Television meme day 15
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stonebenderThis television meme was snagged from autographedcat by way of serenejournal. The idea is to answer one question a day from the list below. Today's is:
Day 15 - Favorite female character.
As I've said before I have trouble with favorites. There are lots of female characters that I enjoy. CJ from West Wing, Willow from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Capt. Janeway from Voyager Etc. but I'm trying to come up with a few characters that people wouldn't think of at first. On HBO there was a show created and written by David Milch who created the The Sopranos. His follow up series was called Deadwood. Which was critically acclaimed and although really hard to watch at times, had some amazing characters and stories that I still think about today. The show was largely a Western about the town of Deadwood in South Dakota. This is very early in Deadwood's history. The town is not much more than a general store, a couple of bars and a whorehouse. One of the less expensive prostitutes is a woman named Trixie (played by Paula Malcomson who now is on Caprica, a very impressive actor IMHO). She is close to the bottom of the social structure having almost no power except whatever personal relationships she can develop. You wouldn't think of her as having the resources to help anyone in any way, but on several occasions she works things out to benefit many of the women in the town. She doesn't seem to worry about the social position of those she helps and she gets very little notice and even less credit for her actions. She helps fellow prostitutes, rich wives, whoever she thinks needs help. The entire show is about power and how its exercised when there's little government to enforce any rules. Most of the stories in the foreground are men fighting other men for something. Trixie uses her skills and knowledge to help support the very least powerful in town, the women. I love how differently she moved in this cruel and selfish place.
Day 01 - A show that should have never been cancelled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this t.v season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite t.v show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best t.v show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First t.v show obsession
Day 29 - Current t.v show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
autographedcat by way of serenejournal. The idea is to answer one question a day from the list below. Today's is: Day 15 - Favorite female character.
As I've said before I have trouble with favorites. There are lots of female characters that I enjoy. CJ from West Wing, Willow from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Capt. Janeway from Voyager Etc. but I'm trying to come up with a few characters that people wouldn't think of at first. On HBO there was a show created and written by David Milch who created the The Sopranos. His follow up series was called Deadwood. Which was critically acclaimed and although really hard to watch at times, had some amazing characters and stories that I still think about today. The show was largely a Western about the town of Deadwood in South Dakota. This is very early in Deadwood's history. The town is not much more than a general store, a couple of bars and a whorehouse. One of the less expensive prostitutes is a woman named Trixie (played by Paula Malcomson who now is on Caprica, a very impressive actor IMHO). She is close to the bottom of the social structure having almost no power except whatever personal relationships she can develop. You wouldn't think of her as having the resources to help anyone in any way, but on several occasions she works things out to benefit many of the women in the town. She doesn't seem to worry about the social position of those she helps and she gets very little notice and even less credit for her actions. She helps fellow prostitutes, rich wives, whoever she thinks needs help. The entire show is about power and how its exercised when there's little government to enforce any rules. Most of the stories in the foreground are men fighting other men for something. Trixie uses her skills and knowledge to help support the very least powerful in town, the women. I love how differently she moved in this cruel and selfish place.
Day 01 - A show that should have never been cancelled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this t.v season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite t.v show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best t.v show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First t.v show obsession
Day 29 - Current t.v show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
