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But I would love Mariska Hargitay no matter what, so maybe I'm biased? #mariskahargitay
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He was crying talking about it, I'm crying thinking about it. #mariskahargitay
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It must be hard to do that show, knowing that the storylines have some basis in truth (however exaggerated), and not want to do something about it. Good for both of them. #mariskahargitay
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Hello, girl-crush number 1 #mariskahargitay
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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
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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