VOTE for Cagney and Lacey - on DVD!
Some of you might remember "Cagney and Lacey", most of you probably don't.
But all our current favorites have a definite debt to pay to them: Catherine Willows and Sara Sidle, Olivia Benson, Kalinda Sharma, Brenda Leigh Johnson, Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, and so on and on, were all preceded by Detectives Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey.
Cagney and Lacey were real, flawed, recognizable people. And as much as I enjoyed (the original) Charlie's Angels and the like at the time, these two were the first TV women that were really convincing at welding those guns and taking down the perps.
It wasn't a comic book, it wasn't a fantasy, it was a drama - timely, often gritty and it depicted a fascinating friendship between the two women with depth and humor (that was deliciously slash-able, I admit). Every week they effortlessly passed "The Bechdel Test" (#1 It has to have at least two women in it, #2 Who talk to each other, #3 About something other than a man).
Simply put, they changed the game. And they got alot of damn Emmys to show for it.
There has been some inexplicable dragging of the heels to put out the remaining seasons on DVD (only the first one with Sharon Gless has been released). The producer of C & L (Barney Rosenzweig) has put out the word that there is finally some hope of the rest of Cagney and Lacey being offered on DVD - but apparently MGM still needs proof that there is enough interest (but ya know, Mr. Ed - the talking horse - has his DVDs out). Mr. Rosenzweig is asking that people get their votes in by the end of this week!
So, please all lovers of kick ass, intelligent and slash-able women! Please go to this OFFICIAL SITE and VOTE for the remaining CAGNEY AND LACEY DVDs to be released!
Whether out of true interest, solidarity or a little appreciation for their pioneering ways, PLEASE VOTE NOW. Thanks!
But all our current favorites have a definite debt to pay to them: Catherine Willows and Sara Sidle, Olivia Benson, Kalinda Sharma, Brenda Leigh Johnson, Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, and so on and on, were all preceded by Detectives Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey.
Cagney and Lacey were real, flawed, recognizable people. And as much as I enjoyed (the original) Charlie's Angels and the like at the time, these two were the first TV women that were really convincing at welding those guns and taking down the perps.
It wasn't a comic book, it wasn't a fantasy, it was a drama - timely, often gritty and it depicted a fascinating friendship between the two women with depth and humor (that was deliciously slash-able, I admit). Every week they effortlessly passed "The Bechdel Test" (#1 It has to have at least two women in it, #2 Who talk to each other, #3 About something other than a man).
Simply put, they changed the game. And they got alot of damn Emmys to show for it.
There has been some inexplicable dragging of the heels to put out the remaining seasons on DVD (only the first one with Sharon Gless has been released). The producer of C & L (Barney Rosenzweig) has put out the word that there is finally some hope of the rest of Cagney and Lacey being offered on DVD - but apparently MGM still needs proof that there is enough interest (but ya know, Mr. Ed - the talking horse - has his DVDs out). Mr. Rosenzweig is asking that people get their votes in by the end of this week!
So, please all lovers of kick ass, intelligent and slash-able women! Please go to this OFFICIAL SITE and VOTE for the remaining CAGNEY AND LACEY DVDs to be released!
Whether out of true interest, solidarity or a little appreciation for their pioneering ways, PLEASE VOTE NOW. Thanks!