Bee-yootiful Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Bzzzz!” Written by Bryan Fuller Directed by Adam Kane Pushing Daisies returns for its second season with most of the charm and magic of the first season, and all of the visual delights. This dark and irony-laced fairy tale for grownups continues to defy all convention by presenting the adventures of Ned the Pie-Maker and Chuck the Dead Girl as a fable drenched in flat, brilliant color, told in riddles and puns, and wrapped in a combination of pathos and comedy. The only questions in my mind are…
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Once Upon a Time: “Pilot”
Disney Noir Once Upon a Time ABC, Sundays, 8 PM ET/PT “Pilot” Written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Directed by Mark Mylod “What do you think stories are for?” —Mary Margaret It’s no coincidence, I believe, that ABC is owned by Disney, and is now bringing a more or less live-action version of some of Disney’s most popular stories to the small screen. The trouble is that ABC does not appear to know what it wants to do with them. Animation? Only a few minor bits, like Jiminy Cricket. CGI? Lots of it, especially when we “flash back” to…