Boosting Signal

Just in case there are people who read my journal that don't read wild_irises, from her journal:

"Neli was both Sitting While Autistic and Sitting While Black. And now he's in jail."

Television meme day 14

This 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 14 - Favorite male character.

In an effort to mix things up a little, I'd say a favorite male character of mine is Dr. Miguelito Loveless played by the amazing actor Michael Dunn from the The Wild, Wild West. Yes, he was largely a stereotype, but at least the character was played by an actual little person (I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm not sure that's the correct term anymore. Little person feels to me like it's wrong, but I've seen it used by people in his situation. If I'm offending anyone please give me a hand with better terminology.) Dr. Loveless is of course the bad guy, but he is West's arch nemesis. So at least he's a very good "bad guy". Michael Dunn would have been a major actor if he had been a little taller. IMHO He demonstrated how good an actor he was to have a career despite his height.

He also had a major part in one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Here's a good example of Michael Dunn's work. It's not his best, but there's one of my favorite television moments here.

( Here's the questions. )

Television meme day 15

This 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.

( Here's the questions. )