You are flipping through the channels in the afternoon and what do you see? Sitcoms! My last post must have been deceptive. Many people thought that this semester I would be writing only on the US versus UK version of "The Office." However, this was never intended (as this would get redundant and boring). This semester I will be writing my blogs on Sitcoms.
Now, watching sitcoms any odd afternoon, one can gather some tips in their love life. For example, if you watch "The King of Queens" or "Still Standing," you will learn that opposites attract. In both of these shows, very beautiful women are married to overweight, yet, comical slobs.
These men, also tend to screw up on a day-to-day basis. Once the woman communicates to the man he has messed up, the man always does the right thing to make his wife happy again. By the end of the episode, everything is right with the world.
As a man that doesn't get all the ladies, this would give you hope that there is a woman out for you too: A beautiful woman who doesn't seem to care that you haven't worked out since college, a gorgeous woman who will let you sit on the couch and watch football all day with your friends, and a stunning woman who will allow you to mess up every week and never threaten to divorce you. Oh, and did I mention she is very attractive?
As a very attractive woman, this should show you that maybe your idea of an ideal man with rugged good looks and boyish charm may not be the way to go. Maybe there is a guy out there who may not have all the looks but will do whatever it takes to make you happy. So ladies, consider picking up a fat dumb slob. Who knows, maybe they will make a sitcom based on you?
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Good points Zack! I laughed all the way through the piece. It is true, many women's ideals of the "perfect man" are a little blurred and distorted by fairy tales and movie characters. In real life, men are real people, they are not perfect, just like we-the women-are not. However, there can be a perfect man FOR a woman and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteThere are some very good sitcoms out there and they can really be like real life at times. I agree with you that we could learn a great number of lessons from them. I look forward to reading your posts this semester.
I have noticed this about most sitcoms, too. I think they do this so that more males will watch it. Let's face it, a show with an attractive man and an ugly woman couple would be less popular with the male crowd. I watch Still Standing and King of Queens and they are both really funny. It annoys me, however, that the women in the shows are extremely attractive and have to clean up after their overweight, underachieving slob of a husband after they mess up. If they can make the male parts have faults, shouldn't they bring the female parts down to earth, too? I hate how sitcoms always make the female roles so perfect and unattainable and the male parts exactly the opposite. I don't think it's the fact that the men aren't models that is bothering me, but I'm kind of craving a male character with more depth.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I agree that marrying someone purely for their looks is a recipe for disaster. I can see how Carrie married Doug (from King of Queens) since he's sweet and at least attempts to make her happy, even when it blows up in his face. But it bugs me how selfish and crude Bill is (Still Standing). I don't know what Judy sees in him.
All in all Zack, very good blog! If you couldn't tell, it provoked a lot of thoughts.
Great post Zach, i feel that the media needs to do a better job in working to lower women's standards, by creating more shows like the King of Queens, showing that it is perfectly acceptable for a gorgeous woman to date a dead beat, unattractive, unsuccessful man. They could possibly throw in some subliminal messages to brain wash unwary girls. Im telling you, the world would be a much better place with some more Dougs & Carries,(for me anyways).
ReplyDeleteNice work Zack, I enjoyed reading that post. It is interesting as to how they portray all these attractive women being the slob's wife. This may give the "average" guy a chance. The classic Sit-com, "Married With Children" was one of the sitcoms that I remember most from my child hood. I would like to know if there are any sit-coms in the near future that switches the situation around with the man being the "attractive" one and the wife being the unsuccessful one. There are very valid points in your blog Zack. Good job!
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