'2 Broke Girls' (RTE2) is not bad at all. A quirky, slightly bawdy slice of Recession Comedy, the series stars Kath Dennings and Beth Behrs as a poor and formerly rich girl respectively forced by circumstances to work a Diner to pay the bills. The first episode had some decent laughs; Behr's character, Caroline, plays the recently impoverished daughter of a millionaire conman (hmm, wonder who that's modelled on?). Every week, we get to see how close the two girls are to earning enough to start up their own business. Dennings and Behr are decent actors and while the script is never groundbreaking or particularly hilarious, it had 'thetvreviewguy' smiling through a good part of it. Mediocre sitcoms tend to be written production-line style and there are elements of 'a kooky character here, a zany one there' with '2 Broke Girls'. But it's worth a second viewing before filing it away with 'King of Queens' under 'New Yawk' disappointments. There is potential in the series and while 'thetvreviewguy's life is as short as the next guy's and hates watching time-wasting TV, this is definitely worthy of another go. Just funny enough to have you tune in, the girls are appealing enough to keep you tuned. 'Political' with a very small 'p', it will be interesting to look back on shows like this a few years from now, when, and more likely, if, we ever get out of what's euphemistically referred to as 'recession'.
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