When I found out HBO was cancelling its short-lived TV series, Looking, due to ‘low ratings’ (as they stated at the time) I was completely devastated. It felt like ABC cancellingMy So-Called Life all over again. The comparison between the shows isn’t too far-fetched – brilliantly drawn characters, smart, funny dialogue, and a verisimilitude few television series attain– whether it’s examining adolescence in the mid-nineties or being gayin the noughties. MSCL was brutally cut short after just...
Published on July 26, 2016 11:33