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‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ Is Close To Really Bad

palinLast night was the premiere of TLC’s miniseries, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. In corporate terms, it was totally successful and was watched by 5 million people, which makes it the network’s most watched series premiere ever. Too bad it’s AWFUL.

It is as close to unwatchable as being around when a person gets their genitalia pierced, and this is undoubtedly because Sarah Palin serves as executive producer of the show so it’s noticeably absent of everything we want to see, which is ANYTHING INTERESTING or political. Based on last night’s episode, there doesn’t appear to be any one cohesive story line that carries us through the 40 or so minutes it lasts, which is a shame because I was hoping to recap it for you each and every week. But it’s clear this would be virtually impossible to do because nothing in the episode is related to anything, and there’s no way to make it sound like you missed anything because you didn’t.

Now, let me say this: Sarah Palin is exactly the Sarah Palin we expected to see, from her belief that the only place to go for tranquility is icy Alaska, who’s enthusiastic about everything (including Nike runner shorts!), and that the fence that blocks off the stairs to her youngest son, Trig, is also meant to prevent daughter Willow’s (age 16) boyfriends from going into her room and fulfilling the family prophesy. It’s just kind of sad that the show is so consumed with the most basic and boring parts of Sarah’s personal life (like that Piper calls Sarah “Sarah” instead of mom because she has a hard time getting her attention and that’s how she does it) because it’s just not taking advantage of its source material. The most basic way I can describe the show (aside from saying IT’S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING! I MEAN IT!), is to say that it’s just Sarah Palin traveling around her state in crazy planes that can take off and land in water, and her kids talking about how much their mom uses their Blackberry. Which, incidentally, is a lot more than someone who’s so in love with nature! There’s the occasional bear, the occasional shot of the voyeuristic writer/neighbor from Sarah’s “concrete slab,” and the occasional murmur from Todd. I understand if you want to watch it, because I did, but it just feels like a waste. Tune in next week, yes?

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Source: Deadline

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