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I think this is why my mother almost exclusively watches BBC period dramas and murder mysteries. There are often female characters of a certain age who aren't, well, you know. #womenontv
10/19/09
Seriously. These shows make a tacit mockery of being over 35, to the point of offensive caricature.
Plenty of women over 35 aren't crying by the phone, hurting for dates (or husbands...yes, women over 35 can and do marry!), or suffering from intimacy deficiency, or clowning after younger men while pinching their own muffintops and grimacing.
It's not the age thing that sets heads aspin in Hollywood--it's the Older and Single thing that seems incomprehensible/unmanageable as a theme.
Why?, I wonder. There are plenty of female writers over 30 in Hollywood. Why aren't they given a crack at writing about their own lives? Os "Sex and the City"--in all its cultural and ratings success, now almost 6 years in the rearview mirror--all the over-30 set gets?!
Again, if so, WHY?
These shows aren't doing particularly well. Repeatedly banging the "you're over 35 single, so you're dead meat" drum isn't working. So why keep trying it?
Is it simply that Hollywood must do it poorly first, then, eventually do it right? (ie, believably, and to critical and popular praise) Are we going to be stuck with these bullshit Stepin Fetchit Saddy McSingleton ladies until someone with chops steps up to show tv how it's done?
If so, can that woman (or man) please show up as soon as possible? We can just rely on Nancy Meyer movies every 5 years. #womenontv
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While it's great to see Margulies, Hargitay and Cox playing lead roles, it's kind of disheartening that the Slings & Arrows scenario doesn't seem that fictional. #womenontv
10/19/09
Answers: No, if I wanted to marry your husband I would've done it 10 years ago, and Nothing, I just have better things to do than be someone's housekeeper, cook and mommy. #womenontv
10/19/09
Perhaps it's because Accidentally on Purpose is so frustratingly bad, it is past an anachronism, to almost a parody of itself, a b-situation b-comedy with a b-laughtrack. Did Elfman save somebody's life that they had to hand her this shit-vehicle she seems to merely show up to pilot? Thick with sexism, ageism, stereotypes of all shapes and sizes, this show is the "kick me" sign on the back of primetime television. #womenontv
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I'm not watching Cougar Town so I can't speak about it, but I am completely enjoying The Good Wife. It's really smart, and I think that so far it's showing a pretty great range of women characters that are really three dimensional and full of potential. I find myself excited to watch it when I realize it's Tuesday...which hasn't happened for me with a drama in a long time. #womenontv
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I can't see how this even got a pilot and yet Samantha Who? is on the chopping block after 2 seasons. #womenontv
10/19/09
if a single woman over the age of 35 exhibits the same behavior on television, it's because she's damaged, she's lonely, she wants to be married and live happily ever after and have tons of babies OR she's a predatory cougar. #womenontv
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@wtfox?!: Oh! Me too! #womenontv
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As for Lahti on SVU...so badly acted. Really awful. The last episode when she shows up late to court was painful to watch and I love Christine Lahti. #womenontv
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And I know it's on lifetime, but what about "Army Wives." I actually found the first two seasons of that show to be pretty brilliant in terms of putting a picture of 30-40's women out there. #womenontv
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Can you tell I stopped watching this season? :) #womenontv
10/19/09
Oh, yes. Season 3 is a mess. I am about to quit it, except I always find myself watching it before Drop Dead Diva. #womenontv
10/15/09