Thursday nights that don't include new episodes of 30 Rock, Community and The Big Bang Theory depress me in equal proportion to how perfectly happy I am when there are new episodes. |: NBC alone controls so much of my happiness that it could be unhealthy (cough, havealsobeenfollowingthebiggestloserreligiously, cough). And actually, that new show Perfect Couples isn't half-bad--I look forward to it, even. As far as The Office goes, I was following it for a time, but stopped quite a while ago, and although it irks me that Parks and Recreation follows the same mockumentary format, I will occasionally indulge. Oh lastly, my parents get a kick out of Outsourced, probably because the humor veers way toward the cheesy side of things, and my parents are like that (30 Rock is too quick and of-the-moment for them, so it goes right over their heads). They would find a show that pokes fun at Indian culture and mannerisms hilarious (and yet a couple weeks ago I had a bindi colored in with marker on my forehead, but let's ignore that).
The episode of 30 Rock last week was really not great, though (and I thought the episode wherein they finally got rid of Matt Damon's character was the worst it could get. Frown). I just wasn't feeling Liz's storyline with the babytalking comedienne, although Jack versus the 14 year old girl is pretty brill. But actually, after webbin' out a bit, I can more clearly see the point of the episode, or at least one of them. That is, sort of trying to address the issue of the lady comic--what the frack does it matter if she's funny, as long as she's gorgeous, right? Like the article on jezebel.com titled "The Daily Show's Woman Problem." Why, after going so long without a regular female correspondent, would they hire Olivia Munn of all people? Admittedly I like her on Perfect Couples. And theoretically I like to support my Eurasian sisters in the media (er, porn doesn't count). But I just don't know. I'm thinking of her on Attack of the Show and trying to recall if she was legitimately funny or funny for a girl hot enough to be on the cover of Maxim. Funny considering. Shrug.
If you're attractive you have a lot of advantages in life, that's just how it is. As annoying as that is, it would be less annoying if the injustice was perfectly the same for women as it is for men. But it isn't. Fact-o fact, uggo women have it way worse than men. A dude can be perfectly homely and successful in the media, like David Letterman, but if a woman is homely it's a first rate offense. Whaddup with that?
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