Friday Night Lights
Feb. 8th, 2007 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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First of all, Mrs. Taylor is an evil genius -- powderpuff football? That's got to be covered by that amendment about cruel and unusual punishment, right? I also loved how easily Coach Taylor can be distracted from his stern father act by the mention of football, and the knowledge that his daughter is playing quarterback. So instead we get bonding. Aw.
As an aside, I know (or hope!) they're not reading this, but thank you, Mom and Dad, for sending me to schools that took girls sports seriously. Not that I ever played any if I could possibly help it, but in my schools the girls like Lyla (and I went to school with a lot of girls like Lyla) were all athletes in their own right, worried about getting to the state championships in soccer or volleyball or whatever they played. Sometimes, the crushing nature of the different expectations for girls and boys in this setting really hurts. Obviously, not all the girls buy into it, but so many do.
I really loved the moment where Lyla asked Jason whether he thought she was spoiled and snobby -- you could just see him trying to come up with something to say that wasn't "well, actually, yes." I do think she'll be watching her dad a little more closely, though.
I did kind of want Tim's team to win, though, because he was working harder, while Matt was kind of dumb and not taking it all that seriously. But then, Tyra and Julie were so I guess that balanced out. Tyra is just so awesome that there are no words to describe it, although I hope that she isn't leading Julie into a life of crime and truancy.
I really liked the way the racial tension played out -- that it wasn't just that one guy was stupid and offensive and racist that set everything off, but rather the way the incident was handled and viewed by everyone else, so that attempts to fix it or solve it or whatever were too little, too late, and one unthinking accusation (you talk to your boys, because this is your problem and I'm telling you to fix it) is just one thing too much. I loved Smash here. Waverly was interesting, because she was pushing him to think like her; she planted the seed, but I don't think that in the end she motivated his decision.
The previews I saw were all focused on the Taylor family drama, but they aren't going to drop the race issue, right?
I'm sure that there were other awesome things about the episode, but that's what I've got today.
I may need to go looking for some icons for this show.
First of all, Mrs. Taylor is an evil genius -- powderpuff football? That's got to be covered by that amendment about cruel and unusual punishment, right? I also loved how easily Coach Taylor can be distracted from his stern father act by the mention of football, and the knowledge that his daughter is playing quarterback. So instead we get bonding. Aw.
As an aside, I know (or hope!) they're not reading this, but thank you, Mom and Dad, for sending me to schools that took girls sports seriously. Not that I ever played any if I could possibly help it, but in my schools the girls like Lyla (and I went to school with a lot of girls like Lyla) were all athletes in their own right, worried about getting to the state championships in soccer or volleyball or whatever they played. Sometimes, the crushing nature of the different expectations for girls and boys in this setting really hurts. Obviously, not all the girls buy into it, but so many do.
I really loved the moment where Lyla asked Jason whether he thought she was spoiled and snobby -- you could just see him trying to come up with something to say that wasn't "well, actually, yes." I do think she'll be watching her dad a little more closely, though.
I did kind of want Tim's team to win, though, because he was working harder, while Matt was kind of dumb and not taking it all that seriously. But then, Tyra and Julie were so I guess that balanced out. Tyra is just so awesome that there are no words to describe it, although I hope that she isn't leading Julie into a life of crime and truancy.
I really liked the way the racial tension played out -- that it wasn't just that one guy was stupid and offensive and racist that set everything off, but rather the way the incident was handled and viewed by everyone else, so that attempts to fix it or solve it or whatever were too little, too late, and one unthinking accusation (you talk to your boys, because this is your problem and I'm telling you to fix it) is just one thing too much. I loved Smash here. Waverly was interesting, because she was pushing him to think like her; she planted the seed, but I don't think that in the end she motivated his decision.
The previews I saw were all focused on the Taylor family drama, but they aren't going to drop the race issue, right?
I'm sure that there were other awesome things about the episode, but that's what I've got today.
I may need to go looking for some icons for this show.
