tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post113094324769726614..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: Watching TVdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1131019085489029252005-11-03T06:58:00.000-05:002005-11-03T06:58:00.000-05:00It's that old romanticism right her in America. T...It's that old romanticism right her in America. There has to be a conflict in a person to prevent coupling, now a long time ago, it was a ship wreck and with the gods help, they all hooked back up, happily ever after, but today, it's what, besides a ship wreck can seperate a man and a woman, oh wait, let's make one of them socially inept. Yes, but really smart and let's make it where they have to have some kind of help in order to get together. It is all too easy and too cheesy. That's why I like CSI. Dead bodies, help finding the killer, clues, and more dead bodies. LIttle, if any sex. Now, that's entertainment.zelda1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04212809913449846878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1130948474683512242005-11-02T11:21:00.000-05:002005-11-02T11:21:00.000-05:00It's not at all that you can't see *people* on TV ...It's not at all that you can't see *people* on TV that are too smart to care about handling people, because as you mentioned, _House_ showcases that beautifully. It's that *women* who are brilliant have to be seen to have some crippling flaw, so why not social ineptness? (Why can Dr. House piss everyone in the world off, but it never impacts him negatively? Because he's a man, of course.)<BR/><BR/>I *love* _House_, both the show, and the character. And *not*, as the media keep trying to convince me, because as a woman I want to "reform" Dr. House. Oh no, it's because I *identify* with him, and I'd act that way myself if I could get away with it. But there are no common stereotypes of brilliant-but-absent-minded, or brilliant-but-pain-in-the-butt *women* out there -- that's a pass given only to men. <BR/><BR/>At least Dr. House is actually written as if he *is* brilliant. I stopped watching _Bones_ (while I liked the female lead) precisely because David Boreanaz's character is written as being too much like too many guys I know IRL: they *think* they're a lot smarter than they actually are, and they want *all* women, no matter how intelligent, to defer to their superior manly minds. I loved him in _Angel_, and gods know, he's good-looking, but his character is just too smarmy, for too little reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com