BLACKLIST T.V.SHOW REVIEW UPDATE

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

A reply to Marilyn, from San Diego. Here's an update to your request. You recently asked me to review the television show "Blacklist", which I did, and guess what. true to form my predictions seem to be coming true.

I told you that Megan Boone who plays FBI agent Keene was not cutting it. I told you that the show would have been better without her character. In fact, just using Spader interacting with  the FBI on his own would have made it a better show. Boone doesn't put any emotion into her acting . She plays "flat" on many occasion. In one scene she was talking to Spader (Reddington) where she apparently  tries to cry - -but her feigning emotion was awful.

As to  the shows reality factor? Wow! In one episode  agent Keene spots the suspect in a crowded terminal while the other FBI agents are oblivious to the guy. She chases him and then "gives up her weapon" to the guy. Silly, silly, silly. No way in real life that would ever happen.

But to the point. There are rumors out of Hoillywood that Megan Boone is even having trouble getting her lines straight - -that she's flubbing her lines over and over again which requires retake after retake. Some retakes numbered  12 until she got it right. I predicted that Megan Boone was  wrong for this show and it appears she can't keep pace and keep up with the talented  James Spader.

Marilyn, as I suggested in my previous review I think the show would be better off without FBI agent Keene's role. And the sub plot of her husband and their trials and tribulations is  hokey. The show is not about Keene and husband. It is about Reddington in conjunction with the FBI bringing down super criminals. The show should stick to that theme.

My suggestion to the t.v. exec's handling this show  - -it would be a great improvement if the show had Spader interacting with the FBI without the Keene character. He could go through the cases much more effectively that using this supposed rookie FBI agent who apparently takes the lead in all of the investigations.

Plus, I think the show needs to update some of its plots - -be more realistic. Come on! The old bomb scenario where there's only 17 seconds to spare before  the bomb blows and the FBI agent jumps in the car and rushes toward the water. Hey guys! OLD, OLD, OLD scene. It's been used forever. It's beating a dead horse.

So, Marilyn. I stick by my guns in saying the Keene character should be history.  Spader should be the one  telling the FBI  how to solve the crimes without going through FBI agent Keene. We don't need the side show of agent Keene and her hubby's interaction at all.  And so far the show uses the same old two or three FBI agents in every show. My suggestion, have Spader dealing with FBI  agents from around the country and from all of the FBI offices and not just  two or three guys playing second fiddle to a rookie agent. That really doesn't fly. - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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