I think it’s important to recognize that the tv shows mentioned as television’s “peak era”, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, were both primarily male-produced vehicles for male stars. Perhaps we are simply witnessing the end of white male dominated television, which is obviously a very good thing. If we’re also seeing…
I met her at a book signing in like 2007 and when I told her my name she said, “You’re shittin’ me,” and asked to see my driver’s license. (It was admittedly weird of me to ask her to make it out to my full name.)
I’m really starting to believe nothing will happen to him. He’s gonna keep on keeping on and it’ll be the new normal. I’m starting to see it already.
Dixie Carter was a legend/beast. Also, I forgot how much of bad bitch Julia Sugarbaker was. Great Character, but no one could have played her like Dixie. Now I wanna go have a Designing Women marathon. ugh!
Not saying that Sinead would have been the megastar she thinks she would have been without tearing the picture up.
I sure miss Dixie Carter.
Beautiful and outspoken.
I actually watched part of this, due to caring for my elderly mother who likes that sort of thing. Frankly, I was surprised it was still airing? But I can remember the Miss America Pageant being a huge deal when it was on TV in the 70's, right behind the occasional airing of The Wizard of Oz, in those pre-VCR/…
Yeah, but that’s why it was effective to take this particular approach: you show them how it really turns out, and their fantasies are shattered. The reality TV setup is especially conducive to maximum drama, so for teens who are envisioning a happily-ever-after scenario, it’s a rude awakening when everything falls…
That’s a fair point, but it appears to have been a net positive:
It’s true!
This is a very important issue. I’ve felt like this for years now.
I remember the Safari-type merch and the cool catalogs, and the parachutes and netting and trunks full of fake army surplus, but I’d completely forgotten what a total knockoff J. Peterman was of their whole schtick, taken to the next level.
Except that is cute and fun and has the amazing Kathy Bates at the center!
Yes. It’s the t-shirt equivalent of this.
It’s awful! I got so sad when I heard that BR got bought and was turning into, essentially, another Gap. Not surprised, but still sad. I mean, they went from being the swashbuckling Amelia Earheart & Indiana Jones outfitter, to being.... Clothes For Size-2 White Preppie Chicks. *yawnsville*
Ahh, so it goes! End of an era. All things must pass, &c. &c. I suppose my innocence was gone when I traded in my Banana Republic fedora (real fur felt, hard-earned by months of babysitting and working McDonald’s breakfast shift) for a Siouxsie Sioux haircut....
Gap went balls deep into the Normcore trend and couldn’t get out in time to save itself. Those stores deserve to close and the clothes deserve to burn.
Yeah, why are Gap kids clothes so much better than their adult clothes? When there is a good sale, I can get some nice stuff for my two littles VERY cheap!I find their toddler jeans to be quite durable. Also, Gap’s maternity clothes are cheap (on sale) and not bad looking.