[davidboyd] Cool Papa Boyd: Hotter than Desperate Housewives, less flannel than Brokeback Mountain

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Hotter than Desperate Housewives, less flannel than Brokeback Mountain
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   [1]Thomas:

     The L Word has always been aspirational and glamorous, but now it
     has located America's G spot: Even more than sex and shopping, we
     are obsessed with our careers. L now stands for labor. The L Word
     has become a workplace dramaâand it is very satisfying.

   I picked up this show after blowing through The Wire DVDs and waiting
   on The Sopranos to wrap up. After the blood-soaked political
   maneuverings and your typical slave/noblemen/noblewomen orgies of
   Rome, hot, fashionable lesbians doing interesting things is quite
   refreshing.
   Notably, The L Word gets high marks for avoiding, to a large degree,
   the trap of do-no-wrong, goddess gays and their straight oppressors.
   It's still there (Don't Ask/Don't Tell has been an important sub-plot
   and a female character taking testosterone has been marginalized at
   work), but the focus is on the richness of the women. And they're way
   more interesting to watch with their flaws and failings and struggles
   exposed than if they were perfect, homosexual divas.

References

   1. http://www.slate.com/id/2162461?nav=tap3