LOS ANGELES -- It's official: Woody Allen is Watch Ava Onlinemaking his TV debut this week. And spoiler alert: The show is very Woody Allen.
Amazon's Crisis in Six Scenes,which is available to stream beginning on Sept. 30, is a six-part comedy series set in the 1960s.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable It follows a middle class suburban family, Sidney (Woody Allen) and wife Katherine (Elaine May) after they get a surprise visitor named Lenny (Miley Cyrus), who upends their suburban lifestyle and way of thinking.
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You are a fan of Woody Allen's signature Woody Allen character
Woody Allen is known for crafting a character that's neurotic, funny and very wordy.
Allen's character Sid in Crisis in Six Scenes fits that same mold. He -- of course -- is a writer.
Even from the opening scene (above), you can see Sid's insecurities come out when he asks for a James Dean-esque haircut as his barber critiques his work.
Throughout the show, Sid is also very paranoid about the arrival of their guest, which leads to a lot of funny, "I'm so nervous" moments of dialogue.
You're into period pieces
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable From the Vietnam War to racial tensions, the '60s were a turbulent time in the U.S.
Cyrus' character is a very radical, counterculture-minded young person. She spews out lines like this:
"This country doesn't care about the less fortunate, this a nation where they have pay toilets for the public. That says it all right there: You want to go to the bathroom you gotta pay"
and: "America the beautiful is just a fantasy."
Lenny's attitude causes Allen and May's characters to end up questioning their own stances.
You're generally curious about how Woody Allen's first TV show turned out
Woody Allen, @MileyCyrus, @RachieBros and more attend the #CrisisInSixScenes premiere. Stream with Prime 9/30 on @AmazonVideo. pic.twitter.com/03wNqFW0qe
— Crisis in Six Scenes (@CrisisInSixTV) September 20, 2016
The last time Allen spoke about the series publicly, he called it "a catastrophic mistake for me."
"I’m struggling with it at home," he told reporters at The Cannes film festival in 2015 while promoting The Irrational Man. "I never should have gotten into it. I thought it was going to be easy. You do a movie and it’s a big long thing; to do six half-hours you’d think would be a cinch. But it’s not: it’s very, very hard.”
At that point in the process, Allen admitted he expected the show to be “a cosmic embarrassment."
He was not at Amazon's Television Critics Association day in August -- in fact, Amazon didn't even hold a panel for the series. He also was not on the list of talent at the New York Press Day for the show.
More recently, at the show's premiere, he told New York Daily News that he isn't too happy with the show overall.
“I’m never happy with the result of anything I do,” he told the publication. “I don't say that out of any fake modesty or anything so I'm no happier with this ... I hope people like it. If they do, fine.”
It's hard not to be intrigued.
Skip if:
You prefer Miley Cyrus as a wrecking ball in real life, not on a show
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Lenny, Cyrus' character, definitely isn't Hannah Montana.
She breaks into Sid and Kay's home after being on the run from the cops (who Lenny calls "fascist pigs") because of her recent political activism.
She knows Catherine (May) through her parents, but immediately clashes with Sid who she deems "senile" and a "stooge with herd mentality."
In one exchange with Sid, Lenny says: "I don't dislike you; it's just everything that you stand for."
Oh, and she gives Sid and Kay's other houseguest/family friend Allen weed.
When asked on the carpet by Entertainment Weeklyhow Cyrus got cast, Allen said he remembered his kids watching her on TV.
"I said who is that little girl, she has that great comic delivery."
If you aren't ready for Cyrus' return to the small screen, it may be time to pass.
Woody Allen spoke about why he chose to cast Miley in #CrisisInSixScenespic.twitter.com/nld2iRkP6m
— Miley Cyrus News (@TeamCyrusHD) September 18, 2016
You can't separate art from the artist
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable There's obviously a lot of controversy surrounding Allen.
While he's praised for his work -- everything from Annie Hall to Midnight in Paris -- he's long been the subject of backlash over his personal life.
Many take issue with his marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, his ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow's daughter.
There are also allegations that he sexually abused Farrow's daughter Dylan as a child. The New York Timesran a piece by Dylan Farrow in 2014, in which she said Allen sexually assaulted her, a charge Allen denies.
Amazon has stood behind Allen and his work.
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