[tv] Friday Night Lights
Okay, potential Friday Night Lights spoilers beneath the cut, as well as a quick feminist rant about them.
Potential stunt casting spoiler here, which can be summed up by saying they're going to invite Rosie O'Donnell to play the role of a soccer coach who is angry that football gets all the money. And, really, that plot itself sells me, because it's relevant and I've been in that position and yeah, I have hopes for the plot.
Right up until I read this part:
"Usually we don't do any stunt casting, but we have a character coming up - six or seven episodes into the new season mdash; of a female soccer coach who is really angry about all of the school's resources going to football. It's a really funny character and I think she'd be perfect for it.
"There's a scene where she comes in to see Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and slams a dead soccer ball on his desk and basically says, 'You're the guy who gets everything!'" Katims continues. "It's a really fun scene, and it's the one time I'm thinking of stunt casting."
Because a woman getting mad is a funny thing, of course. Because a woman's anger can't be relevant or powerful or world-changing, it's only there for comedy.
Please, FNL, please, don't make me hate you too. Please.
Potential stunt casting spoiler here, which can be summed up by saying they're going to invite Rosie O'Donnell to play the role of a soccer coach who is angry that football gets all the money. And, really, that plot itself sells me, because it's relevant and I've been in that position and yeah, I have hopes for the plot.
Right up until I read this part:
"Usually we don't do any stunt casting, but we have a character coming up - six or seven episodes into the new season mdash; of a female soccer coach who is really angry about all of the school's resources going to football. It's a really funny character and I think she'd be perfect for it.
"There's a scene where she comes in to see Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and slams a dead soccer ball on his desk and basically says, 'You're the guy who gets everything!'" Katims continues. "It's a really fun scene, and it's the one time I'm thinking of stunt casting."
Because a woman getting mad is a funny thing, of course. Because a woman's anger can't be relevant or powerful or world-changing, it's only there for comedy.
Please, FNL, please, don't make me hate you too. Please.