We “girls” were talking about The View and it got me to thinking.
It had such promise to me didn’t it to you?
5 women talking about topical news items and cultural events.
5 Smart Women discussing topics in the news sounded great to me. You don’t get to see smart women let alone talk about something other than folding my fitted sheets properly or making the perfect pie crust.
It was a Tivo staple for me for many years. I watched every show from the beginning. I never understood why the “young one” (Debbie) was fired because I used to watch and think Star was the annoying one. No I couldn’t relate to Debbie but I wasn’t suppose to I was not that young. Aside from Star's diva attitude each time she attempted to talk I couldn’t hear what she was saying I only heard her breathing – I was too focused on her loud labored breathing....and her “divadom”
Then Lisa Ling arrived. No real change and while I could never relate to her because of her youth and outlook I admired her. She was smart, attractive and very informed. (when she left to pursue her journalistic adventures I admired her immensely). To me Star was still the annoying one. Such a diva.
With every change I still enjoyed the show that described itself as a drinking show and not a cooking show. So I toasted that with my glass of Tanqueray and sat back and enjoyed the women on the View even though I never could relate to the “young one”.
It didn’t matter I wasn’t suppose to.
I watched as they had on air auditions for the new young one. I remember this woman/girl who was on MTV’s The Real World in I believe San Francisco. She was narrow minded, bigoted and looked like she was being goosed all the time with bulging eyes. She was mean to the young man who had AIDS and I disliked this girl with every fiber in me. She was so inflexible in spirit and mind that it was actually heartbreaking at times. When they had her on The View several times I would scream at the TV, vowing never to watch again if they picked her. They didn’t choose her thank God. Instead they picked someone I had never heard of because I didn’t watch Survivor at the time. She looked nice enough and was quiet most of the times when she was on so you didn’t know what you were getting.
OH BOY did we find out. I dislike Elizabeth Hasselbeck with every fiber in me.
I have never felt so strongly about someone I haven’t met. (Ok maybe I lied on that one , I felt this way about bulging eyes MTV girl and Bush, Cheney, Karl Rove, Trump, OJ Simpson to name a few) She is so sanctimonious, narrow minded, inflexible in spirit and mind as well as she appears mean and she just seems to me to be manipulative and backstabbing.
Hey I could be wrong...it’s just my opinion...on my blog.
I only know that when I see her I want to hurl things at my TV. When she speaks I want to cry and hurl things at my TV. It scares me that people actually think like her. My God that alone makes me want to cry.
She has no gray area and to me that is so sad and scary. That is the only thing that makes me feel badly for her. Because one day something can and probably will happen to her that will rock her world. And to get through it you need to learn to forgive, make amends and move on and see a gray area. Nothing is black and white. It reminds me of how the public liked to see Kathie Lee Gifford fall when her husband cheated on her. It was horrible and repulsive that people loved her misery. People would say to me that she was always going on about her perfect marriage and how she wouldn’t tolerate that etc and this was her just desserts. WTF? I don’t think that is a reason at all to feel happy about someone else’s pain but I did understand it...sadly enough.
Well guess what, you don’t know what you would do until it happens to you. You don’t know how you will feel until it happens to you. You can’t say a blanket statement on that. So when EH is on her high horse and being all sanctimonious as I call it, then when God forbid something happens to her she will be wondering why every one in the public is loving her bad fortune. Do I think that is nice or the right thing to do? ABSOULTELY NOT. I hate that about human kind. I will get no happiness for it. I just know that you can’t go through life throwing stones and not having a few thrown back at ya. I believe it’s called Karma.
But I digress....
I watched as Star was given the door. I felt uncomfortable like the rest of the world who watched. Why couldn’t she have had the dignity to walk away quietly and say her piece after the show? Why embarrass Barbara who gave you the job and the opportunity in the first place? Just another reason I don’t care for Star. It’s always about Star and don’t you get in her way. She was hell bent on upstaging and one upping BW. It was sad and pitiful to watch.
I was excited about the possibilities. I watched all the auditions and was THRILLED when I heard it would be Rosie.
I thought Rosie brought out the best in Joy too. I think Joy is very smart, quick and funny in a curmudgeon sort of way. (curmudgeon like me). I thought the show became more topical and I really enjoyed that.
I don’t always agree with Rosie but I love her passion. Sometimes I would think, “you know I agree with her but I sure wish she could have softened it or toned it down so she would be really heard.”
God knows why people, especially hetero men, can’t hear a woman let alone a woman who is loud and sometimes rough around the edges. But I realize that wouldn’t be Rosie if she toned it down.
The day of the split screen had nothing to do with the political topics. It was about a friend who was betrayed and the hurt I saw in Rosie’s eyes broke my heart. How didn’t the world see that? Was I the only one watching the show? Why was the focus on everything but that. You can be a very strong woman and still be sensitive and hurt by actions and words. Why wasn’t anyone seeing this?
I also thought – why are they doing a Jerry Springer type TV now with this split screen? And how much I really believe that EH is a manipulative bitch and why is she so protected there?
Or are the powers that be the type that are that manipulative or enjoy that type of work? Hmm......
Now the era of Whoopi. I love Whoopi. I love everything about her. Do I agree with her? Hell no I don’t agree 100% with anyone but me. But that doesn’t mean you can’t like them. She is warm, articulate, funny and cute as hell. I think it’s a bit more beige like the set. Vanilla shall we say. I haven’t watched them all because..well....EH makes me sick. But I will tune in from time to time I am sure. I am also sure that when EH goes on maternity leave I will watch it regularly again to get my dose of The View and see how Sherri is doing. (on first impression she is a bit like EH in view points only funny and she doesn't appear to have an agenda.....like EH.....yet.)
I did watch the other day to see how Sherri was doing. I saw an interview where Barbara once again interrupted the celebrity who was talking and who was answering another host’s question to ask the celebrity an insipid question like only she would do and I thought...okay Ms. Walters it’s time to think about retiring. (are you dating anyone?)
I have seen her do this several times. I do admire Ms. Walters and all of her hard work, her achievements, and her difficulties as a woman coming up in the era she did. Please understand how much I admire her for all the trails she blazed. But sometimes you need to look over your life and realize it’s time for you to stop and just enjoy the View from your perch and relax. I think it’s time now Barbara.
You’re probably wondering how the hell do I see so much tv? Tivo mainly, as well as I work from a home office so I do get to see some TV during my lunch etc.
There isn’t a lot of television during the day that doesn’t pertain to domestic chores for women other than soaps and trash TV like Springer and his like. I don't care for either thank you.
I had such hope for The View. Barbara had a great idea. It did a lot to make us think and laugh.
Did it turn into a bit of a cliché?.....I'm not sure....maybe but once again it was trailblazing.
So take some time and enjoy Your View in your world!
Keep an open mind – there is a lot of gray out there – you’d be surprised what you’ll learn in that gray area! Now go talk amongst yourselves!
And as Rosie would say....
Peace - Out
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