![]() While Johnny and Moira are having marathon sex in what they think is an empty cabin, Gwen and Bob are waiting for them to stop and enjoying a little light reading together on the couch. Sidenote: He goes back to the party and doesn’t finish the novel because it was still on his bedside table with the dust jacket stuck in the same spot in episode 10). The night that Alexis plans her first party, David escapes to his parents’ room to read A Rare Sophistication, which looks like a hugely pretentious novel complete with minimalist cover in greyscale tones – not unlike his perception of his place in the world at that moment. The major headline of this issue is Betrayed and Lonely, which is exactly how she will end up feeling in the next episode as her friends start to abandon her. Their first day in Schitt’s Creek, Alexis is reading Buzz magazine, a People/US Weekly stand-in, whose headlines tend to mirror her own personal dramas. I can’t get close enough to see what it is, but I imagine since this is the first reading gag, we can just assume that they are setting up that she’s the kind of employee who will find anything to do other than the mind-numbing work she’s paid for. Stevie is reading a novel AND playing solitaire in the very first episode. I give you … The Schitt’s Creek Reading List, Season One Every book or magazine (or most of them) read by someone on the show So I went back to season one and looked for whatever reading material our characters are engaged in, for the subtle clues as to where things were headed for them. It’s been pretty obvious from the season one that the books and magazines that the characters are reading aren’t real, but it wasn’t until we were on season 3 that I started to realize they meant a little more than just the run of the mill hand props. One of my favorites is trying to decipher the running gags of what the characters are reading. The show is full of hilarious details and great quips, including hidden-in-plain-sight background and set dressing jokes that I can’t wait to re-watch and find more of. It lets me escape, and that is sorely needed. It’s been a panacea to the horrors of my twitter feed and the general abomination that is world news. In the past couple of weeks, we’ve not been able to go to bed without watching a few episodes and when we do, we go to bed giggling. I love episodic comedy that is smart and sometimes scathing. ![]() Give me tropes and giggles and silliness and short episodes. This show also introduced me to Dan Levy (who’s better known in Canada), and I love him so much at this point that I’m thinking of putting a poster of him up on my wall and I’m 38 damn years old. The best parts – the most relatable parts – are the sibling closeness and rivalry David and Alexis and the parental revelations of the elder Roses as the show goes on. The family dynamics keep the conceit of the show – the fish out of water, elite in the boondocks trope – fresh because they (along with Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy who plays Alexis Rose) are so refreshing. The show is a family comedy – created and produced by Eugene Levy and his son, Dan, who play Johnny and David Rose. Her character is up there with Selina Meyer and Leslie Knope and Valerie Cherish and Jenna Maroney. I can’t figure out what she is doing with her vowel sounds, and I love it so much. Her accent is completely indecipherable and totally immune to impression. Part of me is watching Schitt’s Creek when I’m watching Schitt’s Creek, and the other 75% of me is trying to decipher what Catherine O’Hara is doing with her character, Moira Rose, and how in the world she is capable of pulling it off. If you are even later than me to this particular party, here are a few reasons why you need to watch Schitt’s Creek immediately and why my Schitt’s Creek Reading List is so necessary. Four seasons of a delightful Canadian comedy and we just heard about it?!?! Where have my Canadian friends been hiding this gem … and why? It is easily in my top 5 comedies ever at this point. In recent late to the party news, my husband and I just spent the last week binge-watching Schitt’s Creek, and we are beside ourselves that it’s taken us three years to find it.
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