“There are so many brilliant women on television right now.” TelevisionRight NowBrilliant Author:Martha Plimpton
“It's not racism per se but the tyranny of normalcy - no: the tyranny of attractive normalcy. Which leads to loveable white models who are supposed to be playing ordinary, adorably flawed professionals just like you and me with their brilliant minority friends (with vastly less camera time) who are surgeons. But it's not just ethnicity. That narrow vision also extends to, say, things like women leads. Women leads have to be good-hearted and nice, with a Slutty Best Friend. The main character can't be slutty. Because that's not attractively normal etc” CharacterWhiteVisionNiceTelevisionLike YouNormalModelsRacismOrdinaryCamerasBe GoodBrilliantTyrannySupposed To BeAttractiveEtcMinoritiesFlawedHeartedSurgeonsEthnicityNormalcyMain CharactersGood Hearted Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“I think its really rare to see women on television who are brilliant, selfish, vain, fallible - and I feel like I have all those capacities in myself, so its good to see people in the media representing all of those things.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMediaTelevisionCapacityBrilliantSelfishVainRepresenting Author:Kerry Bishe
“Incapable of conjuring up any facial expression that she did not learn from watching television, Jessica Alba plays a brilliant scientist who inadvertently acquires the ability to make herself invisible. This is not a gift Alba seems particularly comfortable with, as the last thing she needs is to be heard but not seen.” NeedsPlaySeemsLastsAbilityHeardTelevisionExpressionComfortableScientistBrilliantInvisibleAcquireIncapableFacialJessicaConjuringWatching TelevisionFacial Expression Author:Joe Queenan
“Like I said, when all of that goes away and you just completely lose yourself in the fantasy of it, then that's usually when I walk out of the theatre or turn off the television and just go: "That was brilliant!"” SaidTurnsLosesWalksFantasyTelevisionTheatreBrilliantTurn OffLosing Yourself Author:Gabriel Mann