Category: Man Up

October 20, 2011

Television review: 'Man Up'

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ABC's newest sitcom, Man Up!, debuting tonight, proves this principle by negative example. It is not a very good sitcom. But I could imagine it being a decent—if never great—sitcom if it were simply not about what it is about.

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October 19, 2011

'Man Up!' wimps out with tired male-identity stereotypes

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Although it may seem a classic case of grasping at straws, the one positive thing that can be said about this fall season is that it has been equally tough on both genders. While female characters revisited the Madonna/whore

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'Man Up!' wimps out with tired male-identity stereotypes

Filed under: Man Up - 19 Oct 2011

If ABC wanted to a.) build a show around “Modern Family's” Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell), b.) Attempt to channel the Judd Apatow/”Hangover” film-going audience into TV success, c.) Create a male counterpart for “Sex and the City

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