Conference turris::womannotes-v1

I think it's hilarious.

    .1
    
    Me too!  That is truly one show that I can laugh thru almost the
    entire thing!  I am tired of sit-coms that aren't funny!
    
    

    It is a riot and I love it. In my opinion it is the funniest, most
    enjoyable show on TV today. It is too bad that the major networks
    haven't picked up on the fact that a lot of people want to watch
    a sitcom that is just plain funny. We need more shows like this!
    
    Deb

    I think people were missing the point. (yes I too enjoy the show)
    Question:
     why do we find a show that makes men out to be...... and women
    out be....... in other words GENERALIZES that men cant cook or women
    cant cook or whatever.... last weeks show for instance, how many
    people found that particular show offensive? 
    i as an ex navy man have been to a couple of "shows" as it were
    and if anyone there touched the "girls" they were promptly hiked
    out of the club...... but on the otherside of the coin, these women
    were all over the "boys" and that was EXCEPTABLE! this is not a
    tipical tv blow out of proportion, i have seen it for myself.
    any thoughts??

re:< Note 522.4 by NISYSE::LEARN >
    
But the bottom line is, it's JUST A TV SHOW, and it's not to be taken seriously.
If somebody finds it offensive then they don't have to watch it, it's as 
simple as that. Yes, and I've seen male strip shows before and I think that 
they're hilarious also. The audience is the best part (well, some of the 
dancers aren't bad ;-)). If the dancers (strippers) don't want people shoving
money down their pants then they don't have to do it. E Gadz, people in this
world ought to lighten up, life is too short to be all stressed out.

Jenna (who thinks watching a man write his name in the snow is one of the
       funniest things she's ever seen)

    re: .4
    
    As far as those "shows" are concerned, "acceptable" behavior
    is dictated by local and state laws which, in their own
    inimitable fashion, reflect the predominant "thinking" of 
    the area.  Usually such ordinances reflect an attempt to
    "protect the girls" while proscribing prostitution.  In case
    my quotation marks haven't made it clear enough, I don't 
    think highly of such shows; if anyone wanted a piece of evidence
    to demonstrate that male-dominated society is a wasteland, such
    "entertainments" would do nicely.  Mind you, I'm not nearly as 
    offendend by an ordinance which enforces "look but don't 
    touch" as I am by the existance of the show that requires the
    ordinance.
    
    As for why we laugh, I'd hazard a guess that it's roughly the same
    reason Archie Bunker is laughable; the character is human enough
    to be recognizable while the character's attitudes and behaviors
    are made obvious and absurd enough to be (usually) laughable.
    Among other things, I think it's a "safe" way for us to see the
    weaknesses in ourselves and begin to confront them; more or less,
    it's the mechanics of satire.
    
    As an aside (and to explain why I put in the "usually" qualifier
    above), while writing this reply, I remembered a terribly 
    effective episode of "All in the Family" in which Gloria was
    raped.  I won't try to recount the show, but will simply say
    that because most previous episodes were "funny", the deadly 
    serious ending of this particular episode was made all the more
    compelling.  Of course, M*A*S*H was also excellent at this 
    technique.  It'll be interesting to see if "Married with
    Children" tries it.
    
    Steve 
    
    (Of *course* I'm qualified to be an art critic; I mean after all,
    I've seen every Three Stooges epsiode AND every Daffy Duck cartoon!)
    

Love it. The babysitter gets orders to tape it if we're out!

The stylization of marital roles and bickering has always been enormously
popular, from Burns and Allen and the Honeymooners on through Archie &
Edith and now Al & Peg. Maybe these shows help us feel better about our own
relational, uhm, dynamics ;-}

The counterpoint between the Bundys and the yuppies-next-door is also great..

    You all liked it?
    I saw it once, and found it to be rather lame. (Something about
    how the couple tried to make time for each other in theri busy lives.)
    
    I like a lot of other sit-coms, though.  I like Growing Pains the
    best, I think.
    
    Stacie
    (Hey! Caught you!  Making a joke because of my "personal name??)
    

	re: .-1

	Sure you have the right show? Al and Peg Bundy spend most of their
	effort trying to *avoid* each other in their relatively *empty*
	schedule...

    
    I'm glad someone brought this show up.  I got rather put-off over
    the way Bundy (and neighbor) oogled the female repair-person, and
    other stereotypical vignettes.  My SO told  me to relax and view
    the program in the same light as "All In The Family" and "Mary Hartman,
    Mary Hartman".  (I find it hard to do that)
    
    Of course, he went nuts over the dancers (Chippendales were they?)
    and just about got busted upside the head by me!  Sigh.
    
    "jackin' the house", Bob