I am perpetually frustrated by television, given the rampant and garden-variety ways that women are denigrated, in ways both subtle and blatant. Some shows have come close to passing muster, or have passed muster for the first season or two, before falling back on the same-old, same-old plot lines that, in one way or another, put women "in their place."
I was complaining to a friend about how I was hungry for a show that didn't leave me wanting to hurl my computer (where I watch TV) through the window, and he recommended two shows, one of which was The Good Wife. Initially I was intrigued by the show, so much so that I binge-watched the first season and part of the second, before getting bored and irritated. Mind you, my change of heart was not a function of ingesting 25 or so episodes in the span of a week. I've done more in less time.
Here's why The Good Wife lost my favor:
- While the main character, Alicia, is a badass lawyer, she is otherwise a passive individual. She is, truly, "the good wife." It's not all that tongue in cheek, as I had originally hoped, and her approach to life gets both old and annoying pretty quickly.
Sorry, The Good Wife, but you are a fail in my eyes.