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GG 2.03: Forgiven
Apr. 7th, 2010 01:02 pmThat was better! Of course, I was wondering how exactly Lorelei would not get married to Max, and we didn't have to wait long (especially since I didn't have to endure a pesky hiatus like viewers did when the show originally aired).
My goodwill toward the show was recovered. Lorelei still acted like a brat, and she knows it, but she did not meta about it. Pointing out the threads that suspend disbelief invites the real world, and if Lorelei were real she'd be insufferable. As it is, she's a caricature of "our" foibles in a cartoon reality. (I put "our" in quotation marks because I'm referring to people who relate to her flaws; not everyone does, or is willing to find them charming even as satire.)
In fact, she reacts badly at the hint that someone has "rules" about her and Rory. Lorelei may think she's spontaneous, but the fact that someone has figured out her patterns means that someone has "typed" her. This all came about because Dean schools Max on how to handle the Gilmore Girls, practical advice like, "go with their [comedy] bits, don't argue with them late in the evening when they're cranky. Dean treats them like high-strung actors, only Lorelei and Rory don't know that they're acting.
It's probably not an accident that performers are so prominent in the town, most notably Miss Patty and the busker. Any other character of note is a star in their own dramas: Lorelei's parents, Taylor, Paris, etc. Maybe is is why the town is called Stars Hollow.
My goodwill toward the show was recovered. Lorelei still acted like a brat, and she knows it, but she did not meta about it. Pointing out the threads that suspend disbelief invites the real world, and if Lorelei were real she'd be insufferable. As it is, she's a caricature of "our" foibles in a cartoon reality. (I put "our" in quotation marks because I'm referring to people who relate to her flaws; not everyone does, or is willing to find them charming even as satire.)
In fact, she reacts badly at the hint that someone has "rules" about her and Rory. Lorelei may think she's spontaneous, but the fact that someone has figured out her patterns means that someone has "typed" her. This all came about because Dean schools Max on how to handle the Gilmore Girls, practical advice like, "go with their [comedy] bits, don't argue with them late in the evening when they're cranky. Dean treats them like high-strung actors, only Lorelei and Rory don't know that they're acting.
It's probably not an accident that performers are so prominent in the town, most notably Miss Patty and the busker. Any other character of note is a star in their own dramas: Lorelei's parents, Taylor, Paris, etc. Maybe is is why the town is called Stars Hollow.
