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Laura San Giacomo stars as serious-minded journalist Maya Gallo, fired from her job as
a television news writer after sabotaging a clueless, on-air anchor. Desperate
for work, Maya turns up at the offices of Blush, a women's fashion
monthly published by her estranged father, Jack (Segal). Maya reluctantly takes
a job writing sex quizzes and similar dreck for Blush, but it's the
snippy and vainglorious crossfire between the magazine's staffers, and between
Maya and Jack, that makes JSM so much fun. Malick's aging diva, Nina Van
Horn, alternately lashes out and unburdens her soul in a failing bid to remain
vital in a youth-obsessed culture. Self-centered Jack offers Maya a father's
long-delayed love--albeit on his terms. Spade's Dennis Finch chases leggy
supermodels around the office like a pathetic loser in junior high. Another cast
member, Enrico Colantoni, is very good as the likable but impulsive, womanizing
photographer Elliot DiMauro, who becomes an increasingly important player as he
and Maya develop feelings for one another. |
