It’s all unfair.
Anthony Hemingway, who directed four episodes of Ryan Murphy’s legal drama “All’s Fair,” starring Kim Kardashian, on Wednesday defended the widely criticized series from negative reviews.
The director told The Hollywood Reporter that he was “personally enjoying” the show, insisting it was impossible to “please everyone.”
Hemingway, who is also one of the project’s executive producers, explained to the magazine that “sometimes things take time” to “develop a taste” for the show.
He said, “I did ‘The Wire.'” No one liked the show when it was on the air. they hated it. they didn’t see it. The two saw each other every week. But it got to the point where I found the moment.
“I’m not comparing this show to ‘The Wire,’ let me be clear,” Hemingway clarified. “But this is an example of people reacting to something at one moment and reacting to something completely different at another time.”
He added, “It takes about a minute for this show to really get going, but I feel like we’re definitely launching something that’s exhilarating and creatively fulfilling.”
Hemingway went on to seem to specifically address criticism of Kardashian’s acting.
“Nor can one person define something and expect that to be the whole of it,” he added. “I don’t agree with that.”
In the end, Hemingway said, “You may have certain criticisms, but there are millions of people who love this show. I think this show is a mirror to each person who watches it. It’s just a question of whether you can relate to it, can you relate to it, and can you see yourself in it.”
“It might be beyond my scope, it might not be something I can connect to. I think that’s true of anything you see on screen,” he concluded.
The series premiered on Hulu on Tuesday, with Kardashian playing divorce lawyer Alura Grant.
The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” alum’s A-list co-stars include Naomi Watts, Teyana Taylor, Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close.
“All’s Fair” received a shocking 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was called “the worst TV show of the year” by Kelly Lawler of USA Today.
Other critics called the series “brain-dead” and “cheesy and bland,” with one critic calling Kardashian’s performance “inauthentic, stilted and emotionless.”
The Skims co-developer and his colleagues have yet to respond to the backlash.
