It's incredibly hard to find photos of Alexandra Hedison without Ellen Degeneres accompanying her. Geezus.
Alexandra had a pretty uneventful first appearance on this week's The L Word. Helena and Tina met Dylan Moreland (played by Alexandra) at an opening for a documentary Helena was interested in funding. Helena immediately started drooling. It'll be interesting to watch Dylan and Helena heat up; they're both very beautiful women.
Bette went to Washington to speak before a panel of Senators who planned to cut government funding for the arts. That fiery temper of hers flared up when one Senator burned a piece of art -- calling it un-patriotic. Senator Barbara ("please, call me Barbara," she says) makes the moves on Bette after watching her rip the neo-fascist Senator a new ass. Bette sneaks off to the bathroom to call Tina and report the fact that Senator Barbara wants to fuck her. Tina doesn't care (or so it seems). After getting the iceberg treatment from Tina, Bette emerges from the bathroom, declines the Senator's offer of hot sex, and leaves.
Shane and Carmen look like they're headed for trouble. I can't figure out what Carmen's problem is. She had Shane in a dress, wearing hair weave, and pretending she's a straight chick -- and that STILL doesn't make her feel special. It sounds to me like Carmen is looking for drama and trouble where there really isn't any. Except for Carmen's little closet-issue.
Alice has officially surpassed Jenny as the most annoying character on the show. She couldn't find a single thing to talk about on her radio show since she wasn't allowed to talk about Dana anymore. When she got on her rant about George Bush's penis, I knew she'd finally (and completely) lost her mind.
Sidenote: I find, Laura, Dana's girlfriend, incredibly boring. She has to be the most life-less character on the show -- besides the props, that is.
The gang didn't like Moira at all when she talked about being butch, but when she shows up at a party for Dana -- all decked out in a man's suit -- they all just love her. Ponder that one for a second. I guess you can look the part (kinda like Shane has always looked the part) as long as you don't discuss it. Anywho, we learn Moira has thought about gender reassignment since she was a kid. Umm, why does this storyline not surprise me? Why can't the writers just give us a stone butch lesbian who isn't thinking about cuttin' her shit off -- FOR ONCE, please! Why must they be so cliche?
Coming up next week on The L Word: Tina finds herself attracted to men. Well, postpartum depression had to rear its ugly head somewhere! I'm just a bit annoyed that a show about lesbians has to have a self-identified lesbian falling for a guy right after she has a baby. It's the lamest way to bring in that issue. Anyway, Bette explores Buddhism -- and just might be getting a J-O-B. Alice is still nuts and has a date with a lesbian vampire. Try not to laugh. Dana gets bad news about her health. Moira goes out as Max. Shane gets a visit from an ex.
Ya know, I'm a little bothered that The L Word has tackled the issue of gender-politics twice (three times, four times?) since the show started but has YET to bring in a Black lesbian OR deal with the issue of racism running rampant in the lesbian community. It's kinda sad that, as a community, we are somehow able to open dialogue about everything but race.
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