Wampum is hosting this year’s Koufax awards for blogging.
Mo Ryan finally has her own blog, The Watcher. Good news, because we share the same geeky taste in TV shows. Survivior, for example. Yes, I’m totally mad that Twila didn’t win. Husband has been reading this blog which gives a blow by blow description of every show. Avec sarcastic remarks. Now, Mo, we really need to talk more about why Desperate Housewives deserves more respect from you.
Apt. 11d 
Here’s why I don’t like “Desperate Housewives.”
Wait, to back up, there are things to like on the show. But what I don’t like is the fact the women do dumb things all the time.
And not “dumb things” that are played for laughs.
They do dumb things that are just meant to be plot points. Dumb things that are presented as normal things that everyone does.
Here are a few examples:
*Lynnette brings FOUR children with her to the acupuncturist. What mom doesn’t know that bringing one child to one’s own doctor’s visit is a nightmare. You either get a sitter or wait for a day when Dad or Grandma can watch the little darlings. Duh!
*Bree and her husband dump a car they want to get rid of in a bad neighborhood. Okay, I get that. But they WAIT AROUND to see it get stolen. Duh! Why would you do that? I mean, can’t they just assume someone will take it, especially since they left the keys in the ignition?
*Susan walks around her boyfriends house with all this money and a gun that she found. Then she “can’t” get out of a hole she creates in the bathroom. Dumbest of all — why would the boyfriend leave all that stuff where she can find it? Duh Duh Duh!!
Again, I’m not saying stupidity can’t be entertaining (that’s one big reason “Arrested Development” is so dang funny), but a lot of the time on “DH,” stupidity and dopeyness are just the norm for every day behavior.
We could debate whether the constant stupidity and ditziness on “DH” are demeaning to women, but in the main, I just find it extremely irritating, and have from day one.
And another thing — all the husbands are so far removed from my own spouse and 90 percent of husbands I know that they might as well be from another planet.
But otherwise, yeah, “DH” is great 😉
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Yeah. The plotlines of DH are insane and surreal. But that’s why it amuses me. It’s a parody of other TV shows. Most of which aren’t all that grounded in reality either. I mean how many women wake up in the morning with full make-up like Tori Spelling on 90210? DH just takes it up a notch.
The show stops itself from going completely off the deep end by bringing in some real moments. Like the insane PTA moms that Lynette encounters and her interchanges with her husband about who should stay home with the kids.
When I first saw DH, I worried about the stereotypes of women. But I think the characters are evolving into something more interesting. When faced with an asshole husband and rebellious teens, Bree Vandercamp, the Martha Stewart character, changes the locks on her house and forces the kids to accept her rules. The men in the show are weak, stupid, and mean. The women manipulate and navigate these characters, a la Steel Magnolias. (Maybe the guys should be upset about the portrayal of men.)
Husband told me to tell you that one of the actors on Lost was also on Babylon 5.
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Yes, the Lost character from Babylon 5 is Mira Furlan, a wonderful Yugoslavian actress. I was so glad to see her on the screen again.
Okay, I just outed myself as the world’s biggest geek. I’m okay with that!
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