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DVD
PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Publisher: Showtime Ent.
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
Actors: Jennifer Beals, Erin Daniels, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner
Set in the chic world of Los Angeles, this humor-laced dramatic series explores the lives of a group of lesbians, their friends, family and neighbors, The series take a smart, sexy and fun look at hopes, dreams and lives of these people as they deal with things like career struggles, relationships issues and the pressures of tying to start at family. The show provides a fresh look at everyday life, told with passion, frankness and humor.
Four years after Showtime made gay men the focus of its original series Queer as Folk, it was time for a little turnabout with The L Word (bad title, great show). Centering around a tight-knit group of lesbians in Los Angeles, this drama was far removed from its working-class male counterpart in both style and content. While the men of QAF enjoyed a fabulous if melodramatic life on the middle-class streets of Pittsburgh, the women of The L Word lived it up in sunny California, with gorgeous houses, glamorous careers, and sexy wardrobes. Ironically, though, The L Word adhered more to the everyday drama of ensemble shows like thirtysomething than the soap opera antics of QAF, and the results were surprisingly heartfelt and effective, appropriately stylish but never over the top. There was plenty of room for titillation, but creator Ilene Chaiken fashioned from the start a show centered on characters and not just sex, aiming for the heart rather than... well, other places. The L Word focused primarily on committed couple Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman), a former power-career duo who've decided to have a baby; however, artificial insemination and the changing dynamics of their relationship throw their previously happy existence off-kilter. Within their orbit are spunky journalist Alice (Leisha Hailey), sultry hairdresser Shane (Katherine Moenning), closeted pro tennis player Dana (Erin Daniels), and espresso bar owner Marina (Karina Lombard) who, in the show's most polarizing storyline, bedded the seemingly straight Jenny (Mia Kirschner) and shook up her heterosexual world. Jenny's am-I-straight-or-not? kvetching frustrated both her fiancé (Eric Mabius) and many viewers, who were alternately irritated and intrigued by her inability to decide one way or the other. But Jenny's weakness was part of The L Word's strength: in exploring many sides of many issues, both domestic and political, it never came up with an easy answer for any of them, making the show all that more fascinating--and compulsively watchable. --Mark Englehart
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| something to please everyone? |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Would that all my friends had those bodies and I should include myself in that wish.There was plenty "eye candy".There could have been more substance.When Tina had the miscarriage there was little attention given to the affect it had on her and her relationship with Bette.The actor who played tennis pro Dana,in my opinion,was not athletic enough in appearence to be taken seriously in that role.
These and other things didn`t stop me from enjoying and wanting to see more.
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| Very Happy!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I am very happy with my purchase and look forward to buying the next 5 seasons!! Im an dying to know what happens in season two!!
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| Awesome Show!!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is just an AWESOME show!!! I'm glad I purchased this season and now I have season 2 as well!!! I can't wait till I get seasons 3-6. It has a wonderful cast and the writers, directers and everyone ivolved in the show is just amazing!! I wish it didn't end after season 6, cause so very well done! Thanks to all involed in this show, for bringing us The L-Word.
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| Always a good time!!!!!!!! |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Love the ladies, always a good time watching the L word, anyone that is a fan of the show will love watching it over again!!
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| Great |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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I never saw the first three seasons so this certainly filled in some of the gaps.
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