Weeds
I netflix'd a bunch of Weeds, and just sent them back after watching the first 2 episodes. I wanted to like it; I liked what I knew of the premise (mom sells pot to support her family after her husband's death, no more). But when she says, in the second episode, "I'm selling pot to maintain my lifestyle!" and I realized that was true, the show totally lost me. Her lifestyle is rich suburban mom with a full-time MAID in a McMansion. I just can't get interested in a character who's so dedicated to maintaining that status that instead of getting a job and maybe moving into smaller house or (god forbid!) an apartment, or just getting rid of the freakin maid, she sells pot to other rich parents and acts all scrupulous and desperate about it. Oh, and sometimes hangs out with the suppliers who somehow sell ounce upon ounce of weed to dealers and don't seem to see much profit (judging from their more modest 'lifestyle.') A show about them, I would watch.
I can get behind the mj, I can get behind dealing, I just can't get interested in her lifestyle or in her. I don't know what this is triggering for me, but some kind of class-related resentment no doubt.
I can get behind the mj, I can get behind dealing, I just can't get interested in her lifestyle or in her. I don't know what this is triggering for me, but some kind of class-related resentment no doubt.