Posted on 05/07/2005 8:43:02 AM PDT by pissant
We admit it, we're stuck on The L Word, Showtime's frothy drama about fantasy lesbians getting it on in swimming pools and showers all over Los Angeles.
Granted, some of us have it worse than others. Some of us only go so far as to meet Sunday nights for viewing parties with friends. In the morning we rehash over e-mail and phone. But we leave it at that.
There are others among us who go that infatuated extra mile, overwhelming dozens of websites with nitpicking analysis, swooning fantasies and cries for help. Starved to see images of themselves on TV, some (really, too many) lesbians in cyberspace wonder if it's wrong to watch an episode 10 times, to wear out the rewind button on every hot scene, to have a hard time focusing at work, to go shopping and ask, ``Would Bette wear this?''
The No. 1 obsession: Jennifer Beals (yes, that Jennifer Beals) as alpha lesbian Bette Porter, who is all about Jill Sander suits and Stella McCartney pumps. Let's not even get started about that thong. Bette had it all, including a perfect wife pregnant by a perfect sperm donor. But then the wife had a miscarriage and Bette unraveled, ultimately paying the karmic price of a steamy affair with a carpenter named Candace.
Why lesbian fans (yes, other sorts are watching, too) are in the throes of a major love affair with the show is easy enough to understand. The mirror is a powerful tool. This is the first television drama dedicated entirely to the lives of unapologetic urban lesbians. Tonight's episode kicks off the final four of Season Two.
''Finally, we have something that's ours,'' says Yesi Leon, 33, a South Florida party promoter who produces events for lesbians, including a recurring lipstick-and-stilettos fest at Bongos Cuban Café in downtown Miami.
Leon doesn't buy the biggest criticism of the show, that it presents an unrealistic image of too-thin, too-lipsticked, too-coiffed lesbians who appeal more to the fantasies of salivating straight men.
Sarge, you're just not a hip young lesbian, are you?
PHHBBLLTT!
Outside the occasional girl-girl mags that show up in the tnets, I've yet to see an even passable looking one-o'-them.
With the possible exception of Tammy Bruce. What a waste of a pretty face.
Tammy is a looker. Too bad.
Lesbians.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
I've known a few hot out-and-out lesbians, but most of them are as you describe.
"Very, Very Desperate Housewives"
In looking at that pic, I have to admit I am a lebbian, too!
Good find!
I don't have premium channels so I won't see this show but I can tell it's BS by casting Jennifer Beales as a representative of lesbians.
Why not show lesbians as they really look. use the NOW registry to get names and pictures. Or Rosie and Ellen!
Yeah, right. That's a representative cross-section of what lesbians look like. /sarcasm
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