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laurasaurus
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
Dear Fox,

So you cancel Arrested Development but this sounds like a super idea?

Fuck you too.

love,

laurasaurus
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
12/23/08

@laurasaurus: And pissed on Sarah Connor Chronicles by moving it to Deathwatch Fridays. Arsewipes!
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
Lycans kick werewolf butt!
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
ohh!!! "Call Girl" about a sweet country girl who was a big deal in her home town for her hog calling skillz who moves to the big city and trys to find a job that she can adapt her unique gifts to.
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MissTicklebritches
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
So, no one will come to my weekly "Bitch" party where I serve tequila sunrises and raw meat? Oh, pooh.
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HereComesMyBaby
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
I also heard there's this mag called Bitch, marketed to women! SHOCK OF THE CENTURY!
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eatsshootsleaves
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
Um, is it wrong that I have absolutely no problem with this title? Hasn't the word "bitch" already been reclaimed by us feminist types? I'll wait and see the show before judging. But trying to cast this as a sign that Fox hates women is a very knee-jerk reaction for a website named "Jezebel."
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The HZA.
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
So is it on after MILF Island?
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taranwanderer
12/23/08

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Remember when that word wasn't even allowed on network television? What the hell happened?
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NefariousNewt
12/23/08

@taranwanderer: Cable.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
I, and anyone else who has watched at least 2 movies ever, predict the first storyline: One of our bitch quartet is in love, but she's afraid to let the man know who she really is.

I suppose it's too much to hope for that it will be as clever as Ginger Snaps.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/23/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Also, what's interesting about using werewolves (flowing body hair, grotesque transformations from human to beast, excessive slobber) rather than, say, vampires or witches is that werewolves are not sexy and perhaps the opposite of the female beauty ideal. We also know that it is against Fox policy to feature unsexy women as TV leads.

How, oh how, will this conundrum be resolved?
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Kivrin
12/23/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: I was thinking the same thing re: werewolves being uglier than other "dark creatures." I wonder if Fox will attempt to sexify the female werewolf?!
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/23/08

@Kivrin: All I can think of is Chewbacca in a bikini with his feet stuffed into Manolos. They have their work cut out for them.
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robot ninja spy
12/23/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Wait, now it's a ripoff of Jem! I'm so confused!
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laurasaurus
12/23/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Re: How to make furry animal sexy

Ex:

Anything is possible.

Also that commercial TERRIFIES me.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/23/08

@laurasaurus: That video rendered me speechless for 5 minutes. And scarred for the rest of my days.
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sequined
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
I can't imagine this show will take itself too seriously. And I will cling to that thought in order to live in my optimistic little world where TV executives aren't women-hating jerks. Lalala.
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umamimama
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
It's not enough that I have to completely lock down my TV after 6 pm so my kids can't see anything inappropriate that slips through the ratings lock ("unrated" Girls Next Door, I'm looking at you!). Now we get to have teh swearing right in the TV guide titles?

Thank you Fox, on behalf of the children of America.
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robot ninja spy
12/23/08

@umamimama: Soon people like my aunt and uncle will be considered normal: our tv might has well have been locked on PBS, my aunt was so fed up with trying to figure this stuff out.
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Kilotwat
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
As someone named Twat, I can't really have a problem with the show's name, and I don't. Now why would a site named Jezebel have a problem with it? The word Jezebel has been used to insult women since before the English language was invented! If one can be reclaimed, why not the other?
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TheGirlWithTheGoldenEyes
12/23/08

@Kilotwat:

Kinda thought the same thing. Especially since it's not just about high powered ladies - it's about high powered ladies who actually turn into dogs at night.
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Cole23
12/23/08

@Kilotwat: Well, let's put a swatiska on the bible and see if it can be reclaimed. Some things are beyond hope. (To cue you in, the swatiska does not have a 'bad' meaning, it simple has a bad connotation, like that of "bitch".)
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Kivrin
12/23/08

@Kilotwat: I'm thinking it's kinda like the N-word -- As women, we can call ourselves bitches, but a bunch of (presumably male) TV execs better not use that word!

I dunno. I don't have a problem with the title as much as the entire premise for the show, which sounds ridiculous.
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Kilotwat
12/23/08

@TheGirlWithTheGoldenEyes: And with Miles Davis' "Bitch's Brew" a classic album, Elton John's "The Bitch is Back" as a golden oldie, and Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" fast approaching that status, is bitch even that shocking a word? As a Twat, I totally make fun of Bitch at the Convention of Offensive Words, "ha ha, you're on adult contemporary stations!"
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Kilotwat
12/23/08

@Cole23: The original Jezebel wound up being eaten by, well, bitches. That was how contemptible she was. The word Jezebel has been used as an insult by far more cultures and for a far longer time than the word bitch.

On the other hand, the Swastika has been used as a symbol of good luck and blessing for most of its existence by quite a few civilizations. If anything, it was Hitler who claimed the Swastika and changed its connotations in some cultures.

Symbols and words are fluid in meaning. And once a word, like bitch, gets used on easy listening stations, I have a hard time taking it seriously as a slur.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
12/23/08

@Kilotwat: He also turned it on it's ear to make a whole new symbol.
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Raspberry Swirly
12/23/08

@Kilotwat: I agree. I guess maybe it's because bitch sounds...harsher? To some people. I'd personally prefer being called a bitch over a jezebel, though.

@: Kinda rude way of insinuating someone doesn't already know about swastikas and their origins. And kind of a bad example since the Nazi swastika isn't the same as a good luck swastika.
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Raspberry Swirly
12/23/08

@Raspberry Swirl is in NY, y'all!: Erm. That was to Cole23. I haven't slept much, excuse me.
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Kivrin
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
OK, this show sounds completely idiotic, but I have to say -- I fail to see it's ripping off Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Am I missing something?
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Kivrin
12/23/08

@Kivrin: *fail to see how it's ripping off
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robot ninja spy
12/23/08

@Kivrin: I thought it was going to be a rip off of Bear City (Bear! Bear City!) I don't even like that sketch. But I look forward to Joel McHale skewering this.
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AthertonMerriweather
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
Courtney Cox also has a new show called "Cougar Town" set for the fall. I guess female empowerment will have to wait ANOTHER year.
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aubonpam
12/23/08

In reply to Fox Rips Off SATC with "Bitches"
I hope this actually makes it to television so it can fail horribly and I can get any merchandise made to tie in with it at 75% off.
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