The Patriarchy is Very Withholding (Female Friendship on Screen)
This week we dive into female friendships on screen. But first we update you on what we watched, Avery has a random one for ya and Rosey is still apathetically watching How I Met Your Father. Then Rosey brings us through the history (spoiler alert: the patriarchy sucks) and then she and Avery share their friendship picks for a few categories: Odd Couple, Unexpected, BFFLs, Ride or Die, and Frenemies.
Next week we’ll be looking at shows that aged gracefully compared to those that jump the shark.
Some topics covered:
- Band of Brothers
- Saving Private Ryan
- The boiled bunny scene (from Fatal Attraction)
- The Take article “The Female Friendship Revolution Onscreen”
- Relational Aggression
- Tina Fey’s Bossypants
- Amy Poehler being a badass and bringing a “knife” to an improv scene (the scene Avery talks about)
Shows and movies with the female friendships we talk about:
- The Women
- Gone With the Wind
- I Love Lucy (Lucy and Ethel)
- 9 to 5
- The Color Purple
- Thelma and Louise
- Poison Ivy
- Single White Female
- Sex and the City
- Waiting to Exhale
- Queen Bees
- Mean Girls
- Legally Blonde
- One Tree Hill
- The OC
- Veronica Mars
- Bridesmaids
- Parks and Rec
- Dead to Me
- Sex Eduation
- Clueless
- Lady Bird
- Friends
- Jane the Virgin
- Bold Type
- Glow
- UnReal
- Yellowjackets
- Spaced
- Broad City
- A League of Their Own
Things we trailed:
Where to stream:
- Band of Brothers — HBO Max
- Saving Private Ryan — Amazon/AppleTV (paid)
- How I Met Your Father — Hulu
- Single Drunk Female — Hulu
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