LGBT groups urged ABC not to air it.
But on it came: a broad sitcom about two guys who dress like broads in order to get jobs because they’ve decided there’s a “mancession” out there and it’ll help their chances to be female.
It’s sort of a reverse Albert Nobbs.
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Except that film is based on real happenings. And in reality, men always have the upper hand in the workplace.
Work It‘s reactionary premise is from outer space — and it’s basically just an excuse for what critics have called the lowest small-screen antics since … ever. Or at least since Amos ‘n’ Andy.
Work It brings to mind that highly questionable film Soul Man, in which a white student wore blackface because that’ll make it so much easier for him to get a Harvard scholarship.
Alas, The Hollywood Reporter feels that Work it isn’t even “so bad it’s good”.
It’s just so bad.
Also sadly, I was laid up last week and only caught the teaser for the show.
Tomorrow, I have a decision:
Be brave and watch the new episode for my job’s sake or join the international girl-cott of people with taste!