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eumeliaWow, well, it has been a long time since I left an episode of a show I love pissed the fuck off.
Yeah, yeah, the doctor did it. I’d consider myself a genius, as I called it as soon as Steve and Danny left the practice, but it was so predictable. And it took forever to get there. The plot, as usual, was ridiculous and was there mainly to showcase how awesome the characters are. I approve of this tactic as I prefer character based stories, but dude, convoluted much?
Regardless, there were positives – like Steve and Danny’s banter (and Danny’s bed head, god, be more adorable, please!), Chin and Kono’s partnership, Kono performing the kill shot and Chin asking for “license and registration”, while tapping on the window with a shotgun had me in stitches.
All of the above, up to and including Steve’s truly thoughtful gift of headphones for Danny, because he wants the man to keep living with him, were the best things in the episode.
Everything else, up to and including the last minute and a half in which I was forced into seeing another gratuitous ass shot of Lauren German, can kiss my peachy ass.
Thanks for ruining “Grease” for me.
I actually felt bad for Lauren German, which is a first, as it is no secret that I dislike Lori’s character and find German an uninspiring actress.
Why did I feel bad for her you ask?
As I commented on someone else’s reaction post and I’ll paraphrase: whoever wrote this ep had the maturity of a 12 year old child who heard someone say “tits”.
What the hell was that? German was, literally, dolled up twice in this episode. I get the undercover stuff. It’s already a gendered position on the show, so okay, fine, the other woman needs to get in on that and be placed in the “looked at” position, much like Kono was and has been. I understand that and can even appreciate it as an aesthetic decision.
But unlike Kono, Lori’s entire existence is based on the fact that she is on the show in order to be looked at, not just by the audience (as Kono is), but by the entire population of Hawaii as well.
Every single character has looked at, gazed at Lori due to her being a white woman in leggings and a tight shirt. Chin said she was hot, Steve and Danny chased after her like a two teenage boys when she was in “costume”.
This, as far as I can recall, never happened to Kono with members of the team. Do correct me if I’m wrong.
Even so, it is chronic when it comes to Lori.
And my dislike of Lori’s character aside, this is what it means to be a female character on this show now? When we’ve had them being human, flawed, motivated and behaving on their own terms (up to a point, the only ones with true agency are Steve and Danny, but that’s a whole other meta)?
German is walking around with Scott and O’Lough infodumping crap for the audience’s sake and existing so that the camera can do the standard bottom to top “vanity” shot.
Thank you show, for telling me where I can shove it.
I don’t expect the show to cater to my wants and desires, because ha, seriously, I make do with what I can get with the mainstream media. But the cleverness that was this show (much of it dependant on the way gender and the dynamics between the men was/is depicted) is severely hampered by the fact that women must be reduced to legs, tits and ass.
Kono has less screen time than Lori, but her character shone through, due to the fact that Lori is there to be a mannequin for the assumed desires of the mythic demography that watches this show.
The writing, production and casting is to blame for that. And in case you were wondering, this is also what misogyny looks like.
Yeah, yeah, the doctor did it. I’d consider myself a genius, as I called it as soon as Steve and Danny left the practice, but it was so predictable. And it took forever to get there. The plot, as usual, was ridiculous and was there mainly to showcase how awesome the characters are. I approve of this tactic as I prefer character based stories, but dude, convoluted much?
Regardless, there were positives – like Steve and Danny’s banter (and Danny’s bed head, god, be more adorable, please!), Chin and Kono’s partnership, Kono performing the kill shot and Chin asking for “license and registration”, while tapping on the window with a shotgun had me in stitches.
All of the above, up to and including Steve’s truly thoughtful gift of headphones for Danny, because he wants the man to keep living with him, were the best things in the episode.
Everything else, up to and including the last minute and a half in which I was forced into seeing another gratuitous ass shot of Lauren German, can kiss my peachy ass.
Thanks for ruining “Grease” for me.
I actually felt bad for Lauren German, which is a first, as it is no secret that I dislike Lori’s character and find German an uninspiring actress.
Why did I feel bad for her you ask?
As I commented on someone else’s reaction post and I’ll paraphrase: whoever wrote this ep had the maturity of a 12 year old child who heard someone say “tits”.
What the hell was that? German was, literally, dolled up twice in this episode. I get the undercover stuff. It’s already a gendered position on the show, so okay, fine, the other woman needs to get in on that and be placed in the “looked at” position, much like Kono was and has been. I understand that and can even appreciate it as an aesthetic decision.
But unlike Kono, Lori’s entire existence is based on the fact that she is on the show in order to be looked at, not just by the audience (as Kono is), but by the entire population of Hawaii as well.
Every single character has looked at, gazed at Lori due to her being a white woman in leggings and a tight shirt. Chin said she was hot, Steve and Danny chased after her like a two teenage boys when she was in “costume”.
This, as far as I can recall, never happened to Kono with members of the team. Do correct me if I’m wrong.
Even so, it is chronic when it comes to Lori.
And my dislike of Lori’s character aside, this is what it means to be a female character on this show now? When we’ve had them being human, flawed, motivated and behaving on their own terms (up to a point, the only ones with true agency are Steve and Danny, but that’s a whole other meta)?
German is walking around with Scott and O’Lough infodumping crap for the audience’s sake and existing so that the camera can do the standard bottom to top “vanity” shot.
Thank you show, for telling me where I can shove it.
I don’t expect the show to cater to my wants and desires, because ha, seriously, I make do with what I can get with the mainstream media. But the cleverness that was this show (much of it dependant on the way gender and the dynamics between the men was/is depicted) is severely hampered by the fact that women must be reduced to legs, tits and ass.
Kono has less screen time than Lori, but her character shone through, due to the fact that Lori is there to be a mannequin for the assumed desires of the mythic demography that watches this show.
The writing, production and casting is to blame for that. And in case you were wondering, this is also what misogyny looks like.
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Date: 2011-11-21 07:21 am (UTC)