My favorite description of Starz’s seriesBlunt Talkcomes from Brian Moylan of The Guardian. Though hisreviewwas far more tepidthan mine(I was, rightfully I think, swept away byPatrick Stewart’s turn as Walter Blunt), his description of the series could not be more apt:“Blunt Talkis an odd bird. It’s sort of like ifThe NewsroomandVeephad a love child and it was raised by Nanny McPhee in the Royal Shakespeare Company.“
If you’ve been watchingBlunt Talk, you’ll recognize the truth of the statement, and if you haven’t, you should be intrigued. The series isn’t always great, and sometimes doesn’t have a good sense of its own strengths (as shown in this Season 2 teaser trailer below), but it is charming, and occasionally very funny. It’s cast is also really great, especiallyJacki WeaverandAdrian Scarborough, who are both faithful handlers of Walter.Dolly WellsandTimm Sharpalso add a lot of quirky appeal, but also a surprising amount of heart.
A first look at Season 2 puts its focus on aBlunt Talkporn parody of Walter called “Blunt Cock” which is momentarily silly, but it doesn’t give a great sense of what else we’ll be seeing in Season 2 other than Walter inevitably comparing himself to his adult film counterpart.
The problem with finding good clips forBlunt Talkis that so much of the series — and creatorJonathan Ames’ humor — is organic to the show, and built up over time. So, it may be better than this promo betrays, especially since Starz initially ordered 20 episodes spread out over 2 seasons — so I’m expecting Season 2 to be fairly similar Season 1. But we’ll see soon enough! Let us know your thoughts on the new promo in the comments.
