mm no

[aria]

Well, after the joy of the last two episodes I was expecting Eastwick to get it wrong somehow. But still.

The thing is, I am delighted to watch the 'Roxie and Darryl have snarky banter, and make out, and then Roxie is Smarter Than Darryl' show. I love that show. I am basically happy to watch the 'Roxie doing anything at all' show. Likewise I am happy to watch the 'Kat has emotional turmoil, and Will is okay with that because Kat's emotional turmoil is sane, and soon Kat will start figuring out her powers' show, because that one is promising and also I may be deeply in love with Kat. I am even happy to watch the 'Penny and Joanna are horrible selfish human people who really love each other and figure this out eventually' show.

But dear god I don't want to watch the 'when Joanna uses her powers inadvisedly, the fact that she slept with a gay man who clearly didn't consent is played for laughs, and afterwards the bad-decision, non-consensual sex is likened to Penny's ill-advised affair with Jamie and the take-home message is that Joanna should maybe be a tiny bit less selfish' show. I mean, I am all for this weird mirror world where the women lead interesting emotional lives (even if I know I spent too much of this episode shipping them with various men & not enough time cheering their awesome relationships with each other); I am all for a world in which Chad is killed to further Roxie's emotional development, and Max stands hopefully on the sidelines, and Will makes himself emotionally available to Kat and puts his own needs second. This is all fantastic. I just don't want it to be such a freakish mirror universe that some men are reduced to props and rape is funny.

On the other hand, ehh, I only have five more episodes to agonize over whether I like it or not anyway.

Comments

[were_duck]

Yeah, I was really horrified by this plot point, too. Also, I called that he was gay the minute he arrived on the scene. Way to play to stereotypes, show. And yes, the way they totally played rape for laughs was incredibly Not Funny. What the hell was Joanna thinking! What were the WRITERS thinking?!? I am so disappointed because for a while there she was my favorite. But this was really offensive.

Now, back to the Roxie Show! And I loved the Roxie Show portions of this episode. Kat had good moments, too, though I was a little disturbed at how her sleeveless dress and the camerawork made her appear, well, naked for most of the party scenes. I'm still really enjoying how Darryl talks like a pushy, sexually aggressive asshole, but he actually really listens and responds immediately to the cues of the women when sex is up for discussion.

[aria]

I don't know if I would've called it -- I read sasha_feather's post before I watched the episode -- but in the scene where the husband comes in, I was thinking "Way to play the stereotypes, show" too. Augh. I think somehow nobody realized just how hugely skeevy Joanna's powers are intrinsically, although I have no idea how it slipped by everyone. (But then, I wonder this about TV shows a lot.)

I have to confess that I'm so in love with Kat that the opportunity to stare dreamily at her collarbones for half an hour outweighed the part where she looked mostly naked, although in retrospect this is really not on. I do love her emotional honesty, though. Oh Kat. <3 And Roxie! I think I love everything Roxie does ever.

Honestly I wish we could just watch the Roxie & Darryl show all the time, although this wish might have something to do with the fact that I was hugely amused by watching Roxie passionately tell Darryl that honor and integrity and other very Fraserish virtues &c &c were more important than connections and cynicism -- the utterly flummoxed look Darryl gets! I keep remembering how much I need to write Darryl and Fraser in a room together. XD

[jesse_the_k]

Wow, I really need to read that Darryl/Fraser fic!

I'm still really enjoying how Darryl talks like a pushy, sexually aggressive asshole, but he actually really listens and responds immediately to the cues of the women when sex is up for discussion.

That part is brilliant. If it comes out on DVD, all the clips that just do this would probably fill a 4:30 hole.