Nip/Tuck Too Much Surface?

November 19th, 2007 at 09:13am Richard Pulfer

With shows like “Damages”, “The Shield” and “The Riches”, FX has a franchise on the morally ambiguous, and “Nip/Tuck” is almost a step in the same direction – though it confuses style with substance. The tale of two extremely successful LA plastic surgeons, “Nip/Tuck” does well with creating characters we love to hate, but not so much with character we really like. The only exception to this rule is the Julian McMahon’s ironically-named Christian, who despite bouts of sleazy megalomania is ostensibly the only transparent character is the entire show. “Nip/Tuck” is a truly provocative show, but like its premise, it becomes far too enamored with its own twisted beauty for its own good. Nip/Tuck airs on FX Tuesday at 9 P.M. 

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