Centring primarily on perennial good guy Eric Foreman (Topher
Grace) and set in the 1970s (Duh!)
That ‘70’s Show
follows the lives of a group of friends as they grow up, dealing
with love, sex, family and their budding futures; all done
through the nostalgic haze of ‘70’s culture and played for over
the top laughs.
The second season of That
‘70’s Show furthers the relationship between Eric and
Donna (Laura Prepon); the pair dancing around the question of
doing it and not doing it and if their feelings for each other
are love or not. Donna and Eric are not the whole focus
however, other storylines this season revolve around Eric’s
father Red (Kurtwood Smith) dealing with unemployment, the idiot
Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and his affair with Eric’s sister Laurie
(Lisa Robin Kelly) and the ups and downs of Donna’s parent’s
marriage.
The strength of That ‘70s
Show is the cast – both young and old - that bring
their somewhat clichéd characters to life. Grace and Prepon
play straight-men to their outlandish friends, Kutcher as the
idiot egomaniac Kelso, his girlfriend the annoying Jackie (Mila
Kunis), Exchange student Fez (Wilmer Valderrama) and bad boy
Hyde (Danny Masterton). The characters of Fez and Hyde provide
most of the laughs, Fez because of his clueless ness of American
customs, and Hyde because he is able to cut through any
situation with a biting sarcastic wit. And Kurtwood Smith as
Eric’s stubborn grumpy father Red Forman easily and quite
humorously steals the limelight from the older cast – and
perhaps, dare I say it, the young cast too!
That ‘70s
Show
is not going to win any awards for groundbreaking stories but
the ‘70s setting does allow for many laughs to be had at the
expense of the fashions, attitudes and events of the time.
Viewed one after the other the
That ‘70s Show does
become repetitive, but in small doses it guarantees you laugh
out loud moments – defiantly one to watch with a group of
friends – wether or not you are doing what Eric and Co. are
doing in their often smoke filled basement…
