This comedy
series only
lasted for two
seasons. I
contributed
season one about
five years ago
when it came out
on DVD and it
has taken me a
while to get
decent caps of
season two.
These were all
made in 1996 and
1997. Again, the
best part of the
show was Debra
Messing in her
prime. There is
no nudity, just
cleavage, the
occasional pokie
and sexy women.
Episode 3
The Muffins
Take Manhattan
(1996)
Debra Messing
Episode 9
Prom Night
(1997)
Jennifer Lyons
Tara Boger
Episode 13
Scenes from a
Muffin Shop
(1997)
Suzanne Lanza
Episode 14
The Skyward's
the Limit
(1997)
Debra Messing
Episode 15
The Errand
Girl (1997)
Marcia Cross
Episode 16
No Retreat, No
Surrender
(1997)
Debra Messing
Nadia Dajani
Episode 18 I
Like Your
Moxie (1997)
Debra Messing
Nadia Dajani
Episode 19
Please Don't
Squeeze the
Eric (1997)
Nadia Dajani
Episode 20
All That Chazz
(1997)
Debra Messing
Episode 21
Skippy's
Revenge (1997)
Debra Messing
Nadia Dajani
Episode 22
Best of Luck
on Future
Projects
(1997)
Debra Messing
A
tribute to Ashley Hinshaw
About
Cherry
Johnny's
comments:
About Cherry is a drama
about Angelina (Ashley
Hinshaw), a teenage girl
who is looking to get out
of her home situation. Her
father is dead and her
mother (Lili Taylor) is a
drunk and there looks like
there is no hope. Then,
her skanky boyfriend asks
her if she would do a porn
shoot for a friend of his.
She reluctantly accept and
things go from there. With
her best friend Andrew
(Dev Patel), Angelina
moves to San Francisco
where they share a bed in
friend Vaughn's small
apartment. Angelina gets a
job as a waitress in a
strip club, where she
meets Francis (James
Franco), a sleazy looking
sort of lawyer and she
falls for him. Angelina
sees all the strippers
making more money than
her, so she decides to
start doing some real
porn. In porn, Angelina
becomes Cherry and is
welcomed into the world of
porn, not in the least by
lesbian director Margaret
(Heather Graham) who
instantly falls for her
and goes well on the way
to ruin her relationship
because of Cherry. But, as
it always seems to be with
porn, things start to
crack as her career takes
off and her relationships
with Andrew and Francis
crack under that pressure.
So, how will
Angelina/Cherry get
through all this..?
About Cherry is a film
that has its heart in the
right place, but is too
jumbled to pull off the
story it is trying to
tell. It's neither
aggressively for or
against porn, which works
to the film's advantage,
but the stories with the
side characters in
Angelina's/Cherry's life
aren't fully fleshed out
and the ending seems to be
more self-serving than
earned. A failure, but not
without its plusses, the
biggest one being Ashley
Hinshaw, who is not only
absolutely gorgeous, but
is an definite actress to
watch for in the future as
she is excellent in this
film (also good in her
limited role in
Chronicle).
