'what would you think if I sang out of tune?'
I cannot wait for the resolution of DW6....even if that means attempting to cope with waiting until Christmas for MORE.
"Closing Time"....brilliant. Furthermore, I love Gareth Roberts' comment on the Confidential that he was "unapologetic" about the resolution. Very, very difficult to envision such a resolution ever being permitted on Rusty's version of DW. Actually, impossible.
A few reactions to the episode have me scratching my head....A couple of people threw a frothing fit over the idea that Amy is a model now....because....well....I dunno. Apparently, there is something very wrong with being a model. A character who is now a model , played by a model/actress. Someone actually cited Rose's showing up, toting her cannon, as a stronger depiction of a woman: 'cause, you know, cartoon women hauling cartoon bazookas around is so inspiring. So much more believable than Amy's creating a perfume and modeling in the ads. *eyeroll*
There was also supposed to be something wrong with the depiction of the women in the episode. I found Val to be a pleasant depiction of an older, hefty woman. She was comic, as was most of the episode, but she was not the object of the comedy (see the treatment of Jackie for contrast)--she was a nice, competent, gossipy old shop lady. A nice bit part. I would kind of preferred having the actresses swapped around--no criticism of their performances at all!....but it would've been better had one of the black actors' characters survived....That does earn a DUH for the episode.
Also--motherhood is being ignored. Apparently. That really made me laugh, because one of the things I really enjoyed about the episode (and "Night Terrors") was the idea that men like being fathers and that they can become involved in their children's upbringing and they are responsible, loving, and nurturing. A wonderful break from the usual fare that shows men as self-centered, childish idiots. Craig was shown as being fearful and feeling inadequate--but that amde sense, since that was also how he was shown in "The Lodger": as in that episode, the point here was that Craig could learn and change--become better through experience with the Doctor.
And speaking of the Doctor.....In addition to everything that was going on in the episode so far as plot and everything that was said in the episode, one of my favorite parts was unspoken: the implication of the Doctor's experience as a father. Criag, initially, was awkward with Alfie; the Doctor was not. In fact, the Doctor handled the infant with expertise.....Perhaps, for once, the audience isn't being hammered with deptictions of motherhood; perhaps, for once, we're getting treating to a rare, positive view of fatherhood. I'm particularly liking the idea that kids --girls and boys--watching the show are getting the striking visual of their hero, the Doctor, cuddling and kissing an infant. That earns DW a pure, unadulterated WOW.
"Closing Time"....brilliant. Furthermore, I love Gareth Roberts' comment on the Confidential that he was "unapologetic" about the resolution. Very, very difficult to envision such a resolution ever being permitted on Rusty's version of DW. Actually, impossible.
A few reactions to the episode have me scratching my head....A couple of people threw a frothing fit over the idea that Amy is a model now....because....well....I dunno. Apparently, there is something very wrong with being a model. A character who is now a model , played by a model/actress. Someone actually cited Rose's showing up, toting her cannon, as a stronger depiction of a woman: 'cause, you know, cartoon women hauling cartoon bazookas around is so inspiring. So much more believable than Amy's creating a perfume and modeling in the ads. *eyeroll*
There was also supposed to be something wrong with the depiction of the women in the episode. I found Val to be a pleasant depiction of an older, hefty woman. She was comic, as was most of the episode, but she was not the object of the comedy (see the treatment of Jackie for contrast)--she was a nice, competent, gossipy old shop lady. A nice bit part. I would kind of preferred having the actresses swapped around--no criticism of their performances at all!....but it would've been better had one of the black actors' characters survived....That does earn a DUH for the episode.
Also--motherhood is being ignored. Apparently. That really made me laugh, because one of the things I really enjoyed about the episode (and "Night Terrors") was the idea that men like being fathers and that they can become involved in their children's upbringing and they are responsible, loving, and nurturing. A wonderful break from the usual fare that shows men as self-centered, childish idiots. Craig was shown as being fearful and feeling inadequate--but that amde sense, since that was also how he was shown in "The Lodger": as in that episode, the point here was that Craig could learn and change--become better through experience with the Doctor.
And speaking of the Doctor.....In addition to everything that was going on in the episode so far as plot and everything that was said in the episode, one of my favorite parts was unspoken: the implication of the Doctor's experience as a father. Criag, initially, was awkward with Alfie; the Doctor was not. In fact, the Doctor handled the infant with expertise.....Perhaps, for once, the audience isn't being hammered with deptictions of motherhood; perhaps, for once, we're getting treating to a rare, positive view of fatherhood. I'm particularly liking the idea that kids --girls and boys--watching the show are getting the striking visual of their hero, the Doctor, cuddling and kissing an infant. That earns DW a pure, unadulterated WOW.