14 August 2005 - 5:48pm
at least they're trying?
So I'm sitting here, watching abc (I know I know, mainstream media is evil), and there was just a "sneak peek" (basically, just a really long trailer) for that new show with my favourite Geena Davis, Commander in Chief.
It showcased some of the highlights of the show when it deals with the 'problems' of a woman president...like the following:
Pres's Chief of Staff: "This country doesn't need social advancements."
Geena Davis: "You mean, this country doesn't need a woman president."
Main problem with this: Assuming that all women politicians only care about "women's issues" - i.e. domestic and "social advancements," not the "real stuff" like foreign policy, and, you know, bombing little defenseless countries because they "have weapons of mass destruction."
I admit: The premise of this show does have promise. Its intention is, after all, to debunk the fears surrounding the idea of a woman president, something which I'm all for.
But the way it's going about it...not exactly the route I'd take, to say the least.
Considering that they're not at all taking on the idea that a woman is family-oriented first, politician second.
Made abundantly clear by their (over-dramatic)
buzzwords that were flashed on the screen near the end, in this order:
"Wife
Mother
Leader."
Ugh.
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The previews over the past few weeks have been pretty dreadful, always hitting the same note.
Hey, ABC! Is the premise of the entire series the question of whether she can hack it?
They have a tough job, meeting the standard of The West Wing, which, for all its faults, managed to show just how fucking complex and unpredictable White House business can be.
The writing in the little clips seems pretty simplistic. But I really do admire Geena and Donald. Geena, especially, has a liveliness that is just infectious, and in these clips, at least, she seems underused.
"I ask you to stand with me...." ugh.
Let's hope her character at least has charisma.
I have a warm spot for Geena Davis, but being asked to step aside? "You're a bad pony and I'm not betting on you," said "Mike" in "The House of Games."
This is out of the starting block?
I have a bad feeling about this one.
After all, it is premiering on my birthday. (Sept 27th)
:)
that the idea is to show us that a woman can handle being president. It's more likely intended to make the opposition to it look innocuous. If a woman actually makes it into a position where it looks like she could win, you are going to be amazed at the venom that will be directed at her, no matter who she is. Look at the way we get treated by the "progressive" guys - you really think men are going to accept a woman as "commander in chief"? She'd have to have serious secret service protection from the neo-fascist movement.
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