They gave to the homeless, of their time and from their pocketbooks. Sure, the Girls may have had their moments of greed – picture Dorothy, “ grabbing that dough” while competing ruthlessly on a game show – but they also gave to, and respected, the poor. It took a village of the best actors, writers, producers and crew of all faiths to bring to the screen what are – whether Rue McClanahan’s Blanche Devereaux, Betty White’s Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur’s Dorothy Zbornak and Estelle Getty’s Sophia Petrillo were regular churchgoers or not – true Christian values. These “Girls” were women who had learned a thing or two about empathy, love and support. Over their long lives they’d grown, sometimes changing their minds or political points of view. That’s one of the reasons these women were so fascinating to us. 'Golden Girls' writer on show's legacy and favorite moments We lived and still live in an ageist society, where older protagonists on TV are rare.
The show’s producers confided in me during interviews for the book that they always felt the only reason they were even allowed to talk about society’s ills on the show is because the main characters had lived through so many of them.
Still other fans enjoyed how “The Golden Girls,” whose seven-year run began 35 years ago this week, tackled the most troubling issues of their day – many of which remain problems today – with both humor and the graceful, loving point of view that comes with decades of life experience.Īnd then there are others of you who have watched. As a gay man, and having spoken to many other LGBTQ viewers, I know that we love the show because, like so many of us who are rejected by our relatives, the Girls chose each other as a surrogate family. In the 10 years I spent researching my book, I’ve heard from female fans who love the way the “Girls” together found their strength, refusing to be disenfranchised or sidelined or made invisible due to gender or age. If you have watched more than a few episodes – particularly certain, pivotal ones – and you still can vote for a Republican Party represented by and kowtowing to Trump, you clearly haven’t understood a thing you were watching.
0 kommentar(er)
