{"id":8861,"date":"2012-10-18T23:06:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T21:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2012-10-18T23:06:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T21:06:59","slug":"anger-management-starring-charlie-sheen-surprisingly-entertaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/anger-management-starring-charlie-sheen-surprisingly-entertaining\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen: Surprisingly Entertaining"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anger Management Charlie Sheen. Image via pop-break.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When baseball player Charlie (Charlie Sheen<\/a>) ruined his career because of his anger problems, he went back to college, got a degree in psychology and started working as a therapist.<\/p>\n

As Charlie offers group therapy sessions in his house, he also has to find a balance between his ex-wife Jennifer (Shawnee Smith) obsessed with ridiculous business ventures, their teenage daughter Daniela Bobadilla (Emma of Awake<\/a>)- a smart, sweet kid with OCD, his neighbor Michael (Michael Boatman, Carter Heywood of Spin City<\/a>) who often considers Michael\u2019s problems \u00a0as non-problems, his best-friend\/sex-buddy\/own therapist Kate (Selma Blair<\/a>) and of course the members of his anger therapy group- Ed (Barry Corbin), Nolan (Derek Richardson), Lacey (Noureen DeWulf) and Patrick (Michael Arden.)<\/p>\n

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Anger Management: A Few Good Laughs<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, I wasn\u2019t expecting to enjoy Anger Management. Not that the concept isn\u2019t fun (I liked the movie Anger Management with Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson as well, though they are in general very different), but I wasn\u2019t a fan of Charlie Sheen on TV. I absolutely couldn\u2019t stand One and a Half Man, and didn\u2019t for the life of me understand what so many people saw in it. I didn\u2019t like anything about that show, so I was worried Anger Management would be so\u2026well\u2026not funny.<\/p>\n

Now while Anger Management doesn\u2019t deserve all of its laughing tracks, it deserves several of them well- it doesn\u2019t score laughs that gives you stomach pains,but it makes you smile, giggle and laugh a lot- and even when it is not very funny, it is still entertaining.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s refreshing to see a modern comedy that doesn\u2019t take itself too seriously (aware of the pun, but it really is the case with a lot of new comedies).<\/p>\n

People having problems with the show complain about Shawnee Smith\u2019s acting, saying she is not supposed to seem dumb- but her character is gullible, not so savvy and the only thing she is good at is being Sam\u2019s mother-and even there she doesn\u2019t always make the best call. Hell, she was cheated on by Charlie so many times during their marriage, and she still wouldn\u2019t have gotten out without some shoving from the others.<\/p>\n

And some people joke that it is unrealistic that Charlie\u2019s character can get so many (hot) dates, in addition to the constant benefits he is getting from his best friend. While I don\u2019t find the 47-year-old Sheen attractive (not that 47 is old, but his relationship with alcohol has showed its effects), his character is likeable. He\u2019s smart, fun, nice and doesn\u2019t lie about who he is. Wouldn\u2019t want to date him, but can understand why others would. And I\u2019ve always liked Selma Blair.<\/p>\n

The patients can come off as annoying and not funny at times, but they do make up for it with some decent one-liners and\/or amusing events to make up for it within the same episode.<\/p>\n

Nope, it is no Friends, Coupling <\/a>or Spin City (the first 4 seasons with Michael J. Fox.) But it is a good laugh, and I don\u2019t mind watching more episodes. And I have watched all 10.<\/p>\n

Fun notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charlie Sheen\u2019s ex-wife Denise Richards, with whom he\u2019s not exactly parted well with, appeared in one episode as his love interest. They had some lines about her ex, who she referred to as a total nut job several times, and Charlie stopped her at one point, saying he got it. It was a great self-directed humor, and very well done.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charlie\u2019s dad came to visit for one episode. His name is Martin, and was played by none other than Charlie\u2019s real life dad Martin Sheen.<\/p>\n

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See it. The worst case scenario is that you will waste 20-40 minutes, assuming you will try 1-2 episodes before writing it off. Best case, you\u2019ll find a fun new show.<\/p>\n

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