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All skill levels, male and female welcome SERVICES FOR RENT 6A — Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TV REVIEW ‘Grandfathered’ ages John Stamos Little potential for FOX comedy past its premise By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer “Grandfathered” might be a sin- gle-camera comedy on FOX, but it has the feel of a CBS sitcom with- out the live studio audience. There are broad jokes occa- sionally based on race and sex, with simplistic characterizations and saccharine bonding moments. Based on the series premiere, it’s difficult to tell whether the show will go the way of “How I Met Your Mother” or “The McCarthys.” There are some promising ele- ments, like the focus on family and age, but it’s also hard to see where the show can go past its pilot. John Stamos (“Full House”) stars as Jimmy Martino, a restau- rant owner who discovers that his ex-wife Sara (Paget Brewster, “Criminal Minds”) had a child years ago and never told him. Her son, Gerald (Josh Peck, “Drake and Josh”), visits Jimmy at work and introduces him to his own daugh- ter. Not only is Jimmy suddenly a father, but he’s a grandfather. The pilot proceeds exactly as you’d expect. Jimmy’s world is rocked by the sudden realization that he has a family. He’s reluctant to get involved until he spends time with them, and then decid- ing to dedicate himself to his new family. His actions are completely predictable — from Jimmy’s initial hesitation to his eventual change of heart — but it’s cute in a fluffy heartwarming sitcom way. There’s nothing really complex about it, but it’s reliable for an “awww” or two. Though the show has some charming moments, it’s low on laughs. The cast attempts nobly to succed in remedying this, espe- cially Brewster, who showed her comedic chops on the last season of “Community” earlier this year. Her delivery is sharp, and her lines are reliably funny, like when she mentions that she accidentally burned her baby with a seatbelt and “I swear, he looked right at me and gave me the finger.” Stamos, to his credit, commits himself entire- ly to the role of Jimmy, playing his character as if Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark was suddenly given a new family. Stamos is suave, con- fident and vain, but the nuances in the writing just aren’t there beyond Jimmy’s predictable heart of gold. He’s like Barney Stinson of “How I Met Your Mother” without any of the fun character quirks. The rest of the cast is similarly underdeveloped. Peck plays Ger- ald as an overeager man-child, thrilled to finally meet his dad and receive relationship advice from him, but any shades of resentment he might have are toned down in favor of their immediate bond- ing. Christina Milian (“Baggage Claim”) plays blank slate Van- essa, the mother of Gerald’s baby and the woman he hopes will be more than a friend. Kelly Jenrette (“Frisky Dingo”) and Ravi Patel (“Past Life”) play two employees at Jimmy’s restaurant who most- ly just exist to make jokes about Jimmy as a womanizer, though there’s a fun aside where Jenrette’s character makes friends with Sara. Most of the jokes in “Grand- fathered” fail to elicit more than a vague smile, and every charac- ter’s role can be summed up in a sentence or less. Arguably the most important flaw to address, though, is how “Grandfathered” can continue past its pilot. Will it be possible to sustain a whole series of television based on its simple premise? Will the show find a comfortable groove as a hangout comedy like “New Girl,” or will it fall back on obvious subplots like a re-coupling of Jimmy and Sara? With its cast and its heart, “Grand- fathered” could join the other high-concept sitcoms whose audi- ences have grown over the years. The real question is whether view- ers will be willing to watch past the uninspired first episode. FOX Where’s the damn Oikos, John?!?! C+ Grandfathered Tuesdays at 8 p.m. FOX New doc shines light on Black Panthers By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer “The Black Panthers: Van- guard of the Revolution,” directed by Stanley Nelson, is the first fea- ture-length documentary to tell the Black Panther Party’s story from begin- ning to end. It is mesmeriz- ing the entire way through, not only painting a three-dimen- sional picture of the Party, but lending itself to comparisons to the present day without once explicitly calling “today” into focus. Nelson never inserts his voice into “The Black Panthers”; for- mer and current Panthers speak for themselves, as do journal- ists, FBI informants and police officers who were involved. Each tells his or her own side of a story — stories that are often neglected, forgotten or white- washed in tellings of the Civil Rights Movement today. “The Black Panthers” deconstructs the popular conception of the Party as the trigger-happy radical alternative to civil dis- obedience, and it paints a vivid portrait of the Party’s charis- matic leaders. The documentary also covers much more than the timeline of events that led to the Party’s eventual split, capturing how the Black Panthers shocked and fascinated the nation. He devotes a significant amount of time to how the Black Panthers represented a different kind of pride, a new kind of fashion iconography and an obvious sex appeal that attracted young people. Former Panthers talk about how the majority of the Party was in their late teens and early twenties, and the youthful vibrancy radiated when they marched down the street. Some who joined later on discussed how the Panthers represented a new kind of image that they could aspire to as younger children. It’s unfortunate that the chauvinist sexist aspects of the Party, while addressed, only take up a few of the 116 minutes in the documentary. However, the strength and resilience of the many black women in the Panther Party break through. Women describe answering the phones with one hand while bouncing their crying children in the other or asking to carry guns along with the men. One describes how a woman volun- teered to be the first person to walk out of a house unarmed, waving a white flag in the mid- dle of a bloody shootout with police officers. Overall, the documentary deserved a better ending, artisti- cally and technically. It ends with a “where are they now” epilogue, focusing on only some of the Pan- ther’s more famous leaders, end- ing the dynamic story on a softer note. This concluding tactic also fails to add the element of cohe- sion to tie it all together. While this is unfortunate, it doesn’t detract too much from the over- all work. A documentary is only ever as good as its story, and this story is electric. It’s impossible to avert one’s eyes from the stunning black-and-white photographs and the video footage, grainy as they may be. This story is one of anguish and heartbreak, of a collective response and rally in the face of police brutality and societal pres- sure to back off and back down. It is a story of the passion for change found in youth, but also of the dangers faced by movements that become too big too quickly. It is a story of hope and relentless refusal to give up the fight for jus- tice, quiet victories and bloody defeats and unapologetic pride. In short, it’s a similar story, more or less, of the Black Lives Matter movement today. Nelson chooses not to make any explicit comparisons to the civil rights struggle that occurs today, but the comparisons are blindingly obvious. They repre- sent a different kind of pride in being black in the face of bigotry and hatred, heard loud and clear in their chant “Black is Beauti- ful.” Across social media, trends like the #melanin tag and orga- nized events like #Blackout have taken off, especially on photo- friendly platforms like Twitter and Instagram. There are pho- tographs of the Panthers stand- ing in the middle of the street handing out their newspaper to people in cars, subtly highlight- ing the group’s recognition of the media’s impact. This makes for another comparison with the Black Lives Matter movement, which largely stems from social media. Perhaps most obviously, one of the focuses of the Pan- thers was police brutality, an issue that has become a focal one in the movement today. Nel- son’s unflinching gaze at police brutality stripped bare doesn’t feel understated or overem- phasized; it just feels like the truth. It feels familiar. This may be why the documentary hits home — it reflects it. STANLEY NELSON Jackets that would make ‘The Matrix’ jealous. A- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Stanley Nelson Detroit Film Theatre Will viewers watch past the uninspired first episode? WE GET FREE TICKETS TO BONNAROO, LOLLAPALOOZA, OUTSIDE LANDS AND PITCHFORK. JUST NOT FOOTBALL GAMES. IF YOU’RE OKAY WITH THAT, COME WRITE FOR US!!! E-mail arts@michigandaily.com for information on applying.