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sff: in plain sight
Hey, we remembered to watch this week, though it looks like we missed nothing.
Hey, you remember when IPS was a show about a woman whose life was crazy, surrounded by women? Yeah. It isn't that, anymore. Instead it's a show about a bunch of guys and their token 'quirky' chick. Awesome, right?
1. Good job, show, on getting rid of all the non-white people, there. And the women! Bobby D? Raph? Brandi? Eleanor? Who are they again?
2. So, Mary gives some sound advice about men to the token female witness. Advice which Mary herself completely ignores. On top of which, Mary dumps the token latino dude to date an asshole who thinks calling women 'kitten' is totally a-ok. I'm sure he just needs a Good Woman to reform him, right? Right.
It's ok, though! The asshole is white. So the show doesn't have to worry about having a racially diverse cast anymore. Y'know, since Albuquerque is so white.
I don't think the show was ever very good at it, but it did try in seasons one and two. Now it's not even bothering.
Next week: more white dudes surround our token chick. I can't wait.
Hey, you remember when IPS was a show about a woman whose life was crazy, surrounded by women? Yeah. It isn't that, anymore. Instead it's a show about a bunch of guys and their token 'quirky' chick. Awesome, right?
1. Good job, show, on getting rid of all the non-white people, there. And the women! Bobby D? Raph? Brandi? Eleanor? Who are they again?
2. So, Mary gives some sound advice about men to the token female witness. Advice which Mary herself completely ignores. On top of which, Mary dumps the token latino dude to date an asshole who thinks calling women 'kitten' is totally a-ok. I'm sure he just needs a Good Woman to reform him, right? Right.
It's ok, though! The asshole is white. So the show doesn't have to worry about having a racially diverse cast anymore. Y'know, since Albuquerque is so white.
I don't think the show was ever very good at it, but it did try in seasons one and two. Now it's not even bothering.
Next week: more white dudes surround our token chick. I can't wait.
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I love female centric shows. But one of the things I really loved about IPS is that it didn't marginalize men either. Marginalizing men bothers me less than doing it to women because, well, it's their turn, but balance is even better. And while it wasn't perfect, I loved that the men weren't always the heroes but they didn't have to be made into morons to make the women look better. Now not only is Mary the token female, but everyone around her, with the possible exception of Marshall, feels dumber too, because Mary always has to be right.
Just...bleh. Part of me wants to hope that it's just growing pains from getting a new show runner, and they'll find a good balance again. But I'm pretty sure this was probably the creative differences that made the network fire the first show runner to begin with. Which means this is probably what they want.
Way to fuck it up, USA.
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I'm so disappointed.
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