Two steps forward, one step back. Yes, it's refreshing to see a TV series depicting men and women as genuine friends and not merely faking it as a pretext to getting into one another's pants. But why does My Boys have to pretend that Chicago sportswriter P.J. (Jordana Spiro) is such an oddball among women? These 22 episodes—the entire 2006-07 debut season of the first original scripted show from cable network TBS—draws all of its humor from how “funny” and “unusual” it is that P.J. a) likes to drink beer and play poker with her guy pals, b) thinks in baseball metaphors, and c) takes an approach to love and sex that is stereotypically “male” (until it isn't). Poor P.J. is such an anomaly of her gender that the best she can do for a female buddy is extreme girly-girl Stephanie (Kellee Stewart), whose greatest ambition in life is, apparently, to get P.J. to wear makeup (in real life, there would be no reason for these two to even look at each other, let alone be “friends”). Of course, the bottom line is that P.J. isn't a real woman at all: she's a guy's fantasy of one kind of ideal woman, and while those guys might get a kick out of this sitcom, others can safely give it a pass. DVD extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette, bloopers and outtakes, a sports montage, deleted scenes, and more. Optional. (M. Johanson)
My Boys: The Complete First Season
Sony, 3 discs, 488 min., not rated, DVD: $39.98 Volume 23, Issue 5
My Boys: The Complete First Season
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