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Wait, there’s going to be a SECOND SEASON of The United States of Tara? Well, there’s going to be a SECOND SEASON of The United States of Tara. Who knew! I did not know that anyone actually watched The United States of Tara, and certainly not enough people to warrant a second season. But I have been wrong about a lot of things. For example, I was almost positive that America would realize that True Blood was one of the worst television shows of all time, but America did not realize that at all. America remains VERY CONFUSED about True Blood. Anyway, The United States of Tara, of course, is the Showtime show starring Toni Collette as a suburban housewife with (mythical) multiple personality syndrome. The most famous thing about the show, at least when the first season started, was that it was created by the Academy Award winning writer of Juno and former stripper, Diablo Cody. (Did you know she was a stripper? A lot of people don’t know that about her, but it is definitely one of the most interesting and IMPORTANT facts about her.) Steven Spielberg championed The United States of Tara, and thus a show was born.
Which is why the trailer for the second season is so surprising:
No mention! Revisionist history! And just a few months ago, movies were being sold (or not sold as the case may be) as the coveted products of a rare genius. Diablo Cody has been downgraded from a Do Not Buy to a Sell! It’s actually kind of weird, because I feel like the only people who are still watching that show have to be Diablo Cody heads anyway, so why not give the Diablo Cody heads what they want, which is a brief mention of Diablo Cody in an ad for the upcoming season of the show they are still watching for some reason.
Also, why does the trailer make it seem like it’s a brand new show? If the world doesn’t need The United States of Tara, what the world definitely doesn’t need is a The United States of Tara REBOOT. Also why am I still talking about this?
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Tera would have been a better reboot. I would watch that.
The United Tera Emirates, perhaps? Terastan?
From Diablo Cody’s dome, her home is their home…
Well, Welcome to the Tara-dome.
I feel like Showtime’s really looking out for me. Every time I think to myself: “hey, maybe you should add showtime to that cable bill of yours.” Showtime reminds me: “no, no you should not.”
“I like to be a little more colorful.” Because that’s what having dissociative identity disorder is like. Duh, it doesn’t come about in very extreme circumstances when a child is horrifically abused. Totally great for family comedies!
a much more interesting portrayal of DID can be found in the book “Set This House in Order” by Matt Ruff. http://bit.ly/4YfZmm
Wow. My goodness. I started reading it in Google reader, and I want to finish it. Is it going to give me nightmares? It’s probably going to give me nightmares.
no, i don’t think any nightmares will happen! it’s more about the levels of personality than scary. i highly recommend it. i read a friend’s copy then bought my own, i liked it so much.
I will totes check it out. Thanks, rb!
Has it ever crossed your mind what the star was called as a kid? The very obvious answer would be “what else, Diablo Cody”. You got it wrong this time. As a young kid, she was called as Brooke by all her friends, and for dome reason or the other she didn’t admire it a bit. So she actually changed her name from Brooke to Diablo. For stripping. One thing for sure, all these big stars certainly have one thing in common. They all have done things in the past that none of us would really pay attention to.
Those infernal domes, always talking celebrities into changing their names!!!
Man, if without Moldy Peaches or Megan Fox’s boobs, I’m not sure if Diablo Cody’s mind IS behind this one. Honest to blog.
nothing like a 13 year old song to sell a hot new show.
So begins her transformation from a splendid monstrosity to ubiquitous reality.
By the way, this one’s our fault, America. We are her muse, and what do we have to offer by way of fodder? Middle-life crisis, blue jeans, and Lite beer.
I think they chose not to mention her so that people wouldn’t get the show mixed up with Diablo III.
“Multi personality disorder makes you feel like a chameleon in a box of different coloured crayons.”
Can we please use this line in more common conversations?!
Gabe, I am shocked and disappointed that you made no mention of the following quip: “Multiple personality disorder makes you feel like a chameleon in a box of crayons.” WHAT. Sounds like somebody’s a comedian?
But seriously, I’d like to know who ate a clown for breakfast here.
“I feel like the only people who are still watching that show have to be Diablo Cody heads anyway, so why not give the Diablo Cody heads what they want, which is a brief mention of Diablo Cody in an ad for the upcoming season of the show they are still watching for some reason.”
What about all the Toni Collette Heads? Huh Gabe? We exist! Si Se Puede!
YES. I hope that TC is getting paid SOOOO MUCH for this shit. She is a Fucking Treasure.
Looks like they added a new “alter” for the second season. Yikes. Way to add more ew to the controversy stew. …I guiltily watched this because Toni Collette is kind of bomb, but hey, piracy = no dough for Diablo. Rhymes! (piracy is bad, adults)
No, you probably watched it because you actually liked it, you just wont addmit it.
It is indeed the best show ever.
Can you even imagine what a family dinner would be like with a mom so crazy? That is so 2010!!!!!!! I bet they don’t talk at the dinner table; they just text or tweet.
Looks like Spielberg wins, Diablo. Go ahead and send that Oscar to Cash 4 Gold.
whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. this whole time i thought this show was like the tracey ullman show. i’m so confused.
I guess I’m going to be a total Crankhead about this because I actually like the show. I don’t think that whether or not DID is real actually matters, because in the universe of the show it seems to be real. It definitely has unwieldy invented slang though, as well as a character that is way too precious (I’m looking at you and your silent films, Marshall.)
I remember watching part of an interview with Diablo Cody on Showtime just before United States of Tara was starting, and she was all, “I love words and their meanings,” and on like that for a while. And that is a good quality in a writer! Like the contestants on Top Chef who “love flavors.” That is a good quality is a chef!
Personally, I hate both words and flavors, which is why all I ever eat is plain grits off of my print journalism degree. But I love Public Enemy? I’m so confused.
Who would have thought that “from the mind of Diablo Cody” would not prove to be a license to print money? In fact, it’s turned out to be a license to leave bags of money in an alley way instead of giving them to charity.
Where is the poncho goblin? I just admitted to watching this show past the pilot.
That would be Gimme, and i don’t blame you because this show actually happens to be quite amazing despite what stupid unintelligent people who can’t comprehend what D.I.D is say.
I agree that this is a bad video but it is nothing like the actual show.
U.S of Tara is my all time favorite show.