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Amazing true facts I learned from Political Animals: everything women do, every story-worthy thought and motivation we have and every single meaningful event in our lives, revolves around our romantic relationships and the accompanying drama. EVERYTHING. The story of a woman running for president is actually the story of her feelings about her marriage, and who she has sex with, and who gropes her in public, and whether or not she loves her husband. The story of a woman reporter writing a story about that woman is also about her boyfriend and getting cheated on and her feelings about love. Also women are constantly calling each other bitches (and cunts, in one memorable line). That's the one most constant rule of this universe: women hate each other. It's looking like the two Good women are going to become friends, and perhaps ally against the Bad women, but they had to call each other bitches a lot first.

Basically this appears to have been written by a dude who thinks he's Aaron Sorkin circa The West Wing (season 1), but is actually Aaron Sorkin circa The Newsroom. The only curiosity is why someone with such a generalized contempt for women would decide to write a story about women, and about institutionalized sexism in politics and the media. I mean, it's actually an excellent depiction of the shit stacked against us in both areas, but I think unintentionally.

Also, Sebastian Stan is a troubled gay son again, and the writing is terrible--sometimes hilariously terrible, sometimes just bad--and there are already worrying signs about how the writers are handling The Gay. I will wait and see, but I have been burned oh so many times, you guys.

However, Sigourney Weaver is magnificent, albeit so wasted here, and there is very strong femslash potential, and Sebastian Stan's stupid face, so I'll keep watching. But it's not good, it's not good at all.

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That's disappointing - I have it on my DVR but I hadn't watched yet.

Sigourney Weaver is amazing, and it's juuuust possible that her character and Carla Gugino's character might go on to have an amazing relationship. So depending on how well you can filter out the crap--and depending how it goes from here--it might still be worth watching. (For me there's also the Sebastian Stan kissing boys and having So Much Pain incentive, but that's not actually a point of quality with which to convince people who don't have my helpless fixation on his face.)

Also I have to admit, some of the badness is pretty hilarious. TJ wanted to be a concert pianist! But now he cannot because he's a gay junkie! And then he does coke at a family dinner and plays the piano...but so fast! TOO fast! Because of the DRUGS. That sort of thing.

That .. actually sounds like an intentional reference to the piano scene in Reefer Madness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQHyM6uJ3RA

1. oh my gosh that is amazing
2. I don't know if it was blatant enough to be a reference, but that would really make my day if it was. I think it was just meant to be generic ~drama,~ though.

Well, I haven't seen it yet so I can't express an opinion, but I can say that the Reefer Madness scene is very famous.

I came for the Sebastian Stan and Sigourney Weaver and... I am certainly staying for the exquisite Sigourney Weaver and delectable gay manpain angst of Sebastian Stan. ♥

PRETTY MUCH :D Oh Sebastian Stan. I will never fathom your choices, but please keep making them.

When I was last in the movie theater, I saw the trailer for The Apparition and I had to run to IMDB and YouTube to rewatch the trailer because I seriously did not recognize Sebastian Stan without his hair fluffed up. Furthermore Tom Felton looks NERDIER THAN HARRY POTTER. upside down world. @_@

oh my goodness are those BANGS? he's really taking chances now! Also I'm pleased to say that I recognized his jawline before I even saw his hair. Wait, no, not pleased. The other thing.

Basically this appears to have been written by a dude who thinks he's Aaron Sorkin circa The West Wing (season 1), but is actually Aaron Sorkin circa The Newsroom.

Ohhh, burn.