Barbara Selznick
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The Personal and the Professional
It's interesting to think of the narrative that surrounds these characters being based in the intersection between the personal and the professional (or public). I'm thinking about where the "trouble" starts. Is it when the personal se ... -
Betty
I used to feel much more empathy for Betty. Especially in the first season when her storyline was clearly centered on the depression beneath the image of the "perfect wife/mother" and "perfect family." I think her inability to change h ... -
"Bad" Mothering
This is a great comment. These shows definitely bolster popular ideological assumptions about what it takes to be a "good" mother. So, Alicia Florek in The Good Wife is not at all a "bad" mother because she puts her kids first and trie ... -
Blame?
I feel like the show started to unravel the forces that shaped Betty and then just stopped (it would be interesting to go back and see when/why). The show seems content to blame her at this point. Of course that's not fair (or particularly interestin ... -
Masquerade
This idea of masquerade-- or at least pretending to be what you're not-- is really interesting regarding anti-heroes and perhaps understanding the difference between anti-heroes and anti-heroines. They all spend a great deal of time pretending to be ... -
Comedy
I'll admit that I'm not a follower of many (if any) television comedies, so this may be based on my personal preferences. But, I rarely think about the main characters of sitcoms as heroes/heroines (or anti-heroes/anti-heroines). I'm sure t ... -
The Hub
The overt commercialism of the linked promo is amazing and a little terrifying. The partnership is quite significant, but I'm wondering about the role of the name change as part of the re-branding. I can really only speak for the way my kids watch ... -
I also find my "guilt" about
I also find my "guilt" about GG interesting because I proudly announce at the beginning of class that I love Highlander: The Series and Stargate SG-1. I tell my students this to make the point that we shouldn't talk about good and bad since ... -
Interestingly, my mother has
Interestingly, my mother has never watched melodramas. She considers soaps "nonsense." I can't imagine my mother sitting through an episode of the Gilmore Girls without falling asleep. I did once try to watch an episode with my daughter. I ... -
I was struck by your wife's
I was struck by your wife's reaction to your choice of guilty pleasure because it was similar to my husband's (his was more of a "Don't write about that.") I wonder to what extent the guilt, or at least our reaction to that guilty ...