A Birdhouse in Your Soul By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Girth” Written by Katherine Lingenfelter Directed by Peter O’Fallon A show devoted to the complications pursuant to raising the dead pulls out all the stops on Halloween, of course, and Pushing Daisies is no exception. “Girth” is one of the best episodes of the series, possibly the best. The ensemble is perfectly balanced, the writing is as clever as always, and the surreal visuals add so much snap to the screen it’s like watching colors that can speak. The first two minutes…
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Pushing Daisies: “Pigeon”
A Birdhouse in Your Soul By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Pigeon” Written by Rina Mimoun Directed by Adam Kane Okay, this is how much genius gets packed into the writing for this show: Olive Snook tells Chuck’s Aunt Viviane (Ellen Green) that she should “build a birdhouse in her soul” to lodge hope in. Later, during a drive that leads them to a windmill, Olive and Aunt Viviane sing “Birdhouse in Your Soul”. Cute. But dig a little deeper, and there’s more. “Birdhouse in Your Soul” is a song by…