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on the title to order - huge discounts and free shipping through Amazon.com! Designing Women: Season Two Well-designed comedy The second season of the late 1980s sitcom Designing Women, which is being released on DVD on August 11, is a treat because it offers well-written relevant comedy. This show about four women running an interior design firm in Atlanta was known for its massive amount of clever dialogue and passes the test of time despite a fair number of cultural references to the era. One of the best lines was a blueblood character referring to a bisexual ancestor who was a double agent during the Civil War as someone who swung both north and south. The show is known as well for addressing serious topics while largely avoiding the “very special episode” style of storytelling. Plots from the second season included planning the funeral of a 20-something male colleague who was dying of AIDS and socialite Suzanne Sugarbaker applying for membership at a segregated country clubs. Another “issues” episode was one of the best of the season. Office manager Charlene Frazier struggled with the decision of whether to leave her church after learning that the minister who she has respected for years voted to not allow women to become ministers. This show raised some interesting points regarding this issue without being unduly preachy; no pun intended. The show also had one of the classic series of episodes in which the women and their beaus take a weekend trip that becomes a disaster. This year, a ski trip in which being cooped up in a cabin led to arguing about what women really wanted from men despite what they said that they wanted. Hearing a stronger male perspective in this female-oriented series was a nice treat. I also appreciated how the series handled sexual humor in a clever and generally tasteful manner. A good example of this was one character referring to the promiscuous Suzanne being familiar with the bottom half of men and the feisty Mary Jo ridiculing the theory of penis envy without using any crude language and by making a gesture that was far more tasteful than Roseanne Barr grabbing her crotch after singing the national anthem at a baseball game. I invite fans of Women or anyone with anything to say about the show to e-mail me at tvdvdguy@gmail.com. Please do share your thoughts regarding this show as e-mail to tvdvdguy@gmail.com. TV on DVD Reviews: |
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More about Designing Women on DVD Designing Women: Season Two Product Details Suzanne (Delta Burke), Julia (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo (Annie Potts) and Charlene (Jean Smart) bring their sexy, strong, smart and sweet Southern style to the Sugarbaker interior design firm. Personalities collide, power struggles ensue, egos are bruised: it is all in a days work. Having joined the women midway through the first season, Anthony Bouvier (Meshach Taylor) continues on as a series regular and part of the Sugarbaker team as the ex-con with a heart of gold turned male sounding board. This second season also offers the delightful, and now regular, presence of the 'just a little off the beam' feisty widow Bernice Clifton (Alice Ghostley). Guest stars include Gerald McRaney (who would later go on to wed Delta Burke in real life), Scott Bakula and Billy Baldwin. Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women aired on CBS from 1986 to 1993, running seven seasons strong. A perfect marriage of smart and funny, the series achieved critical acclaim through its run and remains one of the most groundbreaking series to ever hit the airwaves.
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