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I have to admit I was a bit weary of watching a weekly show that Diablo Cody was a part of. While I enjoyed Juno, the excessive teen lingo and quirkyness overload was something that even at 20 I had a hard time understanding. But United States of Tara is nothing like Juno. The show revolves around the title character Tara played by Toni Collette who has multiple personalities or "alters", T the teenager, Alice the quintessential traditional housewife, Buck the male biker, … more
Showtime has a pretty good track record with hit shows like Weeds, Dexter, and Secret Diary of a Call Girl so when I saw the previews for their new series about Tara, a forty-something wife and mother of two who suffers from Disassociative Identity Disorder (aka multiple personality disorder) I was committed to tuning in. Sure enough, Showtime has done it again. This series is edgy, funny, and wildly original. The pilot sets the premise flawlessly and begins with Tara recording a video (most likely … more