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shallownessMrs. America 1.2 Gloria
There was still an awful lot of Phyllis (Cate Blanchett, the Cate Blanchett who has played at least one queen) in an episode entitled ‘Gloria’. I presume Rose Byrne studied footage of Steinem from the period and the hair business was rooted in fact, and not an affectation. The ep did a good job at showing the celebrity/public persona and the activist and private person, as the debate over the ERA carried on through its ratification/non-ratification.
Personality clashes – as well as differing emphases in strategy; it’s a political drama too-especially on the ‘libbers’ side, were dealt with interestingly, while Queen Bee Phyllis’s detractors came from elsewhere, an ‘are you telling porkies’ here, there and from her husband. And, of course, the continuing tension with the sister in law, undermining her genius bread wheeze. Like the freshness of bread, the victory only lasted a while.
And I thought we got an acute analysis of why these homemakers were terrified of losing what they thought of as their only protection, not recognising that some of that was denied to less pretty, less privileged women, or acknowledging their anxiety about how flimsy some of that protection was.
Lots of actors all but cameoing that leave me going, ‘Wait, is that so-and-so?’ while there’s a vague comprehension on my part of who these American public figures were. And most of the men were unthinkingly offensive at some point.
The tap dancing bit reminded me that FX also produced Vernon/Fosse, which may have led to this commission…and the flashback was devastating.
The music supervisor is having a blast. I note that ‘Age of Aquarius’/’Let the Sunshine In’ got a lot of airplay on Six Music this spring, probably because the latter felt so apt, as they got a spin here.
There was still an awful lot of Phyllis (Cate Blanchett, the Cate Blanchett who has played at least one queen) in an episode entitled ‘Gloria’. I presume Rose Byrne studied footage of Steinem from the period and the hair business was rooted in fact, and not an affectation. The ep did a good job at showing the celebrity/public persona and the activist and private person, as the debate over the ERA carried on through its ratification/non-ratification.
Personality clashes – as well as differing emphases in strategy; it’s a political drama too-especially on the ‘libbers’ side, were dealt with interestingly, while Queen Bee Phyllis’s detractors came from elsewhere, an ‘are you telling porkies’ here, there and from her husband. And, of course, the continuing tension with the sister in law, undermining her genius bread wheeze. Like the freshness of bread, the victory only lasted a while.
And I thought we got an acute analysis of why these homemakers were terrified of losing what they thought of as their only protection, not recognising that some of that was denied to less pretty, less privileged women, or acknowledging their anxiety about how flimsy some of that protection was.
Lots of actors all but cameoing that leave me going, ‘Wait, is that so-and-so?’ while there’s a vague comprehension on my part of who these American public figures were. And most of the men were unthinkingly offensive at some point.
The tap dancing bit reminded me that FX also produced Vernon/Fosse, which may have led to this commission…and the flashback was devastating.
The music supervisor is having a blast. I note that ‘Age of Aquarius’/’Let the Sunshine In’ got a lot of airplay on Six Music this spring, probably because the latter felt so apt, as they got a spin here.
