Wednesday, March 07, 2007

The L Word

I've been watching the L Word on DVD. It's awful. First, it's soft-core lesbian porn, which raises the lingerie debate, which is, does one prefer to be teased, or does one want to cut straight to the uncensored version? I've never been good at answering that debate. In fact, I prefer to have it answered for me. Which the L Word does. Which leaves me wanting more but regretting when I get it. Second, everyone on the show is hot -- their entire community is hot: the taxi drivers, the anonymous extra coughing in the background, everybody. It makes me wonder how I wound up in such an ugly place. But even that's not the awful part. That's standard Hollywood, only here it's amplified by an all-female, dominantly lesbian cast of characters. Also not the awful part is that one of the actresses, in a broad-brushed sort of way, reminds me of Emily. She humps people and I'm inside a cement mixer. But even that's not the worst of it. The worst, most awful part of the show is how easily people move from relationship to relationship. Pain dies and new love blooms so quickly for these people. And I wonder about the relationship between life and art. Is this unbelievable, or is this how everyone but me functions? Is the audience suspending its disbelief for the sake of drama, or do they see an accurate reflection of their own lives? Am I the alien in the audience, or are the aliens on screen? I have know idea. All I know for sure is that I'm not the only one who likes to watch soft-core lesbian porn.

5 comments:

OlmanFeelyus said...

Well of course they jump from relationship to relationship, they are lesbians! Homosexual love can't be as profound as heterosexual love, so when they get dumped or break-up, the pain is more about drama (or flamboyance in the case of gay males) than about real pain.

why in the hell would you be watching the L-Word? Watch The Wire and download some lesbian porn.

Mustapha Mond said...

That's true about homosexual love.

I've never heard of The Wire.

I have lots of lezo porn.

I rented the L-Word 'cause I heard it was good. And from an HBO drama standpoint, it's okay. But I don't think I'll be renting anymore discs.

Anonymous said...

Lots of people (hetero and homo) jump easily from relationship to relationship. I usually think I hate them too, but then I think "would I want to be in a relationship with any of them" and the answer is a very loud hell no.

my theory is they're all cowards.

PS - glad I don't waste my money on HBO

OlmanFeelyus said...

The Wire is in my opinion (and I'm not alone in this) the best show on television and possibly one of the best television shows of all time. And this time I am quite serious. You should watch it.

Anonymous said...

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