Jell-ous

Really. I am getting so sick of the abundance of pretty, young, almost model-calibre women appearing in all of the L&O shows, while its only the men who are allowed to be average, middle aged and realistic. - Witless TWOP poster

A common complaint, but the men on LO aren't all that "realistic" either. The only thing they have in common with real law enforcement is be their gender. Most cops and lawyers don't look half as good as Jesse L. Martin or Chris Noth or Vincent Diofrino and none of them, cops, attorneys, bad guys, good guys, victims, loved ones, have such a good wardrobe department working for them. The other constant whine I read there being "Pretty women are evol and unqualified! They should all die! No woman with fewer then three chins and over 5'9 could properly do the (any) job! She's just too young and pretty to be a _______! . The other claim is that any woman who weighs less than a Honda must be a hoor!

Of course, the male actors on the same show are equally too young and pretty to be doing the their jobs, but for some reason no one cares about that little issue. It's besides the point and OMG he's teh hawt! I love TWoP, to a degree (but less and less everyday) but that kind of self pitying prattling and double standard fu is wearing me down. I would hate to have to remind the poster that shockingly, all the Law and order shows are on television. They are all Television programs and everyone one the shows are actors. Actors tend to be prettier, younger and weigh 25 pounds less than the rest of us. You aren't going to find a fat, ugly actress getting a lot of work on TV unless she's funny and then Ms. Fat n' Funny isn't going to be on Law and Order.

I'm not sure if the poster has ever noticed, but most of the actors on TV tend to be 15 years too young to be in whatever high powered position they are supposed to be portraying. On TV the world is run by a 28 year old (really, really handsome) wunderkind and the 23 year old Miss Hot Bod winner that loves him. It always has and it shall ever be thus.

I mean, I've bitched about it too. There is no way that in real life that a Jim Belushi would ever even be able to date, much less marry a Courtney Thorne Smith. It would not be genetically feasible, no one that pretty would pollute their superior genes that way - her ovaries would shut down in protest! - but on TV, no man can ever be too fat, too unattractive and too moronic to not get a really hot blond girl ( but almost always really smart) to marry him. It goes against reason. It's TV.

The writers of these shows look like Belushi. The woman who watch these shows wish they looked like Courtney Thorne Smith - they don't but they married some guy who could double for Belushi. They also think the Belushi doppelganger they married is a moron and they like watching him mess up and be wrong every week while they and CTS are portrayed as being always right and never, ever, wrong about anything ever. They also like it that CTS never has to apologize for anything, ever. If CTS forgets JBs birthday its a minor issue, after all he's so dumb he forgot too and he doesn't deserve to have his birthday remembered anyway, it's his fault for not reminding her - but if JB forgets CTS birthday! He's a dead man and the rest of us get to spend 23 minutes watching him beg and plead for forgiveness before CTS finally besides to let him and us, off the hook until the next time.