Not So Desperate?

In my first blog entry titled “People are complicated creatures…” I talked about how “Desperate Housewives” was my favorite show and how, in my opinion, it was one of the best shows on television. I talked about how the show was filled with comedic drama, real life issues, secrets and mysteries.

Does everybody think “Desperate Housewives” is amazing?

No.

Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post said, “The tone is off. It’s not campy enough to make the comedy clever, not real enough to make it engaging as mystery-drama. The story is too rooted in convention to be truly outrageous, too melodramatic to make it plausible as anything but goofy comedy.” Ostrow gives the show a thumbs down.
While I’m sure others feel the same as Ostrow, I still love the show. If Ostrow doesn’t feel that women burying their daughter in their back yard and adopting another child to keep the secret from her husband is a large enough mystery, then I would love to know what shows she thinks are interesting. But in a sense I can understand where Ostrow was coming from, if I wasn’t someone who loved to be nosy, just like the characters on the show, then I don’t know if I would like or even relate to the show the way I do. Nevertheless everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

So what do critics that love “Desperate Housewives” have to say?

Myrna Blyth of Ladies Home Journal says, “Americans have always needed a Sunday-night show to end the weekend, and to talk about at the office on Monday morning. During these stress-filled times, don’t we want something to distract us? So we’re back to watching Desperate Housewives, and this is sweeps month. I am glad the women of Wisteria Lane are again giving us something to talk about.” Of course, I totally agree with Blyth. I religiously watch the show every Sunday night and always talk about it with other people I know who watch the show as well. It is also my “winding down” show at the end of my long, hard-working weekends.

Well, no matter what critics have to say about the show, I will always be a dedicated fan.





Works Cited:

Blyth, Myrna. "Not So Desperate." Ladies Home Journal 14 November 2008 22 Feb 2009 .

Bradley, Jessica. ""People are complicated creatures...." 01 February 2009 22 Feb 2009 .

Ostrow, Joanne. "Housewives’ creator: They can’t all be gems." The Denver Post 18 Feb 2009 22 Feb 2009 .

"People are complicated creatures..."

"People are complicated creatures. On the one hand, able to perform great acts of charity. On the other, capable of the most underhanded forms of betrayal. It's a constant battle that ranges within all of us, between the better angels of our nature, and the temptation of our inner demons. And sometimes the only way to ward off the darkness...is to shine the light of compassion."

-Mary Alice, Desperate Housewives

If you love juicy gossip, amazing friendships and comedy you should turn your television to Desperate Housewives every Sunday night. I started tuning into Desperate Housewives a few years ago and fell in love with it instantly. Desperate Housewives is by far my favorite television show. The way the four main characters, Gabby, Bree, Lynette, and Susan, bond with each other is captivating.
The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the made up town of Fairview, Eagle State. It depicts the lives of a group of women as it is seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor who committed suicide as a result of blackmail from a murder she committed. Each episode shows how each of the women work through their domestic struggles and family life, while at the same time facing all of the dirty secrets, unspeakable crimes and unbelievable mysteries hidden behind the doors of their friends, family and enemies.
The current season is taking place 5 years later and in each episode a juicy detail from the years past is revealed and comes into play with their lives at the current moment. The show never fails to leave you wanting more. And you often find yourself imagining yourself in each of the housewives’ scenarios and yelling at them through the television because they are blinded by love or even their friendships.
Desperate Housewives had me from episode one because while the episodes are not your everyday average situations they are not farfetched either. I often find myself wondering “What would I do if it were me?” The lives of the wives of Wisteria Lane are quite different from mine but there are times when I feel as though I relate to one of them in a way.