[5.8/10] This was pretty lame. “Broadway Goes Hollywood” offers only the most tepid satire of Tinseltown or the prospect of a gargoyle going “big time”, and it’s neither funny nor insightful in the effort.
Theoretically, the arc here is supposed to belong to Broadway. He dreams of stardom, sees the downside of showbiz, and comes home more appreciative of what he already has. But the way the episode tries to dramatize that idea is some combination of dumb and convoluted. We have only the shallowest clichés about Hollywood agents and fans, combined with a bizarre scheme by Hyena and Jackal.
They’re apparently being paid off by the Quarrymen to make the gargoyles look bad, which, sure. But their means of doing that is...gassing Broadway, hooking him up to a flying rig with a loser arm, and making it look like he’s blowing up some beachfront area? The plan is stupid and circuitous, and the way our heroes break out of it is just as random and unsatisfying.
The one silver lining here is Fox. I ike her motivation -- she’s tired of being harassed by her and Xanatos’s association with the gargoyles and thinks getting them some good PR will help. I also like how she gets in on the action and earns some admiration from her husband for it. There’s just not enough substance here to justify any of it.
On the whole, this is a lesser light to be sure, with nothing much to say about Hollywood or Broadway, and squandering most of the interesting things in has to say about Fox.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2021-08-29T18:42:38Z
[5.8/10] This was pretty lame. “Broadway Goes Hollywood” offers only the most tepid satire of Tinseltown or the prospect of a gargoyle going “big time”, and it’s neither funny nor insightful in the effort.
Theoretically, the arc here is supposed to belong to Broadway. He dreams of stardom, sees the downside of showbiz, and comes home more appreciative of what he already has. But the way the episode tries to dramatize that idea is some combination of dumb and convoluted. We have only the shallowest clichés about Hollywood agents and fans, combined with a bizarre scheme by Hyena and Jackal.
They’re apparently being paid off by the Quarrymen to make the gargoyles look bad, which, sure. But their means of doing that is...gassing Broadway, hooking him up to a flying rig with a loser arm, and making it look like he’s blowing up some beachfront area? The plan is stupid and circuitous, and the way our heroes break out of it is just as random and unsatisfying.
The one silver lining here is Fox. I ike her motivation -- she’s tired of being harassed by her and Xanatos’s association with the gargoyles and thinks getting them some good PR will help. I also like how she gets in on the action and earns some admiration from her husband for it. There’s just not enough substance here to justify any of it.
On the whole, this is a lesser light to be sure, with nothing much to say about Hollywood or Broadway, and squandering most of the interesting things in has to say about Fox.