Coming This Fall: Men Doing Drag (Badly) in ABC’s Work It
Question: Who thought Bosom Buddies 2011 was a good idea?
Answer: Everyone at ABC, because here comes Work It. Starring Amaury Nolasco and Ben Koldyke, the isn’t-it-hilarious-that-these-straight-guys-are-wearing-dresses sitcom is scheduled to show up on the network this fall—when it will desperately attempt to sustain one joke about tucking over the course of an entire season.
The show’s premise is that these two guys—out-of-work used car salesmen—decide the best way to find gainful employment is to jump into the female-dominated field of pharmaceutical sales… as women.
Deadline reports that ABC president Paul Lee, speaking at the Television Critic’s Association executive panel made light of the scenario: “I’m a Brit, it is in my contract that I have to do one cross-dressing show a year; I was brought up on Monty Python. What can I do?”
At least they still have Modern Family.
So they’re reviving Charlie’s Angels and rehashing Bosom Buddies? Are they picking pitches out of TV history books now? Wake me when Nathan Lane stars in Mr. Belvedere: The Next Generation.
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Considering 90% of movies being made are either sequels, remakes, reboots, reimaginings, or adaptations of comics, vampire novels, and 80′s toys, it was only a matter of time before TV started going down the same road.
Silver lining, maybe we’ll get a Baywatch reboot starring Trevor Donovan, Jesse Metcalfe, and Chord Overstreet.
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Straight boys in drag are not inherently not-funny. But based on this clip, I’m not sure they have the goods. Meh.
Luckily the guys, Nolasko and Koldyke, are cute and maybe we’ll get some skin.