Blair is hoping a boy, Harrison, from a well-to-do, family that has known her family since childhood, will ask her to go to the cotillion at an upper-class dance club. But instead, he asks Jo to go.
It's 1980. What happened to Jo was sexual assault, attempted rape. I'm not sure of the laws at the time, but it seems like this kind of assault wasn't taken seriously. I mean it was in this episode, in a way, but it was more brushed off as a thing that women have to deal with sometimes, and not serious enough to be reported. There's a kind of do-nothing attitude I think that goes with the times when it comes to women and sexual assault. I mean the words " sexual assault," or "attempted rape" wasn't even used here. We've come a long way since then. Yet even today....
Blair was her usual snobbish self, yet hilarious. But she stood up for Jo and stood up for women in general. I love Jo and Blair. They are best friends. They just can't admit that to themselves. They really care about each other.
Jo looked so pretty in her dress and kudos to Nancy Mckeon on her scene with Charlotte Rae, where she talked about her hopes for the dance. Tough Jo is really very vulnerable. Tough vulnerable characters are always great onscreen.
Another thing this episode covered was the disgusting idea that some people are not deserving of good things because of their economic class. Just because Jo came from a poor family, Harrison seemed to think she was nothing and he could attack her because she was a "nobody." He behaved like a rich, entitled, privileged jerk(attempted rapist).
The episode is really funny with lots of funny lines from everyone. The art and skill of the writers created a sort of magic that allowed them to cover a serious subject matter and couch it in a comedy in such a rich and telling manner. 8/10.
It's 1980. What happened to Jo was sexual assault, attempted rape. I'm not sure of the laws at the time, but it seems like this kind of assault wasn't taken seriously. I mean it was in this episode, in a way, but it was more brushed off as a thing that women have to deal with sometimes, and not serious enough to be reported. There's a kind of do-nothing attitude I think that goes with the times when it comes to women and sexual assault. I mean the words " sexual assault," or "attempted rape" wasn't even used here. We've come a long way since then. Yet even today....
Blair was her usual snobbish self, yet hilarious. But she stood up for Jo and stood up for women in general. I love Jo and Blair. They are best friends. They just can't admit that to themselves. They really care about each other.
Jo looked so pretty in her dress and kudos to Nancy Mckeon on her scene with Charlotte Rae, where she talked about her hopes for the dance. Tough Jo is really very vulnerable. Tough vulnerable characters are always great onscreen.
Another thing this episode covered was the disgusting idea that some people are not deserving of good things because of their economic class. Just because Jo came from a poor family, Harrison seemed to think she was nothing and he could attack her because she was a "nobody." He behaved like a rich, entitled, privileged jerk(attempted rapist).
The episode is really funny with lots of funny lines from everyone. The art and skill of the writers created a sort of magic that allowed them to cover a serious subject matter and couch it in a comedy in such a rich and telling manner. 8/10.