![]() "Ally McBeal" was pretty much the death knell of feminism, too or, rather, clear evidence that feminism had been bought out by Disney, which had decided to retool feminism in order to make her more consumer-friendly, more emaciated. Stunt TV ("I know, let's take our semi-popular hour-long show and re-air it that same week in a bite-size half-hour format!" computer animation sight gags and that dancing baby, dear god I didn't even watch "Ally McBeal" and that baby haunts me for days after any time I see it or hear a reference to it). ![]() Superficial self-indulgence masquerading as avant-garde entertainment. You might say, "But Rex, I can remember only one other reference to 'Ally McBeal' in recent months." I say, "Yes, two references - two too many." Calista Flockhart, while I'm sure she's a nice person and all (married to Harrison Ford, by the way), represents everything that was horrible about the late 90's, and everything hateful about TV in general. Never has a show that ran for such a short period of time, that was cancelled so long ago, that sucked so hard, gotten so much attention. Operation: Stop Referencing "Ally McBeal" ![]()
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