I love it when the internet makes things easy for me
Aka HA! I no longer need to write that (extremely, extremely overdue) Bunheads plug, because someone else effectively did it for me. \o/
'Bunheads' Season 2: 5 reasons ABC Family needs to renew this show
(Alternately: five very excellent reasons to check this show out. NOTE: mentions a major, high-emotional-impact spoiler from the series premiere, in case someone wants to avoid that: it's in the second-third paragraphs of the "Its dramatic punch is just as powerful as its comedic bite" section.)
I'm pasting one section, because the point it brings up was totally going to be the main thrust of my pitch:
Quick, name another show with eight great roles for women!
Yes, eight. "Bunheads" features not just the five full-time regulars already mentioned but three prominent recurring players: Michelle's free-spirited mother-in-law Fanny (Kelly Bishop) and polar opposite siblings Truly (Stacey Oristano) and Milly (Liza Weil).
Even shows with multiple strong female characters [...] have just as many, if not more, strong roles for men, leading to a fairly even gender balance. Other than HBO's "Girls" and its quartet of female leads, it's difficult to even think of another quality show currently on the air that's so completely driven by women.
It's not that "Bunheads" has no use for men -- there are several charming, amusing, intriguing guys who pop in and out of the show, including Michelle's brother Scotty (played by Foster's real life brother Hunter Foster) and Boo's boyfriend Carl (Casey J. Adler, the best of a generally pleasant group of recurring love interests) -- but rather it's perfectly satisfied letting the ladies drive the action.
There's nothing unusual, or necessarily wrong, about series centered on men that only make room for one or two well-developed women -- "Breaking Bad," "Justified," "Louie," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Sons of Anarchy" are all various degrees of great -- but TV desperately needs more shows able to skillfully flip the gender disparity. "Bunheads" is doing it right now.
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Also: the fandom is regrettably tiny, but what there is of it is absolutely overrun with femslash. \o/ \o/ \o/ (It is very much, just like Once Upon a Time, one of those shows that has a whole lot of lesbians for a show that doesn't actually have any lesbians, haha.)
Crossposted at http://credoimprobus.dreamwidth.org/676422.html
'Bunheads' Season 2: 5 reasons ABC Family needs to renew this show
(Alternately: five very excellent reasons to check this show out. NOTE: mentions a major, high-emotional-impact spoiler from the series premiere, in case someone wants to avoid that: it's in the second-third paragraphs of the "Its dramatic punch is just as powerful as its comedic bite" section.)
I'm pasting one section, because the point it brings up was totally going to be the main thrust of my pitch:
Quick, name another show with eight great roles for women!
Yes, eight. "Bunheads" features not just the five full-time regulars already mentioned but three prominent recurring players: Michelle's free-spirited mother-in-law Fanny (Kelly Bishop) and polar opposite siblings Truly (Stacey Oristano) and Milly (Liza Weil).
Even shows with multiple strong female characters [...] have just as many, if not more, strong roles for men, leading to a fairly even gender balance. Other than HBO's "Girls" and its quartet of female leads, it's difficult to even think of another quality show currently on the air that's so completely driven by women.
It's not that "Bunheads" has no use for men -- there are several charming, amusing, intriguing guys who pop in and out of the show, including Michelle's brother Scotty (played by Foster's real life brother Hunter Foster) and Boo's boyfriend Carl (Casey J. Adler, the best of a generally pleasant group of recurring love interests) -- but rather it's perfectly satisfied letting the ladies drive the action.
There's nothing unusual, or necessarily wrong, about series centered on men that only make room for one or two well-developed women -- "Breaking Bad," "Justified," "Louie," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Sons of Anarchy" are all various degrees of great -- but TV desperately needs more shows able to skillfully flip the gender disparity. "Bunheads" is doing it right now.
<33333333333
Also: the fandom is regrettably tiny, but what there is of it is absolutely overrun with femslash. \o/ \o/ \o/ (It is very much, just like Once Upon a Time, one of those shows that has a whole lot of lesbians for a show that doesn't actually have any lesbians, haha.)
Crossposted at http://credoimprobus.dreamwidth.org/676422.html