I recently read “What a Woman Really Wants From a TV Show”
on Jezebel. I agreed with almost everything Dodai Stewart wrote.
- I also miss having both physically and emotionally strong female leads or, as Stewart puts it, “kick ass female lead(s)”.
- Unlike Stewart, I love a good procedural/medical drama (perhaps more than most), but I don’t think I can stand adding many more to the mix. I already have Law and Order: SVU, Bones, Grey’s Anatomy, Rizzoli and Isles, and Body of Proof. Please, no more.
- Two Broke Girls is somehow watchable, but parts of it are definitely racist. Really, really racist.
- New Girl also has a few funny moments, but Jess as a character is not fleshed out.
What Stewart didn’t discuss, although she did mention it, is
ABC’s newest show, Revenge. I’d argue
that Revenge, perhaps more than any other
show on the air right now, has a strong female lead.
Revenge is
centered around Emily (Emily VanCamp), a young woman who moves back to the Hamptons to seek revenge
on those who destroyed her father’s reputation. I won’t go into the complex
plot right now, but I will tell you that there is one. At the same time, after
watching an episode of Revenge it
could easily be dismissed as a mindless sexy drama.
But Revenge has a one
thing that other shows are missing: a strong female lead.
Emily’s character is intense, intelligent, and manipulative.
She’s not necessarily likeable, but she’s a strong woman who successfully
achieves her goals. She’s also beautiful, but for once beauty doesn’t make her
an airhead, nor does it make her someone who only uses her sexuality to get
what she wants. Her character is multi-faceted enough that she is able to use
her beauty alongside her intellect, and she is also psychologically complex. That’s a refreshing thing to see on
television.
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