JJ was never my favorite character, but even if she had been, I would have long ago accepted this as part of Hollywood. I have my own conspiracy theory as to why this happened, but that is irrelevant.
The entire concept of giving up on the show entirely because of one (and a half, counting Paget's cutback) cast change so preemptively is, imho, foolish. Calling it "sexist" is just ridiculous. Network execs only see TV shows in terms of ratings and money, simple as that. This isn't about whether women can only be portrayed as worrywart mothers or victims, or not. Many small female roles on CM have been meant to be inspiring. Watch JJ's departure and a couple episodes beyond that to see if CM has truly "jumped the shark".
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Date: Jun. 26th, 2010 01:51 am (UTC)JJ was never my favorite character, but even if she had been, I would have long ago accepted this as part of Hollywood. I have my own conspiracy theory as to why this happened, but that is irrelevant.
The entire concept of giving up on the show entirely because of one (and a half, counting Paget's cutback) cast change so preemptively is, imho, foolish. Calling it "sexist" is just ridiculous. Network execs only see TV shows in terms of ratings and money, simple as that. This isn't about whether women can only be portrayed as worrywart mothers or victims, or not. Many small female roles on CM have been meant to be inspiring. Watch JJ's departure and a couple episodes beyond that to see if CM has truly "jumped the shark".