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06-20-2008, 07:41 PM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Wine Country. Cheers!
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| Re: Swingtown Quote:
I remember the landscape clocks; we thought they were so classy ![]() Quote:
As for the party, the stewardess neighbor was so mean to the uptight friend - I would think they'd be a bit more reserved and not blurt things out like that... and the "killjoy" comment on the wall was also beyond the pale. (Btw, we had friends who used the "who am I" game at their parties, and nobody ever thought they were killjoys!) I agree with you about the redhead. If we didn't have everyone around her constantly stating their high opinion of her, I would be going "Huh?" wondering what I was supposed to make of her character. But we are being told she is so "one of a kind" and special. As an English teacher, I always told my students when writing to "show, don't tell," and these writers are breaking that rule in not being able to figure out how to show viewers what her character is about. It's lame to solve that dilemma by just having all the other characters make pronouncements. | ||
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06-20-2008, 08:31 PM
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| addicted Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NY Age: 53
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| Re: Swingtown I'm kind of on the fence about this show too. I graduated from college in '76 and, while I remember way too much about the 70s, I just don't remember knowing any parents who were into swinging though! Maybe we lived in the wrong neighborhood? ![]() Who do you think put Janet's name on the wall? I am wondering if it might be her husband. |
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06-20-2008, 10:55 PM
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| Signed, Sealed, Delivered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right Here, Right Now
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| Re: Swingtown Interesting guess.
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06-21-2008, 12:06 AM
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| On a cupcake mission! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Right behind you
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![]() I agree with the PP that Susan is just too all over the place. Sometimes she seems shocked by it all and then is just too readily into the lifestyle. Unless she was drugged this time, too, I'm not buying it. There's also something about her looks that bothers me. I really don't see why Trina and Grant Show (can never remember his character's name) would be that ga-ga over her (or her schlubby husband). The girl who plays her daughter is just too freaking bony with too big teeth (the Matt Damon/Hillary Swank syndrome--about the teeth, I mean). I do think that students and teachers have inappropriate relationships...but I think this teacher almost encouraged it. Clearly he could see that she had a crush on him. He should've not encouraged alone time between the two of them. I don't think their age difference is that much (she's 17, he's maybe 24?), but a teacher can't be making out with a student! Maybe after she graduates and he's not her teacher anymore! | |
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06-21-2008, 12:53 AM
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I feel the atraction to them is because they are too normal.. I think Trina longs for that in a way. I have realy warmed up to her, in fact I like her much more as the show goes on. To me she is the most interesting person in this cast. Not to mention the best actor of them all, just watch her looks as she watches Susan or her husband. They say much more then her words.
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06-21-2008, 10:47 AM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Re: Swingtown I finally got to watch this week's episode last night online. I felt sorry for Janet when she saw the nasty picture on the wall of her. Did Susan even know where her son was spending the night? Or was she too busy worrying about making a sex tape with her husband? For the couple that was supposed to have the good family life, they seem to be very unconcerned parents these days. |
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06-21-2008, 11:28 AM
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| Wild thang Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In the trees Age: 48
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06-21-2008, 07:36 PM
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| Re: Swingtown Crime shows in the same time slot deal with molestation, rape, and some really awful violence. And if it is a problem for children to be watching what about soap operas during the day during the summer with the same innuendos if not worse? I don't know. I like Swingtown as some easy tv viewing. I only have the network channels so I appreciate something different than CSI or Law and Order as my own scholocky tv viewing options. lol |
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06-21-2008, 10:04 PM
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| Re: Swingtown I see I am not the only one having these thoughts...I can't believe CBS cancelled shows like Jericho and Moonlight for this...I like the music but this sow does NOT belong on regular tv especially during the summer
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06-22-2008, 12:28 AM
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| Re: Swingtown Maybe it's just me, but I would think that kids couldn't really get into a show set in this time frame. It's hard enough for some of us who are adults! It's not the most enthralling, attention grabbing show, I don't think.
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