Honestly, the premise goes against so many things I believe in as a person and a parent that I sit beside myself while I watch, and my parallel self contrives all sorts of solutions to Nancy Botwin's problems. Sell the house. Fire the housekeeper who doesn't clean. Get a job.
Yet, I still want her to succeed at the crime ring she has undertaken.
I root for her.
It could just be the sheer hotness and vulnerability of Mary-Louise Parker. She plays out both a toughness and a fish completely out of water thing that I adore. She's naive. But when things fly at her she's constantly thinking out of the box.
Two scenes that made me hold myself laughing: in season 1, watch for an episode that plays out stunningly close to the opening scene of Romancing the Stone when Kathleen Turner's looking for any paper product to wipe her nose with. Only my friend Nancy ain't looking for a tissue.
Another scene, this one from season 2: she decides to resolve an issue between the two men in her life by sitting them down at lunch together unannounced, and hoping that the intro will smooth things over. Instead she's literally stuck in the middle of an alpha-male contest that she very naively did not foresee.
Classic. And did I mention she's super hot? Seriously - I can't wait to be 44 like MLP.
1 comment:
i knew you were writing about MLP!!! i am psychic. or crazy intuitive. or i just know you all too well.
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