Brothers and Sisters
We mentioned the ABC soap opera/drama “Brothers and Sisters” before, back when Sally Field ranted about the war at the Emmys. I just finished reading an article about (creator?) Jon Robin Baitz leaving the show, where he says something similar to the comment about the episodes going from “Patriarchy” to “Matriarchy.”
“At the first meeting I had with the lovely Francie Calfo (head of drama), who has left the network after making sure we made it on the air, I said: ‘I want to write a show that proposes that the dead American patriarchy is being replaced by a vibrant matriarchy.’”
Obviously I had to share. It’s fascinating to me that, a couple years ago, some TV writer had an idea for a television show that would reflect what he saw as the rise of the matriarchy. There’s that collective unconscious again. As I write this, Hillary is winning the New Hampshire primary (though Obama already won Iowa). It’ll be interesting to see in the coming months how vibrant the American matriarchy really is, although even if Hillary doesn’t win, the mere viability of her candidacy is a strong indicator.
–Brandon
January 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Bless you Brandon for this post. That’s fascinating about the tv writer. Fascinating. As for Hill, i actually prefer Obama, but i’m pretty sure that the cultural unconscious will rule the day and that hill wil win
Dr.B