Interesting that we get different things out of the show. BTW I haven't watched the last two episodes yet. I watch Idol live and record ABC between 9 and 10 on Wednesdays.
What I get out of Cougar Town: Courteney Cox is divorced from her childhood sweetheart but they are still best of friends. She's the winner in the relationship and doesn't complain about having to pay him alimony. He means well, but he's dumb. She's not. The son is embarrassed by both parents, for different reasons. Christa Miller is still working on being married to a not-great-looking man. He's still grateful that she married him, which is why he "worships and obeys" her. They have an incredible bond that defies what their marriage should be like. Their baby is named "Stan." Now who names a baby Stan? Busy Philipps doesn't know what she wants. She ends up hurting herself more than she hurts others. Drinking too much is typical for the lives they lead. The actor who plays Grayson is incredibly good looking, and the show is worth tuning in to just to look at him. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Cougar Town': What would you rename it? On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: Because it's well written? Cute. Perhaps - I genuinely don't know why I watch it. It might be well written (though mostly it seems way to cutesy, and then self-congratulatory for being cute for its own good). I don't really like Cox, and it seems I have one too few X chromosomes to really be part of the show's target demo. I get their point - two friends, one has a husband who worships and obeys her, and he is good and happy (and financially successful), the other has a husband who cheated on her, and did not support her in finding her true self, and he is an idiot, unhappy, (and a financial failure). Worship and obey the women in your life or bad things will happen to you - as the father of two college aged women and the husband of another I don't mind that message, but as TV viewer I would usually write it off as an after school special (for "balance", one supporting character has been the repeated victim of exploitative men, the other has been hurt by a cheating woman - though the curve of his story arc has always obviously been to recognize that his happiness will require him to worship and obey Cox eventually). Maybe you are right and it is so well written it transcends its rather stilted premise. BTW, has there been a television show so centered on alcohol? I don't think they guys in Cheers drank as much. They have become very self-conscious of this in recent episodes (have they been getting criticized for it?). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
