Just appalling. Not that "Maguy", the popular French sitcom, is of a high quality, but with this episode, the series really hits rock bottom. "Maguy Rock", the title of episode 271, is indeed of the worst kind. It is grossly overacted by all the performers (with the notable exception of Sophie Artur though) and the laugh track does not help, quite the contrary. Everybody tries so hard to cheer us that it has the opposite effect, at least on me: from the first to the very last second I can say I could not help splitting my sides... NOT laughing! For a comedy to hit home, there are two conditions: first, it must be based on an effect of surprise; second, it should not be foreign to the reality experienced by the viewer. Which is exactly what this TV episode does not do. For starters, do not expect any astonishment here: there is not one comic effect that is not worn out. The basic misunderstanding device, for instance, on which the episode lies has been used and abused since ancient Greek comedy. Which did not prevent Elisabeth Alexandre, the writer, from using and abusing it: at the outset of her "story", she lets us know that Caro, Maguy's daughter, has put on weight recently, that she feels sick and has her say on the phone that she is two months late. Guess then what is her grandmother's conclusion...: Well done, you win: Caro is pregnant. How original! How hilarious! And as concerns the link with reality, there is none: Maguy and the other protagonists are nothing but puppets gesticulating foolishly. As for the satire of rockers, which could have had a connection with reality, it is so pathetic (the moronic pot-bellied lead singer; the stupid songs the band performs) that it raffles your feathers rather than make you laugh. To make a long story short, "Maguy Rock" is a bomb. To be avoided at all cost.
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