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<blockquote data-quote="A Nightmare on Jimmy Todd Street" data-source="post: 350987" data-attributes="member: 3926">Great idea for a post [USER=152]@Snarky Oracle[/USER]! I just woke up, so my response may ramble a bit.I loved how KL had strong female (and male) characters who were allowed to be &quot;weak&quot; at times. In other words, they let their women breathe and be human. Lilimae was allowed to have a crush on&nbsp; younger Chip without making her a &quot;cougar,&quot;&nbsp; and Valene could be whimpering and&nbsp; deathly afraid of Jill because human beings tend to be that way when someone points a gun in their face and threatens to kill their children.&nbsp; Yet, imho, Valene was still a strong, independent woman in many ways. The show showed that, as opposed to constantly telling the viewers it.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the height of Sex and the City&#039;s popularity, I mentioned to a friend how I didn&#039;t get what was so great about that show. I found the four leads very unlikable.&nbsp; She remarked, &quot;Well, it&#039;s really a show for women.&quot;&nbsp; Similarly, I have&nbsp; heard people say Friends is a &quot;woman&#039;s&quot; show and Seinfeld is a &quot;man&#039;s&quot; show. I&#039;d be interested in hearing your opinion on those three show&#039;s vis-a-vis the &quot;men&#039;s&quot; vs. &quot;women&#039;s&quot; show dichotomy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="A Nightmare on Jimmy Todd Street, post: 350987, member: 3926"] Great idea for a post [USER=152]@Snarky Oracle[/USER]! I just woke up, so my response may ramble a bit. I loved how KL had strong female (and male) characters who were allowed to be "weak" at times. In other words, they let their women breathe and be human. Lilimae was allowed to have a crush on younger Chip without making her a "cougar," and Valene could be whimpering and deathly afraid of Jill because human beings tend to be that way when someone points a gun in their face and threatens to kill their children. Yet, imho, Valene was still a strong, independent woman in many ways. The show showed that, as opposed to constantly telling the viewers it. At the height of Sex and the City's popularity, I mentioned to a friend how I didn't get what was so great about that show. I found the four leads very unlikable. She remarked, "Well, it's really a show for women." Similarly, I have heard people say Friends is a "woman's" show and Seinfeld is a "man's" show. I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on those three show's vis-a-vis the "men's" vs. "women's" show dichotomy. [/QUOTE]

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