I don't watch much television but last night I was clicking channels and came upon a show that has one of my favorite actresses on it. On Memphis Beat, Alfre Woodard plays police Lt Tanya Rice, boss to the lead character. I actually watched a new tv show to the end.
On the episode last night, a Black undercover female cop complimented Rice on her bossom the first time she saw her. The men laughed. I noticed Rice's bossom when she made her first appearance last night because she had cleavage. It was cool the way the Lt handled it. She told the female cop to stand up and said "first, thank you" and then she told her that she was a superior officer, mentioned sexual harassment. That was one of the best scenes that I have seen in a long time on American television. The issue was that the comment was made at the work place and to a superior officer. Lt Rice handled the compliment like a mature woman and a superior. I'll probably watch a few more episodes and hope Lt Rice does more than walk into a scene, say a few words and leave. And I hope the undercover cop is a regular character.
I am an adult - I am a lezbian - and I would like to see adult characters that are not all heterosexual, and where adults don't act immature when it comes to sexuality. I've read a few comments about a new show that have two women starring together and maybe a subtext. How many years has Xena been off-air? Many years later and American television still does subtext with female relationships that maybe more then friendship? America maybe the new country but it still has old world ideas about romantic relationships. America has been "new" long enough and now needs to grow up and stop pretending life is a fairytale where only heterosexuals exist.
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