Slings & Arrows: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
Winner of 13 Gemini Awards and showered with awards and critical acclaim, this darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and electrifying thrills that happen behind the scenes.
Paul Gross (Due South) stars as Geoffrey Tennant, the passionate but unstable artistic director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival. Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor (Stephen Ouimette), he struggles to realize his creative vision while handing touchy actors, a jittery general manager (Mark McKinney), a pretentious guest director (Don McKellar), and his own tempestuous romance with the festival's leading lady (Martha Burns). The backstage bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey directs three of Shakespeare's masterpieces - Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear - one in each season. Guest stars include Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers), Colm Feore (Chicago), Sarah Polley (Go, The Sweet Hereafter), and renowned Stratford Festival actor William Hutt in one of his last performances.
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Wee bit overrated - eli_quincy
Slings & Arrows has been heralded as one of the best Canadian television shows of all time by critics around the world. It's good, but it's not quite that good. How much enjoyment you'll wring from this show depends largely upon your interest in theatre, and for those of us who are outsiders, it's not quite as amusing as it thinks it is. And the show really felt the loss of rising star Rachel McAdams after the first season.
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Wee bit overrated - eli_quincy
Slings & Arrows has been heralded as one of the best Canadian television shows of all time by critics around the world. It's good, but it's not quite that good. How much enjoyment you'll wring from this show depends largely upon your interest in theatre, ...