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marzipan77 ([personal profile] marzipan77) wrote2019-01-07 10:08 am

And now for something a little different ...

Stretch yourself is the theme of Day 7. I don't usually post pictures, so here are some pics that, I hope, give rise to questions about Hollywood's horrible use of female characters.



Let's begin here, with one of my favorite themes:




However, female characters, especially female characters in NCIS, do not return. Instead, they are largely designed TO die and thereby create the REASON for men's actions. They have no voice besides what their men to do avenge them.

Shannon and Kelly: Gibbs' REASON:

Anne Gibbs: Another of Gibbs' REASONS:

Kate Todd: Yet another of Gibbs' REASONS:

Jenny: Catalyst for change:

Jackie Vance: Vance's REASON:

Paula Cassidy: Tony's REASON:

Diane Gibbs: Gibbs' and Fornell's REASON:

Ziva: Tony's REASON:

When female characters have no reason to exist besides their deaths inspiring vengeance in the menfolk, that's not good.

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[personal profile] sg_wonderland 2019-01-07 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore NCIS, I will always be a Mark Harmon fan but that certainly doesn't blind me to its faults. Women are given little thought except now they can be useful to further the men's storylines. I'm convinced Abby wasn't killed off because 1) TPTB didn't want to give her an emotional death scene or 2) they knew the fans would revolt.

CBS, as a network, has proven itself to be the good-old-boy club, led no doubt by Moonves.

You don't want to get me started on how they screwed the women of Criminal Minds.
Edited 2019-01-07 17:44 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sg_wonderland 2019-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear ya, sistah!