Everyone loves their Momma on Mother’s Day. And yesterday on Twitter, the tributes were as unique as the women they honored.
But TV moms? Not so much.
They’re all kinda the same. In fact, if you look back at the women who have portrayed moms on TV sitcoms and dramas — at least in my memory — three actresses pop up again and again.
Blythe Danner
Susan Sullivan
Holland Taylor
All three are currently on the small screen playing moms — Danner on Up All Night, Sullivan on Castle, and Taylor on Two and a Half Men.
Heck, Sullivan even played the mom on one episode of Two and a Half Men before Taylor took over. Viewers probably didn’t even notice the switch.
Which is my point. Do the TV powers-that-be really thing that moms everywhere are fair-haired ladies with bob haircuts?
‘Cause that would be a NO.
Any questions?
There is one word that immediately invokes my ire. Makes me see red. And I admit my response is a bit unreasonable.
“Thoughts?”
Maybe because it’s not a phrase at all.
You’re asking me a question — you want my input, my point of view, my expertise — but the very question is so non-committal, so throw-away.
Like you can’t be bothered to ask me a question with any nuance or…
WORDS.
Or maybe you don’t want to reveal your hand before I lay my cards on the table. Well, it didn’t work this time, did it??
You see, I can read a lot into one word of conversation.
I’m a girl.
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