Almost Very Good
Jun. 20th, 2014 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveningblueI'm doing a Stargate Atlantis re-watch, and just watched "Miller's Crossing," which was almost very good. The problem was just one scene, in which Jeannie asks Rodney if he's asked Katie to marry him yet. When he says no, she says
"Why not? You think someone better's going to come along?" Then she goes on to tell him that he's not getting any younger and that it's practically a miracle he found anyone who would put up with him at all. Finally, she insults his looks. "You're no John Sheppard."
And as I'm watching this I'm thinking, I know this is meant to be humorous, but I don't find this funny. This is kind of horrible. This is kind of making me hate Jeannie. If Rodney grew up with this kind of self-esteem assassination, it's no wonder he's the nervous, self-hating wreck he is. (As I watched him torture himself during "Grace Under Pressure," I found myself wondering what his parents had done to him to make him this way.)
I'm sort of stunned to read old fan reviews praising this episode to the sky, and especially singling out Rodney and Jeannie's rapport. This one scene ruined the rest for me.
I couldn't help wondering what viewers would have thought of this scene if Jeannie (or anyone) had been speaking to a woman. "This is your LAST CHANCE! etc." People would have derided it as sexist. So why is it okay to say this to Rodney?
"Why not? You think someone better's going to come along?" Then she goes on to tell him that he's not getting any younger and that it's practically a miracle he found anyone who would put up with him at all. Finally, she insults his looks. "You're no John Sheppard."
And as I'm watching this I'm thinking, I know this is meant to be humorous, but I don't find this funny. This is kind of horrible. This is kind of making me hate Jeannie. If Rodney grew up with this kind of self-esteem assassination, it's no wonder he's the nervous, self-hating wreck he is. (As I watched him torture himself during "Grace Under Pressure," I found myself wondering what his parents had done to him to make him this way.)
I'm sort of stunned to read old fan reviews praising this episode to the sky, and especially singling out Rodney and Jeannie's rapport. This one scene ruined the rest for me.
I couldn't help wondering what viewers would have thought of this scene if Jeannie (or anyone) had been speaking to a woman. "This is your LAST CHANCE! etc." People would have derided it as sexist. So why is it okay to say this to Rodney?
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Date: 2014-06-21 03:15 am (UTC)