of amazing. I totally believe that she was the hottest cheerleader ever.

Liana: So if they're both so foremerly super hot, why do they have two obese children? For the punchline?

Meghan: Those kids are kind of great. Because it gets to all the weirdness that kids of attractive parents have to deal with. They're both disappointed that their parents aren't smart or successful. And at the same time, they'll never compete with them physically

Liana: It just feels like someone was sitting around the writer's room and was like, "Lol - let's make the kids FAT!" And then everyone laughed and laughed.

Meghan: Basically, the show is a big metaphor for Detroit. And how far it's fallen. The game changed on Detroit. Which is also what both Thomas Jane and Anne Heche are dealing with.

Last season there was an amazing scene at the site of the old Tigers stadium, which is now just a fenced in, overgrown field. Which got to the fact that sometimes life changes on you. And you just have to pick up the pieces and figure out something new to do with yourself. Because if you don't, you'll just end up as a big overgrown field that nobody notices anymore.

No matter how amazing you once were at something no one values anymore.

me: I feel like if they wanted to make a show about human relationships and declining Americans, they should have done that without the ridiculous premise.

Meghan: I mean, it's HBO. There had do be some absurdist sexual interactions, right?
Also, without the amusing sex scenes, all of this would be depressing as fuck.

Liana: I maintain that it already is depressing as fuck. Also, I hate that we have to see Tom Jane's stupid toes in the title sequence. Ew.