From the Department of Guilty Pleasures: Bad Girls
Woo hoo! I'm heading home tonight to snuggle up in front of the TV and indulge in one of my favorite new guilty pleasures: Bad Girls on BBC America.
There are tons of reasons to watch this smart, sexy, soapy show, but rather than convince you, I've decided to throw recaps at you. Look for the first tomorrow!
(I've seen the first season on DVD, so I know what a treat the rest of you are in for!)
OK, one reason to convince you: the show is written by actual lesbians - talented lesbians, at that - among them, Eileen Gallagher, the CEO Shed Productions. Here's what the NY Times says:
Shed's wildly popular shows have always had a tabloid brain and a progressive heart, and nowhere is this more obvious than in ''Bad Girls,'' which is set in a women's prison. The company's debut production (shown since 1999 on ITV in Britain, but making its BBC America debut on Nov. 8), it was created by Ms. Gallagher, Ms. Chadwick and Ms. McManus. No matter how far-fetched the plots get, the show is never exploitative, and over the years it has also featured an
extraordinary gallery of well-written female characters, including several who are gay and many who are still matter-of-factly sexual in their 40's and 50's, a casting opportunity that Ms. Chadwick said was part of the inspiration behind the company.
If that doesn't grab you, check your pulse. And after that, take a look at the review of the first season at afterellen.com - if you don't mind being spoiled, that is.
Governor Stewart, I'm ready for my lock-up now!
posted by weltatem @ 10:08 PM
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And when you’re done with weltatem, Governor Stewart, you can lock me up cuz I’m a really bad girl. Thanks for the DVD tip, welt. I stock pile my DVD viewing for my long winter break that I can’t wait to begin. I’m looking forward to your recaps. This ought to be some naughty fun ;-)
ooh wow, Bad Girls! I wish I had read this last night so I could have programmed Tivo. Well, welt, your recaps will have to make up for the missing of the debut. Bring 'em on.
I thought I'd see you posting over at the TWoP Bad Girls thread. I think you should . . .
Hmmm - not sure yet about jumping into another board. It took me forever to get my courage up to jump from sho.com to TWoP! (and I still miss the Puppy Kicking Bastards Club there, actually)
I lurked at TWoP for a long time - I was especially enamoured of Winter Steele's posts, and I miss her as well. I secretly suspected she might be Cintra Wilson, the goddess snark.
dang it, why can't we edit our own freakin posts here? Crazy!
That should be goddess of snark. Although The Goddess Snark works too.
I loved her book "A Massive Swelling," although it depressed me and humiliated me yet again regarding my undying Barbara Streisand love. I was just moaning about that to Clams at lunch Monday - how misunderstood "Yentl" is. Hopeless, I am.
I was just moaning about that to Clams at lunch Monday - how misunderstood "Yentl" is. Hopeless, I am.
I was a TWoP lurker when Winter Steele reined on TLW thread. It seems every poster has her season. As far as Babs goes, I wish she would just sing and not insert herself into politics. Just ruins it for me. But “Yentl”, isn’t it on my movie list? If not, it should be. I loved Mandy Patinkin, and Babs as Bobs aka Anshel. And bedding Amy Irving . . . well, let’s just move on. This line circulates in my mind frequently, as if an anthem: “There are moments you remember all of your life. This is one of those moments.”
Babs is 'da Queen! Funny that we're talking about her under this post.. "From the Department of Guilty Pleasures.." heh. She's a bad girl, too! My favorite Christmas album (yes, album!!!) of all time, A Christmas Album. Love it.
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