After a year of delay, the Friends reunion is on HBO MAX. And while there are some poignant moments of reminiscing, there s entirely too much irrelevant celebrity and too much James Corden.
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When “Friends’ premiered in the fall of 1994, I was in my 20s living in a city with a roommate. We were young and unattached. Just like the characters on the show. Sometimes on Thursdays, my roommate and I would grab drinks after work, but because this was an era before DVRs existed, we always made sure we got home in time to watch new episodes. The opening credits spoke to our lives: “Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA.” Yes, we thought, that’s us!
A season or two later, the initial thrill had worn off. The show’s six leads had become glamorous stars with little connection to the struggling 20-year-olds they were playing on TV, and I distinctly remember thinking: That’s not us. Not at all. It’s irrational to feel betrayed by actors whose circumstances have vastly improved beyond that of their characters, but all the same, it left me with ambivalent feelings about the show, which ultimately ran for 10 se
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The HBO Max "Friends" special reveals that maybe the cast Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer is just not that interesting, as a group, when they’re not in character.
Friends Reunion Special - Photography by Terence Patrick. James Corden (far left) hosts the Friends reunion, featuring from left: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc. Photo by Terence Patrick /Terence Patrick
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The most shocking revelation of the “Friends” reunion might be that the actors now six of the most famous in the world never met until their first table read.
From their very first moments swapping jokes and stories around the squashy chairs of Central Perk in 1993, the chemistry between Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer was so immediate and so natural that it became very easy for audiences to imagine not just that they were friends,