Recently we started watching TGG and gave it up in Season 2. Although the concept was great and I appreciated a sitcom about four mature women, the show became way too predictable. I enjoyed it more in the 1980s when it first aired.
Sophia was by far the funniest, with Dorothy a close second. Rose was cute and could be funny, but her dumb as a box of rocks St Olaf routine got very old.
The worst, or should I saw "wuuust" character was Blanche. Had Rue M or any of the writers EVER been to the south? Her southern accent was horrible. I've been a southerner my entire life and no one talks like that. There are great variations between the states and even regions of the states themselves, but her fake accent was very bad. Her character was ridiculous and some of her stories bordered on perversion (making cheerleader because she wore no underwear under her uniform; she was a minor!). Overly sexualized sitcom characters like Blanch or Dan Fielding on Night Court aren't funny, they're just stupid.
Lastly, the writers have probably never been to south Florida in their lives. The girls wore more layers than anyone would ever wear in Miami, and they even had an episode where the heat went out and they were freezing. Seriously? Get out of California once in awhile.
So very disappointed in the show, rewatching it wasn't up to my expectations.
Sophia was by far the funniest, with Dorothy a close second. Rose was cute and could be funny, but her dumb as a box of rocks St Olaf routine got very old.
The worst, or should I saw "wuuust" character was Blanche. Had Rue M or any of the writers EVER been to the south? Her southern accent was horrible. I've been a southerner my entire life and no one talks like that. There are great variations between the states and even regions of the states themselves, but her fake accent was very bad. Her character was ridiculous and some of her stories bordered on perversion (making cheerleader because she wore no underwear under her uniform; she was a minor!). Overly sexualized sitcom characters like Blanch or Dan Fielding on Night Court aren't funny, they're just stupid.
Lastly, the writers have probably never been to south Florida in their lives. The girls wore more layers than anyone would ever wear in Miami, and they even had an episode where the heat went out and they were freezing. Seriously? Get out of California once in awhile.
So very disappointed in the show, rewatching it wasn't up to my expectations.