Bunheads-Could Amy Sherman-Palladino Have Found a Worst Title?

As a diehard fan of Gilmore Girls it’s impossible to watch Bunheads and not get a strong sense of Déjà vu.  We have three generations of strong willed women living in a small town.  We have a gruff and lovable man serving beverages.  We have a main character who speaks in paragraphs and tends to roll her eye rather a lot. Gilmore Girls flashbacks aside, I like Bunheads, even if it has one of the worst title for a TV Show since Suddenly Susan or maybe GCB. It’s the story of a Vegas showgirl who marries an older man from…

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Being a Fattie is a Lifestyle Choice

While diddling away the random hour on Twitter I ran across a link to the Marie Claire blog post Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV?) I was amazed to find nearly 4,000 comments weighing in-sorry-on the debate about whether or not overweight people should a) have their own TV show, or b) be allowed out in public where anyone can see them.  The post was kind of a silly bit of business, which I’m sure author Maura Kelly thought she was writing a bit of fluff.  Think again. The topic of Mike & Molly soon faded as Maura…

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