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Reader Feedback on "Alternate Reality"
I concur with you on the swarminess of most of the new reality shows, but to a guy like me, Joe Millionaire was more about the eagerness with which a lot of American woman out there, will degrade themselves for a shot at realizing the fantasy of Prince Charming coming along and picking them to be their Cinderella. Most of the contestants, had their fangs out and betrayed a common current of low self esteem. I realize that it would be hard on anyone of either sex to be put into this situation and still manage to show a lot of class in the process. At least the woman he ended up with seemed to take it pretty well, and displayed a lot of courage by sticking to her guns and playing it close to the vest. I admired her for not being a complete gold digger. Oh well, keep up the good work in your columns,I always enjoy your sass and attitude.
--gm
02/20 |
this article is absolute post-modern brilliance, with a side of Madonna-esque culture-busting changes
--pp
02/17 |
Good piece. Captured my feelings about these shows, anyway. Television that's interesting precisely because it breaks gender stereotypes, despite the formulas supposedly adopting gender stereotypes. Basically because put real people together they'll probably surprise you. Luckily producers are getting smart enough to let that surprise happen, instead of trying to can it.
Jonathan Field
NYC
--jj
02/02 |
I loved the article - never having seen any of these shows myself, I hear all the goss about them... From my boyfriend. He loves (apparently) to pay out the guys and the girls alike, try his hand at playing pyschiatrist and basically, any excuse to sit on the couch and stare at the one spot for hours on end is a good one. Which is the entire point of TV, right?
--TS
02/01 |
Whatever. Would any of you ever think to TURN OFF THE TELEVISION and do something more constructive with your time? Please. The networks will stop airing these shows if you take it upon yourselves to stop watching them.
--lj
01/31 |
There is very little television more real than Mind of the Married Man. That was its fatal flaw: too much honesty. Executives cancelled it because it was "divisive" in households. Wives/girlfriends couldn't believe that men really were such pigs and guys (like me) we always on the defensive for being shown as such simplistic, selfish, hedonists at heart. It will be missed.
--db
01/29 |
Liked the article and your writing. Thanks,
--MM
01/29 |
Great article Lo! Please keep them coming...we need more women like you writing pieces like this. Thanks!
--E.S.
01/29 |
Nice article ... thanks. Well written, and I agree with you! (DH (a man))
--DH
01/28 |
why are men today such pussies? guys, repeat this to yourself every morning when you wake up, and again before you go to sleep at night: its NOT ok to be a pussy, its NOT ok to be a pussy! Just grow the f up, get into a fight, or join the marines or something. But stop being 'the bitch'.
--jk
01/28 |
"Now, some macho meathead might catch an episode of The Bachelorette and realize
that expressing a little emotion won't turn him gay." - You say this as if the goal were to reach the point where you find out,
with relief, that we can be who we want without fearing turning gay, rather than not fearing gay-ness in itself. Please check your
underlying assumptions. logan
--ELM
01/28 |
Awsome article with real criticisim
--MM
01/28 |
I can't help but feel the crying men from The Bachelorette are only setting themselves up in the future. Can we be so confident to say that women aren't suckers for the strong, sensitive man? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm the one who's left in the evolutionary dust, but I feel that these crocodile tears are only a last second attempt at securing some action once they get sent back home.
Whether on television or back home, men in general, are not too particular about where they get "It".
...just my two cents. Great article, by the way.
--znt
01/28 |
Thanks Lo, nice work! Weren't we all supposed to have gotten beyond those kinds of "programs" decades ago? Has N.O.W. fallen COMPLETELY asleep?
--BLU
01/28 |
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