Review of Whoopi

Whoopi (2003–2004)
Whoops!
5 November 2005
Whether its the fault of her outspoken annoying politics, or simply Chevy Chasitis, Whoopis career at long last seems to be petering out, and this self titled show will definitely be cited as cause on her showbiz career death certificate. The show featured her as a nightclub singer turned hotel owner, and the premise is hardly developed because the nitwits figured Whoopis star power would carry the show, and of course it couldn't and it didn't. The pitch is mostly jokes a la racial George Jefferson ranting that since George Jefferson went off the air, hasn't worked since. Whoopis tired anti-whitey stuff in fact now comes across more as mean spirited soap box rambling rather than comedic driven social commentary. Whoopi has always been singularly unfunny in my opinion, yet I do recognize and admire her talent as an actress. The producers would have done better to find her a drama crime vehicle and then sprinkle her humor throughout incidentally. But a half hour of insipid network humor starring Whoopi Goldberg just ain't gonna fly, and of course it didn't. Mercifully didn't.
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