Admittedly I've gone a bit lameo on what I choose as my quote for this session as it is simply a TV show/song title.
"ALL THE SMALL THINGS" All those who know what I mean will be able to find this by typing that into http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ search engine to find the show in question. But for those who cba/don't have a spare hour really briefly here is a plot synopsis:
Man leaves wife because he "thinks there is more out there" in the shape of a stereotypically blonde woman (though to be fair the woman he left was also blonde). The show is named after the Blink 182 song (available via a search engine e.g. Google), with which their son is slightly creepily obsessed. There's more to it than that, but I cba to type it all.
Now I don't want to be a traitor to my gender or anything but I do think they could have been more imaginative. Why must men always be portayed in such a negative light? The show could have had exactly the same impact by switching the lead roles. Women are not saints and I actually get a bit bored of us being portrayed such. Personally intentionally or not, I think girls have a tendency to be crueller than boys and I bet I could find people who would back me up on that.
I guess it's more that it makes the show ever so slightly predictable. If they'd just thought to have a little more creativity then it would leave me feeling more optimistic about the rest of the series.
One could argue I should just accept the devilising of the male gender like a good little female, but I say no. I guess I just can't help feeling sorry for the large proportion of people out there who are actually...well...erm....nice people.
Most are y'know.
Monday, 6 April 2009
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