and so the women bow out
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shallownessMrs. America 1.9 Reagan
I was going to say that some chickens came home to roost, but that’s entirely the wrong metaphor. Alice, changed by Houston, realised how much when she returned to Phyllis’s and didn’t like what she saw there, what she’d always been witness to – the lies, the unhelpfulness to Pamela. She then got a big drunken showdown at Phyllis’s gala that was upstaged by a bomb scare. Which is so Alice. But the more telling encounter with Phyllis was later, when she proved how empowered she was.
At her gala, Phyllis again ignored her sister-in-law’s contribution to raising her children, but in a nice grace note, she got some romantic attention. Her absence was suggested late, as mean Phylis bossed her maid and her husband, who was increasingly glum at being Mr Phyllis Schlafley.
I did get that her credibility with her mailing list would be shot if she supported Mr Threesome Rumours. But she didn’t see the need to explain that to Fred.
But then early loyalty could not overcome the fact that she was toxic to too many women.
Loyalty schmoyalty when it’s always men in power.
My favourite scene was the resignations in solidarity with Bella, who once again reached the end of her tether with pragmatism, when nothing was getting done, but got punished for it.
Betty, of course, threw ‘what if you had debated with Phyllis’ at Gloria. It was a huge tension in the show that the two strongest characters, really never met. IRL, there were probably many other ‘what ifs’ that crossed the minds of these women. Having met Gloria probably added to Aice’s response to the skit at the gala, where Phyllis was dressed as a queen with the biggest, pooofiest sleeves.
As new forces swept in, Bella’s call to Shirley was lovely with the idea of their responsibility being passing the torch, (and not too syrupy.
Powerful extended closing scene of the drama with Phyllis back where she claimed she wanted to be, the housewife safe in her kitchen.
Another striking image was Gloria(?) wearing a hat in honour of Bella as she exited the commission.
But the clips of th real versions of the women we’d watched and the commentary was interesting and powerful in its own way.
The Beeb has got Battlestar Galactica! Good timing as this series ends.
I’m a bit miffed, but not surprised, given everything, that Mulan has gone to Disney’s streaming service, and you’d have to pay extra to see it. Mark Kermode said in his review that it was a film for the big screen. I did want to see it, but then if it had been released in the cinema right now, I couldn’t have gone...
I was going to say that some chickens came home to roost, but that’s entirely the wrong metaphor. Alice, changed by Houston, realised how much when she returned to Phyllis’s and didn’t like what she saw there, what she’d always been witness to – the lies, the unhelpfulness to Pamela. She then got a big drunken showdown at Phyllis’s gala that was upstaged by a bomb scare. Which is so Alice. But the more telling encounter with Phyllis was later, when she proved how empowered she was.
At her gala, Phyllis again ignored her sister-in-law’s contribution to raising her children, but in a nice grace note, she got some romantic attention. Her absence was suggested late, as mean Phylis bossed her maid and her husband, who was increasingly glum at being Mr Phyllis Schlafley.
I did get that her credibility with her mailing list would be shot if she supported Mr Threesome Rumours. But she didn’t see the need to explain that to Fred.
But then early loyalty could not overcome the fact that she was toxic to too many women.
Loyalty schmoyalty when it’s always men in power.
My favourite scene was the resignations in solidarity with Bella, who once again reached the end of her tether with pragmatism, when nothing was getting done, but got punished for it.
Betty, of course, threw ‘what if you had debated with Phyllis’ at Gloria. It was a huge tension in the show that the two strongest characters, really never met. IRL, there were probably many other ‘what ifs’ that crossed the minds of these women. Having met Gloria probably added to Aice’s response to the skit at the gala, where Phyllis was dressed as a queen with the biggest, pooofiest sleeves.
As new forces swept in, Bella’s call to Shirley was lovely with the idea of their responsibility being passing the torch, (and not too syrupy.
Powerful extended closing scene of the drama with Phyllis back where she claimed she wanted to be, the housewife safe in her kitchen.
Another striking image was Gloria(?) wearing a hat in honour of Bella as she exited the commission.
But the clips of th real versions of the women we’d watched and the commentary was interesting and powerful in its own way.
The Beeb has got Battlestar Galactica! Good timing as this series ends.
I’m a bit miffed, but not surprised, given everything, that Mulan has gone to Disney’s streaming service, and you’d have to pay extra to see it. Mark Kermode said in his review that it was a film for the big screen. I did want to see it, but then if it had been released in the cinema right now, I couldn’t have gone...
