Okay, a more detailed answer and one that snaps out of the "writing Parks from within" mode and goes well into rant.
I think the show writers, like the rest of show business distinguish two categories of women: fuckable, and unfuckable. Because that's the only thing relevant about a woman, of course. Women above forty are by definition unfuckable; if they're supposed to be still attractive, like Cuddy, they have to be dressed like sex workers and wear heavy make up at all times.
Younger women are usually fuckable, unless they're ugly. They could choose an actress who doesn't fit current beauty canon in theory; in practice they can't, because there's no such thing. All successful actresses are incredibly standard-looking: gone are the days of Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep (who are both very beautiful women, but at least they refused to have a nose job).
So how do you signal that a young, cute girl is unfuckable? You use a simple visual code: thick glasses and a bang (I am not sure this is the word I want, I mean hair cut horizontal on the forehead, just touching the eyebrows); for teenagers, you can add teeth braces. And bad clothing, of course (Masters remains a shining example). Oh, of course you could also have an actress who's not thin, but that is also impossible to find.
I have the impression Adams let her great-great-grandparents work for her, LOL. And Park looks to me like her parents worked, but she worked hard, too. That's much more than being diligent. You don't make top two per cent of your class in a good school by being diligent. I think Adams was diligent. Park was working her ass off.
[OT I never made top two per cent of my class, LOL. We didn't have fifty people in my class - less than twenty, in fact.]
I'm not miffed, and I'm happy we are given interesting female characters for once. Let's hope they don't screw it all up. I'd love Adams to turn out better/deeper/whatever than she is.
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Date: 2011-10-22 08:17 am (UTC)I think the show writers, like the rest of show business distinguish two categories of women: fuckable, and unfuckable. Because that's the only thing relevant about a woman, of course. Women above forty are by definition unfuckable; if they're supposed to be still attractive, like Cuddy, they have to be dressed like sex workers and wear heavy make up at all times.
Younger women are usually fuckable, unless they're ugly. They could choose an actress who doesn't fit current beauty canon in theory; in practice they can't, because there's no such thing. All successful actresses are incredibly standard-looking: gone are the days of Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep (who are both very beautiful women, but at least they refused to have a nose job).
So how do you signal that a young, cute girl is unfuckable? You use a simple visual code: thick glasses and a bang (I am not sure this is the word I want, I mean hair cut horizontal on the forehead, just touching the eyebrows); for teenagers, you can add teeth braces. And bad clothing, of course (Masters remains a shining example). Oh, of course you could also have an actress who's not thin, but that is also impossible to find.
I have the impression Adams let her great-great-grandparents work for her, LOL. And Park looks to me like her parents worked, but she worked hard, too. That's much more than being diligent. You don't make top two per cent of your class in a good school by being diligent. I think Adams was diligent. Park was working her ass off.
[OT I never made top two per cent of my class, LOL. We didn't have fifty people in my class - less than twenty, in fact.]
I'm not miffed, and I'm happy we are given interesting female characters for once. Let's hope they don't screw it all up. I'd love Adams to turn out better/deeper/whatever than she is.