This week's edition of Sunday Blessings is devoted to the adorable British actor Sean Maguire, who's currently starring on Comedy Central's comedic-fantasy series Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. While Maguire is entertaining as the clueless hero, Kröd, the series as a whole is...well,um... by no mean would one ever consider it a great show. Aside from Maguire's willingness to go shirtless, the best part of the series is the hilarious Matt Lucas as the series' villian, Chancellor Dongalor. His scenes alone almost make the show worth watching. The main problem with the series is its reliance upon cliched stereotypes for Kröd's entourage. There's the beautiful, slutty girl, the fat, oaffish guy, with a pig-nose no less, the wise-cracking black guy and the overly flamboyant gay guy. The gay character in particular is really outdated and offensive. It's as if the writers wanted to include a gay character, but didn't want to alienate the young, male audiene they were trying to attract, so they created this cliched character to laugh at. Anyway back to Sean Maguire. The actor doesn't have hang ups about his body, as evidenced by his half-naked appearance throughout Meet the Spartans (of course, I didn't see it), nor does he have hang ups about his sexuality, as he played a gay character in the short-lived CBS sitcom The Class. Maguire also showed great potential as a romantic-comedy star, as well as showcasing a good singing voice, guest-starring on ABC's remade series Cupid, so I have a lot of hopes for the actor. He just needs the right material, but hey, if he's willing to go shirtless on the underwhelming Kröd Mändoon, I can't have too many complaints. Amen.
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