Dream: The rogue divorced Dream on. USA, 1990-96.
Creators: John Landis, David Crane and Marta Kauffman
Cast: Brian Benben, Wendie Malick, Dorien Wilson, Denny Dillon, Chris Demetral
Subjects of interest: Promiscuity
Synopsis:
After their divorce, Martin Tupper, a small executive of a publishing house, lives alone in an apartment in New York. His ex-wife, Judith, has a good relationship with him despite already has a new partner. Besides acting as a father trying to follow a pre-teen and put up with his secretary and her boss, Martin finds it difficult to accept the idea that Judith has another life does not cost you meet girls but none seems to fill the gap left by her failed marriage.
Comment:
Sex and the single father (single father and sex) the title of an episode of the series, played a paraphrase sex and the single girl , a film of the 60's starring Natalie Wood in Spain is called the Single Girl . Sex and the single father had also been an appropriate name for this sitcom, a pioneering television product be intended for adult audiences and unfamiliar and for daring to openly display or caution of the life of a divorcee with their pickups, Adventures , successes and (more often) amorous failures. Breaking with tradition television talk only of parents and mothers, Martin Tupper was a stereotype with which could identified many single, separated and divorced men and women who live alone and who represent an increasingly higher population of large cities.
Martin is no hero and no innocent young, attractiv
oy has a good job, so it is not without conquests. Although supposedly looking for a partner, rarely exceeds a second or third date with a girl. The reason, of which he is half conscious, is that still in love with his ex-wife, Judith, and although it increasingly clear that will never be together, not able to stop being under its influence. A close friendship it helps they continue to hold Martin and Judith, unable to accept a life without her friend Martin's remains, the son who both have in common is a perfect excuse to spend every few minutes on the floor of your ex or invite her to yours . He pays a high price (alone) for this friendship, unspeakable aim is to make fertile ground for her to return one day with him, however remote that possibility is, and she was even more reluctant to this close relationship with his ex, is not entirely innocent probably pleased to know that you two men at her feet, its current and former partner.
Dream put in a comic situation
dependency of the ex-couple very typical of the divorced and separated. Martin is also particularly prone to this condition helpless child in character, shown by the old movies that are in your head constantly, the claims of each chapter show us small watching TV under the supervision of his mother; Martin ellipse changes to the adult child, also asleep at the TV. This, together with the title,
Dream , we announce that Martin is immature, in need of a woman of character to replace her mother, and a little good-natured. With the success of his best friend, Eddie Charles, typical shark has a successful waste program that is linked to the girls most spectacular, and the new husband of his ex, a doctor whose bliss Perfect Don Martin constantly torture, the hero does not get a job up in probably less than its worth, which also can not be imposed on a secretary and a chief blatant and tacky nouveau riche. This continual feeling of
h umillación shown in a fun way with images of old films that Martin saw the small front of the TV, and acting as a voice-over introduces us what you think and feel at all times.
Top Scenes:
- Martin explains to his fourteen year old son how to use a condom. To do this takes a banana, peel it and puts a condom on explaining every detail in a very didactic.
- The sex scenes are usually represented by old film inserts with flowers that open source or oil wells that flow freely. Tobby
- , Martin's secretary, has a surprising success with a line erotic client has called to the office by mistake. When Martin realizes, runs a successful secretary phone number sadomasochistic.
Anecdotes:
- John Landis, director of An American Werewolf in London among other films, had the idea to exploit the abundant archival material available to the company in a Comedy Universal television in which these pictures would be inserted in the memory in the plot of each episode.
- It was produced for television by cable, so that allowed nude scenes and more adult content than usual in a sitcom. Achieved considerable success as a cult show some Emmy nominations and maintained over six seasons.
- was broadcast in Spain Canal + open during weekends. Unfortunately it is not released on DVD in our country, the first two seasons can be achieved by importing from Anglo-Saxon countries or downloaded from Emule or other peer to peer programs .
Links: IMDB
TV.com (English, includes episode guide and airdates)