I recently saw a BBC production of Elizabeth Gaskell’s romance, North & South. Do not confuse this with the John Jakes story of the same title about the US Civil War. This is an English book from 1855 (read it here) about a young woman uprooted from a lovely cultured life in Southern England to a smoky, congested, money-obsessed northern town called Milton (thinly disguised [...]
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I’m actually a pretty big sucker for holiday movies. I have no idea why – the plots are non-existent, the acting is schlocky and the feel-good payoff at the end is already known within the first five minutes. But let’s talk about the women. Women in Christmas movies ultimately find romance and love by the end, and they usually realize that’s all they’ve ever really [...]
Yes, I’m still on a romance kick. I’m afraid I’ve been giving the impression that I’m anti-romance, when that’s not true. I’m against forced romance, romance placed in a story simply because someone, somewhere deemed it “necessary” even if it doesn’t fit. There are cases of romance I really quite enjoy. For example, on NCIS, they have started introducing, very slowly and casually, a romantic [...]
The third season of Wings came out on DVD recently and I’ve just had a chance to re-watch some of what I’ve written about before, from memory. It’s even better than I remembered – hilarious and often poignant. But it also features one of the best, least stereotyped breakup stories I’ve ever seen. It’s layered and complex as hell for a sitcom – just like [...]
I’m plodding my way through the second season of Alias, after having watched the third and forth seasons initially, and something occurred to me: Michael Vaughn is pathologically incapable of being faithful – emotionally and/or physically. Unless, of course, he’s with Syd; then he epitomises the word. But when he’s not, then he wants to be with her – or he just gives up all [...]
Warning, some spoilers for Alias. I’m working my way through the first two seasons of Alias after I caught most of the second two seasons. So far, I’m liking it. I like that Sydney is a physically strong, perfectly capable woman in a predominantly man’s world. I like that she thinks on her feet. I especially likes that she can be emotional, and second-guesses herself, [...]
Here’s an example of something we’ve been discussing in the forum. Finding the perfect man for Heather Locklear has always been a problem. Her husband and the boys from “Wayne’s World” aside, what man in his right mind would give her a second glance? Come on, show of hands. Let’s see, every American male between 12 and 112 who’s not on a respirator? OK, we [...]
