Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Micitype Pretty Good

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

elshikh4 Great subject, done by the wrong hands. The tabloid journalism is such an interesting subject to expose a lot of what the shiny Hollywood lives of contradictions, rather the human being in front of the shiny Hollywood. Selecting the character of the editor in chief who's materialistic to the bone, though deprived of real love, to be the lead was super. The character of the psychologically sick photographer who lives tortured by his conscience for all the crimes he did towards people in pain was so original, being the cornerstone of this show's beauty, or should I say theoretical beauty. Because according to what I watched this, as a whole, is so ugly work.Despite all the efforts that (Courteney Cox) did to make her character work, they were wasted by her faceless face. I don't know what is the real reason, but she got in here NO features to be used in acting. Is it too much botox ?, or is it too many plastic surgeries ? (Now this is something to be traced in the actual tabloid magazines !). Whatever the case may be I know that her face was too plastic to express emotions ! Then, the tragedy of (Josh Stewart) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I say AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! He can act as the same as I can speak Sanskrit ! OH MY GOD ?! How he was cast ? It is a mystery for the ages. This walking ghost of a guy couldn't be appropriate lead, someone to react to, or something to watch anyway. Actually any dead corpse could do the role better than him! And he was supposed to be something like a gone-wrong version of Brad Pitt?? The guy doesn't have the looks to be even Sho'nuff (from The Last Dragon). Sure Sho'nuff is more charismatic and talented ! In a word he looked exactly like "true" loser actor who's on "true" drugs; getting not sympathy from us, rather true TEDIUM and HATE ! So, as you see, I was watching a freak show of a show that deserves to be named (the plastic face & the sleepy zombie) !I know nothing about the allegation around the show as (dark comedy)?? It's maybe dark, but comedy?? Never. It wasn't that good to produce that mix. It wanted though, but didn't succeed. The scripts were little promising, because most of the time was devoted for showing, and many times showing off, the real dirt. I mean how many times the term "doing up the butt" was used ?? And in some episodes that was profuse and free (the right word is exploitative !). They didn't come up with fine ideas to turn this dirt, whatever it was, into hot drama, attractive issues, or smart moral choices. It was dirt for dirt. Well, disgusting dirt too. So, in a way, this show was sick of the disease it was warning of !Now, let me talk about what's dirtier than dirt itself : the directing ! The episodes got some of the worst directing I have seen in years. There is not one point of singularity. I couldn't respect any of this show's time. All the scenes looked the same. The colors of the image are one all along, despite the difference of the drama (if there was any!). Simply the artistic personality of it was too damn poor. There is a tasteless feel all over it. And the mark of bad direction isn't clearer when you have mostly bad acting. Except a few good matters, like the performance of (Ian Hart) as (Don), this show was filled up with repulsive events that were treated in repulsive way too; and that's the main problem which made watching (Dirt) one provocative experience just about every time. Sorrow is what I feel with its promising, so not achieved, material.

orange_bicycle I love this show. It is so rare to see leading women who are funny, genius, ball busting and gorgeous. Courtney Cox and this amazing ensemble cast have created one of the smartest satires of contemporary Hollywood and Journalism/Media culture. Cox, who has probably experienced the worst sides of tabloid journalism, still plays her role with such intelligence. All while you think Lucy is Satan herself...it is still impossible to hate or revile her. Truth is her God. And who can fault that level of honesty-her most consistent trait? Only those that are true pariahs. Lucy Spiller best line ever, "I'll sleep when they put a stake in me." This show got panned by the critics-I think they weren't patient enough and maybe had trouble seeing Cox play someone so diabolical. I'm glad to see it has a high IMDb rating. It runs a long the vein of Jay Mohr in "Action". Which is also a favorite. Courtney and casting directors if you ever read this crap, please do something like this again. I could never watch that steaming pile called "Friends". But take your chops to the big screen. Lucy Spiller (Cox) should not be wasted on TV sensibilities.

liquidcelluloid-1 Network: FX; Genre: Drama; Content Rating: TV-MA (for strong language, simulated sex, drug use and violence); Available: DVD; Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Seasons Reviewed: 2 seasons Lucy Spiller (Courteney Cox-Arquette) is the ruthless producer of the salacious tabloid DirtNow Magazine who uses her schizophrenic best-friend photographer Don Konkey (an absolutely phenomenal Ian Hart) and fresh-faced, wide-eyed freshman reporter just waiting to be ruined by the industry Willa (Alexandra Breckenridge) to sneak into the lives of Hollywood's rich and famous to get the story. One of those celebrities is Holt McLaren (Josh Stewart) who like many of the celebrities makes a deal with Lucy to be her source if certain information is kept under wraps.The latest and best series produced by the Arquettes (it's a hell of a lot better than "Daisy Does America") and created by Matthew Carnahan ("Fastlane"), "Dirt" is TV's first attempt at taking a bite out of the paparazzi - and I can't think of a target more full of potential and deserving of satire. Despite this, "Dirt" falters under the kind of shallow sleaze, manipulation and sensationalism that it should be satirizing.For the show's many faults, the last thing going wrong here are the performances. The show gives us the opportunity to see a leaner, meaner Courteney Cox and frankly I'd rather watch Lucy Spiller over Monica Geller any day. This is what Cox does best and it is a blast watching her slink through this role like a Siamese cat. But it gets better. Ian Hart's performance, as a the schizophrenic Don who will do anything (even sacrifice his own fingers) to get the shot for Lucy, is one of those performances that makes the entire show worth watching. Just to see him. It's a one-of-a-kind character, the sympathetic paparazzo, whose schizophrenia opens up the show to some surreal visual moments involving talking cats, talking corpses and a showdown between two Dons. This is Emmy worthy stuff and the relationship between Don and Lucy is kind of sweet.Maybe Carnahan and the Arquettes are to angry at the paparazzi and it's clouding the teleplays. "Dirt" is an nasty, unpleasant show that many times, despite such fine performances form the leads, is a hard hour to get through. It's ugly/sleazy like "Nip/Tuck" seasons 4 and 5, not fun/sleazy like "Nip/Tuck" seasons 1 and 2. If you know what I mean.What really grinds my gears about the show is the "ripped from the headlines" vibe it pushes on us in which it takes actual celebrities and scandals and simply re-creating the events. The would-be satire is as transparent and amateurishly thrown together as anything I've ever seen. "Dirt" characters stand in for Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Remember when Britney locked her kids in the car? Remember when David Hasselhof got drunk and ate steak off the floor? And remember about 5 years ago when Madonna and Britney Spears lip-locked at the VMAs? Yeah, real timely "Dirt". So in addition to being years after "South Park" has covered the respective celebrity ground, "Dirt" add no next-level insight. In the hands of someone else, someone like Ryan Murphy, "Dirt" could have made one wild & crazy dark comedy. "Nip/Tuck" at it's worst is still a challenge.The show can't quite achieve the ambitious feat it is trying to pull off. And there in lies my love/hate for it. It goes for the celebrity culture jugular, but does so in such a shallow way that it can't quite articulate it's point and falls flat time and again. It tries to take us into the world of the paparazzi, showing us just how sleazy they are but is unable to keep from rising up from that sleaze itself to get to that necessary pedestal where it can look down upon it condescendingly. Which is what we need.The characters do what they are supposed to do, no they are not likable and they aren't supposed to be - but you've still got to give me some reason to stick with them. This anti-hero stuff is right up FXs ally which makes it all the more disappointing (and a little perplexing) to watch "Dirt" break the network's roll of high quality output.* * / 4

landress I wasn't planning on watching this show. Don't get me wrong, I like Courteney Cox, but it just didn't feel like my type of show, based on the previews. However, after coming down with the flu, I was left to a few sick days and I happened across the pilot. First the good, it drew me in. I was just flipping through and it caught me and made me want to watch. It was dark, it was edgy, it felt different from most other things on television. However, it also felt like either something was missing from the show or that I was the kid at the far end of the table left out of the joke. I liked the characters, quite a bit more than I probably should have, but something was not right with the story. I'm not sure whether it was the intentional choppiness to try and represent the story of the schizophrenic photographer, or the fact that it bounced back and forth too much between story lines.I don't think I'm going to give up on this show. But, for it to stick, it needs a little bit of re-working and making the show something more than simply edgy.