Okay, part of me wants to start this in the pit instead, but that’s probably overkill.
So does anyone or has anyone seen “Silk Stalkings”? An early 90’s ‘racy’ detective/crime show? This one: Silk Stalkings - Wikipedia
Am I the only one who notices the god awful, unlikely colors chosen for this show? I mean both interior set shots and clothing- it’s CRAZY. I find it so distracting that I end up yelling at the TV “Who would wear that? NOBODY would wear that! And why is that wall hot pink?!!” My mind never lets me get as far as plot, because I’m just reeling from all the awful color clash. Sometimes amazing, sometimes distracting, sometimes soul-destroying, these colors are.
Has anyone else noticed this about this crappy show?
-BB
I lived through the 1980’s. I love hot pink & that sort of synthetic sky blue that was around at the time.
You missed out, child.
Oh, Im older than you think- I was a teenager in the 80s and remember all the Don Johnson crap well. This is something else altogether- have you seen the show? It’s insane.
Mitzi Kapture was hot.
I don’t remember the art direction on Silk Stalkings specifically, but there are several shows (some on the air now) that have insane lighting. CSI: Miami & Smallville spring immediately to mind.
Art direction can be about grabbing the eye & looking different as much as verisimilitude.
For some odd reason I really liked that show, at least the original cast seasons. I used to get a kick out of how the guy detective would come walking in to the police dept. and the whole thing was painted in funky “Florida” colors (and the lighting, too) and the guy’s daringly-colored shirt & tie ALWAYS matched his coffee cup, by coincidence. I think the woman detective’s clothes matched her coffee cup of the day, too. It was hilarious. I called my friend and told her about the weird but cool color-coordinated detective show and she got hooked on it too.
IIRC they only had about three sets. They used colored lights to make it seem like they werein different places.
I used to wonder where they got so many objects and fabrics in colors that don’t occur in nature.
So did the two leads ever fuck? That show was such a tease.
According to the wiki site posted above, when the original leads left (him to move on to other roles, her for babytime) their characters finally hooked up, got married and got preggers to explain Mitzi’s real life pregnancy.
I used to like that show. The colors didn’t bother me; they said “Florida!” to my subconscious. I always thought CSI: Miami was a pale retread of Silk Stalkings, with worse acting.
Pink walls? You were staring at pink walls and not watching the hot women in the show? You were staring at the wrong pink walls, my friend.