Why can't we call women halfwits?
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 20, 2005 1:05:36 pm PDT #9366 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2005 1:05:47 pm PDT #9367 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd probably be right there with them. The concept worked for a laugh once, with Denise Richards as a tank top-clad nuclear scientist in a Bond movie, but it would have no repeated appeal for me.
I mourn the fact that I'm going to have to watch an hour of her show at some point to see an actor I like as one of the ghosts.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 20, 2005 1:07:27 pm PDT #9368 of 10002
What is even happening?
Why can't we call women halfwits?
I don't know. I lost my rationale, but I was on a roll, so I went with it. In this case, maybe it itched this time, because it's so obviously derived from her name, but halfwit and nitwit, etc., also just seem to be used against women more than men, politicians excepted.
Narrator - Sep 20, 2005 1:07:44 pm PDT #9369 of 10002
The evil is this way?
Pogara -- I am so sorry for your loss. My sympathies to you and your sister.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2005 1:08:44 pm PDT #9370 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I get itchy calling women names like halfwit and hugetit though.
Don't think of it as me calling a woman "Halfwit." Think of it as me calling a vapid performer that makes Dan Cortese look like a skilled thespian who's succeeded based on talent alone in comparison 'Halfwit."
msbelle - Sep 20, 2005 1:12:06 pm PDT #9371 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have no issue calling anyone a halfwit that I think is one, even less of one calling someone on my tv that. That said, I'll be watching the first episode of JLH's new show.
msbelle - Sep 20, 2005 1:13:23 pm PDT #9372 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am the last one at work. I had to leave about this time last night and was one of the first gone. tonight all alone. WAH.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 20, 2005 1:14:49 pm PDT #9373 of 10002
What is even happening?
Don't think of it as me calling a woman "Halfwit." Think of it as me calling a vapid performer that makes Dan Cortese look like a skilled thespian who's succeeded based on talent alone in comparison 'Halfwit."
Heh.
Actually despite laughing, I have no basis for criticizing her other than watching a handful of Po5s, years ago, and to be frank, she wasn't my main focus.
§ ita § - Sep 20, 2005 1:15:07 pm PDT #9374 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never noticed a gender bias on halfwit or nitwit, myself. And riffing on names for insults -- well, it's an ancient art, still in fine form.
Amy - Sep 20, 2005 1:16:25 pm PDT #9375 of 10002
Because books.
The JLH show looks to me like a rip-off of Medium which I really like. Patricia Arquette has some bite as Alison DuBois.
Also, I irrationally hate JLH anyway.