The whole two sides of the same coin thing; illustrating Charlie's need to be seen, to connect and Reese's need to kind of disappear a bit.
Hmmm, that's interesting, I can sort of see that. Though at the same time, I feel like Charlie uses his random girls to avoid really connecting with anybody, even though the show portrays it as, like, a sexy celebration of life (which is what I resent about the portrayals -- that Dani banging random dudes is a symptom of her damage, while Charlie's banging random ladies is just charming and life-affirming, the way people always take men's and women's promiscuity differently). It's like when Charlie turned down Connie, even though he really clearly is attracted to her, if not in love with her -- because he's too messed up over the Jennifer thing to be in an actual relationship.
But yeah, that didn't bother me that much because I felt like the other ways the show treated Dani/Connie/Lt Davis were all pretty awesome and nuanced, so I could give them a pass. So... they better keep that awesomeness going or I'm going to be PEEVED.
You are right that the strike-fallout really shortened those last few episodes and that the women did tend to get cut, it seemed like. So that's too bad -- I'm really hoping this season keeps going with the awesome stuff and avoids those problems!
"I feel like Charlie uses his random girls to avoid really connecting with anybody, even though the show portrays it as, like, a sexy celebration of life (which is what I resent about the portrayals -- that Dani banging random dudes is a symptom of her damage, while Charlie's banging random ladies is just charming and life-affirming, the way people always take men's and women's promiscuity differently"
Yeah, I can see that, for sure. I think the great thing about Charlie and Dani as characters, I mean, even if you take them out of the show itself, they are so full of depth and light and dark and just....human. You know? I think Charlie's "woman" thing is so complex; certainly, it appeals to the masses of pedestrian tv viewers as sexy and in some way relatable, I guess. I mean, he's getting over a fairly mind-numbing dry spell. But, I think once that is over, the loneliness and connection issues, as you say, come into play, and that's very interesting.
But, yes, I agree. When it is a woman seeking out sex, it's always that she's damaged or tortured or evil. Sigh.
I have a feeling that this season we will see more of what we don't want to instead of what we liked about the women, sadly. I smell network interference. Sigh.
(Good, cause I'm the queen of long comments when it comes to this show. It's kind of taken over my brain.)
Hmmm, that's interesting, I can sort of see that. Though at the same time, I feel like Charlie uses his random girls to avoid really connecting with anybody, even though the show portrays it as, like, a sexy celebration of life (which is what I resent about the portrayals -- that Dani banging random dudes is a symptom of her damage, while Charlie's banging random ladies is just charming and life-affirming, the way people always take men's and women's promiscuity differently). It's like when Charlie turned down Connie, even though he really clearly is attracted to her, if not in love with her -- because he's too messed up over the Jennifer thing to be in an actual relationship.
But yeah, that didn't bother me that much because I felt like the other ways the show treated Dani/Connie/Lt Davis were all pretty awesome and nuanced, so I could give them a pass. So... they better keep that awesomeness going or I'm going to be PEEVED.
You are right that the strike-fallout really shortened those last few episodes and that the women did tend to get cut, it seemed like. So that's too bad -- I'm really hoping this season keeps going with the awesome stuff and avoids those problems!
(Hee, no worries, I like long comments!)
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Yeah, I can see that, for sure. I think the great thing about Charlie and Dani as characters, I mean, even if you take them out of the show itself, they are so full of depth and light and dark and just....human. You know? I think Charlie's "woman" thing is so complex; certainly, it appeals to the masses of pedestrian tv viewers as sexy and in some way relatable, I guess. I mean, he's getting over a fairly mind-numbing dry spell. But, I think once that is over, the loneliness and connection issues, as you say, come into play, and that's very interesting.
But, yes, I agree. When it is a woman seeking out sex, it's always that she's damaged or tortured or evil. Sigh.
I have a feeling that this season we will see more of what we don't want to instead of what we liked about the women, sadly. I smell network interference. Sigh.
(Good, cause I'm the queen of long comments when it comes to this show. It's kind of taken over my brain.)
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