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The "man's show" versus "woman's show" argument...
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<blockquote data-quote="Spooky Owl!" data-source="post: 414133" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>Another point: one of the things that distinguished the original DALLAS -- and played into its unique success -- was that it was, as observed even by fans that came along long after the show ended, "a soap opera for men."</p><p></p><p>Now, what exactly does that mean? Soap operas have <strong>always</strong> had plenty of men -- not all of whom were Harlequin Romance toyboys with open shirts and shaved chests. (And oldDALLAS, on occasion, actually did -- if not tons of them).</p><p></p><p>In contrast, some people who tuned into TNT's nuDALLAS in 2012 with great hopes found themselves disappointed with the tone they found to be "too gay" -- even though there were no gay storyline. And it wasn't because Josh Henderson was so hunky (and he actually would have fit into oldDALLAS just fine).</p><p></p><p>But TNT's nuDALLAS had this sensibility far too similar to <strong>other </strong>soaps -- including daytime soaps -- which rendered it a "gay" soap (i.e., "a woman's show") even without any homosexual plotlines, and with plenty of supposedly-strong straight males.</p><p></p><p>So what is it?</p><p></p><p>Why was KNOTS LANDING <strong>not</strong> a woman's show and DYNASTY mostly <strong>was</strong>, when both series had large female casts (and arguably, the KNOTS' women were actually stronger)?</p><p></p><p>It's not about misogynistic labels. It's about the quality of the interpersonal narrative, how it's written and how it's presented.</p><p></p><p>As stated above, it may be about emotion as opposed to <em>emotionalism</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But you're using the two words, emotion and emotionalism, interchangeably. I'm suggesting they're very different.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuhYZYqXwAAD3ld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 756px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spooky Owl!, post: 414133, member: 57984"] Another point: one of the things that distinguished the original DALLAS -- and played into its unique success -- was that it was, as observed even by fans that came along long after the show ended, "a soap opera for men." Now, what exactly does that mean? Soap operas have [B]always[/B] had plenty of men -- not all of whom were Harlequin Romance toyboys with open shirts and shaved chests. (And oldDALLAS, on occasion, actually did -- if not tons of them). In contrast, some people who tuned into TNT's nuDALLAS in 2012 with great hopes found themselves disappointed with the tone they found to be "too gay" -- even though there were no gay storyline. And it wasn't because Josh Henderson was so hunky (and he actually would have fit into oldDALLAS just fine). But TNT's nuDALLAS had this sensibility far too similar to [B]other [/B]soaps -- including daytime soaps -- which rendered it a "gay" soap (i.e., "a woman's show") even without any homosexual plotlines, and with plenty of supposedly-strong straight males. So what is it? Why was KNOTS LANDING [B]not[/B] a woman's show and DYNASTY mostly [B]was[/B], when both series had large female casts (and arguably, the KNOTS' women were actually stronger)? It's not about misogynistic labels. It's about the quality of the interpersonal narrative, how it's written and how it's presented. As stated above, it may be about emotion as opposed to [I]emotionalism[/I]. But you're using the two words, emotion and emotionalism, interchangeably. I'm suggesting they're very different. [IMG width="756px"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuhYZYqXwAAD3ld.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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