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DVD
BEALS,JENNIFER
Publisher: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
No Description Available.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 23-OCT-2007
Media Type: DVD
If the third season was marked by transitions, The L Word's fourth concerns growing up--or trying to, at any rate. Shane (Katherine Moennig) becomes her brother Shay's guardian, Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman) stop fighting over their daughter Angelica, and Bette's new boss, Phyllis (a very game Cybill Shepherd), decides it's time to embrace her true nature. So, after 25 years of marriage (Bruce Davison plays her husband), Chancellor Kroll comes out of the closet--and sets her sights on Alice (Leisha Hailey). For all the inclusiveness, Max (Daniela Sea), still remains on the margins. Dumped by Jenny (Mia Kirshner) the year before, Max continues to share her apartment while acclimating to life as a man. For those who felt season three was too dark, four offers a welcome corrective. There's still plenty of angst--Jenny's memoir meets with a few negative notices (Heather Matarazzo's journalist pens the harshest critique) and Helena (Rachel Shelley) learns to live without Mommy's money--but there are plenty of moving moments to compensate (most revolving around Shane and Shay). New additions also arrive to shake things up, like Marlee Matlin as an artist who helps Bette to broaden her horizons, Kristanna Loken as a single mother with a yen for Shane, and Rose Rollins as an Iraq War veteran with whom Alice has a tryst (leading to a well intentioned, if heavy-handed message about how even liberals should support the troops). As in seasons past, the directorial line-up impresses as much as the acting talent, and includes Oscar winner Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line) and playwright Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project). Since creator Ilene Chaiken makes most special features, like deleted scenes, available online, this set offers few extras, other than biographies, a photo gallery, and episodes of The Tudors and Californication. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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| Can This Series GET More Liberal? |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I've spent the past 2 weeks watching seasons 1-4 (and I'm totally jonesing waiting for 5 to become available on DVD)and I almost feel I need to rewatch them all for perspective on the series so far. I have found each episode in each season to be immensely amusing, sometimes very touching, always interesting. I like that the plotlines address all facets and experiences of lesbian life.
My only complaint, really, is the out of control overt politicization so pervasive in the fourth season. I'm aware that most lesbians (in my experience) are rabidly and radically (and oppressively) Left. But for me, the rare Republican/Libertarian, the completely unrestrained Bush-bashing of season four somewhat took away from the overall quality of the series as a whole.
I wonder how these characters, or their real life counterparts, would fare in a country controlled by Wahabi fascists? If they think the Christian Right has an agenda (and it does) for dealing with "alternative lifestyles", that's nothing compared to the Islamic "final solution". Wake up, Lesbians of America. Remember 9/11?
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This item was everything I expected at a low price. I enjoyed watching this video as soon as it came in.
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| the l word season 4 |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I enjoy all the previous L word seasons but I think season 4 totally rocks.
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Awesome series! Love love love this season! I could watch it a million more times!
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| life changes... |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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i love this show, i think it has grown, and developed in ways one wouldn't expect. Definitely every woman can relate to this storyline regardless of sexual orientation. There were no problems with delivery or packaging, amazon has great history as i have ordered many times before through amazon and have never had any issues.
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