One more month till the next season of ‘The L Word’ starts
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this teaser clip promoting the next season of Showtime’s The L Word
I’m a huge fan of this show. Unlike Grey’s Anatomy
Check out some old Racialicious posts about The L Word:
Custody battle over mixed baby on ‘The L Word’
Bashing Jennifer Beals and Bette Porter
Does ‘The L Word’ get Latino culture right?
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
storm wrote:
I like the L Word, but as an African-American lesbian, I really don’t think they really handle race well. Yes, Bette is ‘mixed’, but I just think there is not a ‘real’ black lesbian on the show. It is as segregated as the real community can be. That’s just reality, but please don’t hold the show up to be any less hollywood than everything else, it isn’t.
Kit is a recovering alcoholic who abandoned her son and is a mess. While I know people who are in recovery, they are not the norm. Again, not a good representative.
peace.
Posted 08 Dec 2006 at 2:24 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
storm – Yeah I agree with you that the depictions of “monoracial” black women on the show leaves something to be desired.
There was one episode in particular (I think blackademic may have blogged about this) where the gang was at a party, and randomly there was this topless black woman in a glass box, and she was basically there to be seduced by Shane. She never said a word – it was really bizarre.
Posted 08 Dec 2006 at 3:32 pm ¶
Meg wrote:
To be fair the Heroes have just discovered their superpowers and i think that trumps any preexisting racial issues
Seriously (maybe) though i think the ” racial spy” thing would be very interesting if you could actually read people’s minds…….
Posted 08 Dec 2006 at 6:31 pm ¶
al wrote:
you have to put spoiler alerts on this stuff!
i’m only in the middle of season 2 (and i do mean right at this moment because i’m watching it right now.)
Posted 09 Dec 2006 at 8:11 pm ¶
FrancesM wrote:
storm and Carmen have a point. I’d like to add 2 notes here. For the first time (that I know of) there is a mixed race character in a lead role on TV. Where has that happened? As a queer woman who is mixed this is a revelation! Finally a character on TV who looks a bit more like me. It’s nice, because it’s the first time in my 32 years I’ve had such an experience. To see a queer, mixed race woman character is worth a celebration!
The Kit story line I also like because I’m a person in recovery & it is nice to see that struggle shown as well. Alcoholics/Addicts regardless of race sometimes act shitty and sometimes change for the better. I see in Kit my own struggles with soberity. Peace!
Posted 10 Dec 2006 at 8:46 pm ¶