Paul Bearer <replyonusenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
<9rtfu3hdf537ebd5ll0ba4qvmvh0vpe1ig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> in alt.tv.gilmore-girls:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:22:14 GMT, Wayne Brown <fwbrown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>>Sorry, I'm not familiar with Jan Karon or "The Mitford Years."
>>
>>When GG first appeared, I thought, "Great, it reminds me of 'Northern
>>Exposure,' but without the super-annoying Joel Fleischman/Maggie
>>O'Connell characters." But unfortunately, that resemblance lessened
with
>>each passing season of GG. (One major difference is that it took a few
>>seasons of GG for me to become disgusted with the lead characters,
whereas
>>I couldn't stand Fleischman & O'Connell from the first episode of NE.)
> So one could ask if you couldn't stand the lead characters why stick
> with the show?
Because, on both shows, I liked most of the other characters a lot.
On NE, Ed was my absolute favorite, with Marilyn running a close second.
I also liked Holling, and Ruth-Anne, and Chris (in small doses), and
even Maurice (most of the time). Shelly really annoyed me at first
(the perky blond airhead type usually does), but I grew to like her
eventually, mostly because of her loyalty and devotion to Holling.
But Joel and Maggie (individually and collectively) annoyed the heck out
of me from the very beginning, and only got worse as the show progressed.
On GG, Emily, Richard, Paris and Kirk were my favorites, followed by
most of the inhabitants of Stars Hollow. Lorelai and Rory were favorites
during the first couple of seasons, but as time passed I got very, very
tired of Lorelai's behavior. Rory was fine as the smart, sweet, shy,
never-see-her-without-a-book small-town girl, but the older she got,
the more annoying she became. I kept watching (usually) right to the
end, but it didn't bother me a bit when the show was canceled, and I've
had no interest in watching the re-runs since then. S****adic visits to
this newsgroup are the only times I even remember GG these days.
--
Wayne Brown <fwbrown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (HPCC #1104)
Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)
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