Super interesting, thank you! I love Leslie and she is such a feminist role model but then when I try to explain it to people, it's SO HARD TO DO. And that's the genius of it! Leslie is, for all her crazy, a real woman who wants to try and succeed and make an a+ out of what is essentially a shit position and while in rl, that might be dependent on her male superiors or whatever, Leslie is determined to succeed. Basically, I love her like I loved early seasons Liz Lemon.
The problem is that when times are tough ratings-wise, which is arguably what has happened to 30 Rock, it becomes easy humor. THIS WOMAN IS A MESS. JACK DONAGHY CAN'T CHOOSE WHICH WOMAN HE WANTS. And it's lazy writing and ugh I hope it gets better next season.
That being said, Leslie Knope's (and the other women being A+) has a lot to do, I think, with Amy Poehler being executive producer and ... less to do with Greg Daniels and Michael Schur? They've written strong women before, sure, but their track record with The Office (and Jan and Pam's character this past season) does not particularly instill me with confidence.
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The problem is that when times are tough ratings-wise, which is arguably what has happened to 30 Rock, it becomes easy humor. THIS WOMAN IS A MESS. JACK DONAGHY CAN'T CHOOSE WHICH WOMAN HE WANTS. And it's lazy writing and ugh I hope it gets better next season.
That being said, Leslie Knope's (and the other women being A+) has a lot to do, I think, with Amy Poehler being executive producer and ... less to do with Greg Daniels and Michael Schur? They've written strong women before, sure, but their track record with The Office (and Jan and Pam's character this past season) does not particularly instill me with confidence.