Skip the first 11 paragraphs that are all just complaining about what a slog the series is and you will get to the last two paragraphs that the headline refers too. (Saved you a click)
At the very least, audiences who plod through Palm Royale Season 2 will be rewarded with a predictably excellent nonagenarian Burnett villain performance (ironically, the protagonist of a far better new Apple show, Pluribus, was named after her). The comedy legend manages to imbue her scheming grand dame character with enough twinkly-eyed mischievousness and unexpected pathos that she manages to transcend her underwritten scenes in a way that even her highly capable co-stars cannot.
Watching Norma sing The Sound of Music’s “Something Good” under a blue spotlight is almost enough to give the season a pass, well-decorated flaws and all. On the whole, though, it’s hardly the vacation we were promised.
It ought to be illegal to use a headline in that format.
“The doctors did everything they could… and she’s gonna be okay!”
“What is wrong with you?! Why did you have to phrase it like that?”
Holy shit, she’s still alive?? Good on her for still going for it.
When I first started reading the headline I assumed it was announcing her death. Impressive that she’s still working! Someone should figure out a project with her, Dick Van Dyke, and Mel Brooks. Anyone other comedians in that 90+ range still able to work?
It’s a well-known phenomenon that when we stop working we die. I’m in the worst mental shape of my entire life after being unemployed or underemployed for 18-months. It’s affecting my physical health.
Heh. Shame all the Golden Girls passed away, but that show was entertaining even for teenagers. Aired weekly in the Netherlands, I always marked it in the weekly tv guide.
