Chick flicks and other woman-centric shows

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If reality TV counts, Real Housewives. I haven't watched all of the different ones (and I haven't seen the most recent seasons) But I have watched New York, Orange County, New Jersey, and Beverly Hills.

Quick run down:
-New York: the most funny and has the most consistent cast entertainment wise
-Orange County : amazing for mid 00's nostalgia and has great drama
-New Jersey: the BEST drama and fight scenes. Season 1-2 might be my favorite television of all time. Then suddenly during season 3 it turns into a family drama. It's great up until season 5 ish.
-Beverly Hills: Great fights and lots of memorable moments. You get a little bit of everything.

Oh, and who can forget, the iconic table flip

Seriously, if you want an easy show to watch and brighten your mood, Real Housewives is it.
 
I still think Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the greatest chick shows ever. Not to say guys didn't watch it while it was airing, but I firmly believe it leaned closer to being a chick show than not. Of course, if you listen to Youtubers who do long-winded video analysis they'll claim it's always been more popular with men than women. I think they're full of shit, but whatever.
 
I watched Good Girls on Netflix. The first two seasons, then I waited one year or so to watch the third and fourth seasons.
When I started the last season I had to stop watching because it was so awful. I mean, I enjoyed the first two seasons, the third one was okay, but the fourth isn't worth it. It's a pity, apparently the show will get canceled and there won't be a fifth season.
 
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i’m thinking about watching Fleabag, have heard that was a well made show that was widely liked by millennial and gen x women. has anyone here seen it?
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I watched the entire series a year ago with a friend. She absolutely hated it, I loved it. If you're into black comedies definitely give it a try. I'm super partial to them so of course I enjoyed it a ton. It's not super long either, like 12 episodes, so you'll be able to knock them out pretty quickly if you're inclined to.
 
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I still think Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the greatest chick shows ever. Not to say guys didn't watch it while it was airing, but I firmly believe it leaned closer to being a chick show than not.
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I have no numbers on viewership by sex but it was definitely considered a feminist show -- asskicker female lead, open lesbo relationships, etc. It was a real part of Joss Whedon's champion-of-the-ladies credentials before his years of marital infidelity put that image in the shitcan.

A couple years ago I decided to get a copy of Buffy and introduce it to someone who had never seen it before; we couldn't make it through the first season. Setting aside that teen drama isn't compelling when you're 20 years older, it has a lot of the issues of 90s shows that predate the TV revolution: effects/stunts/fighting that embarass an action-heavy show, kids using dated phat-cool dialogue, full screen format, stock archetypes that are long worn-out. It was best left to my ninth-grade nostalgia memory.

Modern offering: Yellowjackets is a pretty solid hit with a largely-female cast. It uses the "multiple time periods" device that has become very popular in the last few years of TV (think True Detective, Westworld, The Witcher, etc). Very much focused on the human drama side of things, I actually would have preferred a bit more realism on the survivalist side, where the show instead tends to play fast and loose.
 
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I have no numbers on viewership by sex but it was definitely considered a feminist show -- asskicker female lead, open lesbo relationships, etc. It was a real part of Joss Whedon's champion-of-the-ladies credentials before his years of marital infidelity put that image in the shitcan.

A couple years ago I decided to get a copy of Buffy and introduce it to someone who had never seen it before; we couldn't make it through the first season. Setting aside that teen drama isn't compelling when you're 20 years older, it has a lot of the issues of 90s shows that predate the TV revolution: effects/stunts/fighting that embarass an action-heavy show, kids using dated phat-cool dialogue, full screen format, stock archetypes that are long worn-out. It was best left to my ninth-grade nostalgia memory.

Modern offering: Yellowjackets is a pretty solid hit with a largely-female cast. It uses the "multiple time periods" device that has become very popular in the last few years of TV (think True Detective, Westworld, The Witcher, etc). Very much focused on the human drama side of things, I actually would have preferred a bit more realism on the survivalist side, where the show instead tends to play fast and loose.
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Sorry to kind of necro. But, TBF, a lot of people have issues with Buffy being reformatted for HD. It was never meant to be widescreen. It led to some embarrassing issues with lighting and even crew members being seen in the background. I remember watching an episode of Angel a few years back, and I could see stunt doubles and pulleys in the trees. It really takes you out of the element.

On a different note, I’m hoping to learn enough Spanish to watch telenovelas without subtitles lol. I still watch the American soap General Hospital. Not many “woman centric” shows I will watch these days.
 
I remember occasionally watching this (girly) show when I was young. I don't remember much about it, all I can remember is that the main character was some teen(?) spy who was placed as an exchange student in Illinois to stop some evil doctor.
 
So I've been forced to watch Call the Midwife. And it starts pretty slow but gets interesting later on. I want to say it's pretty good but it really depends on what storyline you're in. Got shook a main character dies.

The basic story structure for each episode is pretty good tho. It's always a patient goes through a problem that one of the characters can relate to and they reflect on it.

And I loved the Africa episodes.

The bad tho, it's BBC so it's littered with propaganda. Yes there is gay agenda, yes there is racism, even dwarf prejudice. But atleast it's not super in your face. Except for the lesbian scenes... I could care less for.

Idk about any of you but I cringed during the birth control episodes. Oh and I hated that they didn't mention what religion they were. I'm like oh cool nuns... I hope they don't mess them up like most media does. They're all weak ass Anglicans. Yes. There's gross ass priest romance.
 
I remember this bad chick show called, The New Adventures of Old Christine that had the woman who played Elaine from Seinfeld. I remember finding the title character really pathetic and not in a charming way.
 
I stumbled into this thread by accident when trying to click on a different link, but while I am here, I will admit that I like many of these "period" (not THAT kind of period! :biggrin:) dramas like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Gone With the Wind, Downtown Abbey, etc. These are generally aimed towards women and play on many of their fantasies of romance and so on, but I find these sorts of movies very interesting.

While I could care less about the romantic subplot, I enjoy these sorts of movies a lot because I like seeing how people lived back then. The ironic thing is that many people during these time periods made no bones about the fact that courtship and marriage was based on anything but romance and basically a transactional means of ensuring fiscal stability and ensuring the continuation family lines.
 
Does shoujo anime count? Magical girl anime were the first shows I liked in the world, from like 3 y/o onward, and the fact that gross men (and troons) have sexualized them to shit is killing me
 
Does Totally Spies count? I unironically liked that show and I still wonder if that makes me a sissy.
 
Well I don't know about u kiwis but I just watched borat.



honestly though I like the movie Daisies by female czech new wave director Vera chytilova. Just two girls having fun with crazy cinematography.

Uncle Phil powiedział(a):
think True Detective,
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Love true detective Season 1.
even though the main leads are men, a lot of the narrative circles back to women. Rust for example I would say is a character that is definitely hunted by female figures in his life, his missing mother, his ex wife, his daughter, Dora Lange, Maggie... and Marty is also haunted by his mistakes with Maggie, his daughters and his affairs. I read some book on the show that analyzed a few perspectives on viewing Maggie as a subversion of the femme fatale trope in noir films. I dunno about that but it was a fun read.

you mention yellowjackets; have you watched sharp objects? It's the same vibe. I'm not a huge fan of Gillian Flynn but I liked it, I think. Definitely not a chick flick, though.

I think there's a lot of good female centric stories and female protagonists in "older" anime movies like Perfect Blue, Ghost in the Shell, Akira (comic especially) and many Ghibli films (Kiki's delivery service, The cat returns, Only Yesterday, Spirited away...)


also Dinner in America is pretty much a chick flick. Better call Saul is also not a chick flick but I would argue that it features one of the best romances in tv in a long time.
 
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The six hour version of Pride and Prejudice is the only "chick flick" I ever really liked. The entire cast was just wonderful, especially Alison Steadman as Mrs. Bennet.
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Absolutely the best version ever - costumes and casting are perfection. Alison steadman is brilliant. Mr. Bennett’s fantastic, literally every role is cast perfectly.

I love a good costume drama (or I did, before the modern ruination of them.) everything merchant ivory, a room with a view, all the old BBc adaptations of the classics, dickens and Agatha christie ones. All fantastic.
 
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