I actually badgered my frat house into getting digital cable so that I could watch this show.
First impression of me and my Big Lesbian Posse was that it wasn’t bad at all, especially for a pilot. Saw a bunch of the plot points coming from a mile away, but none of it was badly done.
My complaints, such as they are- Some of those girls need to eat more food in the worst way, dear lord. And none of them had short hair.
On the plus side, I adore Laurel Holloman and Leisha Hailey, and I thought their performances were quite good.
Maybe I’m a sucker, but damn it, as long as there’s a show about lesbians, I’m going to watch it.
It’s Lesbian night. I taped The Hours and The L Word (back to back, so to speak) tonight and haven’t seen either of them yet. As a big fan of Queer As Folk (did I mention I am a Gay man) I figured I would check out the other side of the coin.
I did like Jay Leno’s joke that the alternate title of The L Word was “The Tongue and The Restless”.
I also read a review last week that complained that the only problem was that all the women were pretty models…not a single butch dyke in the bunch. Plus, there is only one actress on the show who has come out as really a Lesbian. (QAF isn’t a whole lot better in terms of real Gay men in the cast.) As I said, not yet having seen it, I wonder if those things will be an issue.
At any rate, I am actually looking forward to seeing the show tomorrow, and will log back in with at least one Gay man’s opinion. Gotta give Showtime some credit though…they certainly seem to be taping into the Community!
Of course all of the actresses are model-pretty. The way Showtime figures it, the queer audience is already going to watch. If the lesbians are all stereotypically hot, then straight guys will watch also, and Showtime makes more money, and can produce more queer-themed shows.
Can you argue with that logic?
Oh, and Mia Kirshner is a fabulous and gorgeous actress. But we need her back on 24.
I don’t object to them being model-pretty, I object to having at least one cast member where my singular thought upon viewing her is, “Wow, I wouldn’t mind going on a date with her… so that I might buy her a sandwich. Dear god.”
And if I may defend my ilk, butch dykes are very often dead sexy.
No hot butches? Well, I’m marginally less disappointed that I don’t get Showtime. Still, between this and Queer as Folk, I’m going to have to change my cable setup if HBO doesn’t do something soon to close the Hot Gay Sex Gap.
Do you offer some kind of protection/bodyguard service? You know… like The Nation of Islam?
I’d look good with a Big Lesbian Posse to back me up, undoubtebly my foes would crumble under the screams of “Filthy Oppressing Man-beast!”…
“Call me a doodiehead will ya? Well say hello to my BLP!”
Why is it a given that the actresses are “model-pretty”? No-one watches a show just to see the pretty ladies, if that was the case Baywatch would have been an enormous hit in its day…