Beef: House
Dr. Cuddy
Don’t get me wrong, I love House. There are honestly few shows that I love more. If it was an option, I would carry a Hugh Laurie lunchbox to work with me. But I’m at a breaking point on one issue: the women on that show look ridiculous.
Why do they all look like 19-year-old models? And what kind of ER doctor goes to work with smokey eyes and perfectly hot-rolled hair? These ladies would have to be going to a salon every day before work. I have seen a number of doctors in my life, and NONE of them have looked anything like Cameron, Cuddy or Thirteen. For the first few seasons it was just Cameron and Cuddy, and they both wore ponytails from time to time, so I could ignore it. But now, between the styling & addition of Thirteen the show looks like it is set at a Victoria’s Secret catalog shoot, and it is distracting and irritating. The cast may as well be a bunch of guys and three rainbow ponies.
Dr. Hadley (aka, Thirteen) & Dr. Cameron
Who do they think their audience is? 18-year-old boys? I mean, this kind of casting and styling makes sense on a show like Melrose Place or Gossip Girls. If this was some kind of “Dr. Sexy, MD” then I wouldn’t notice or care. But this is a medical detective show, the focus is supposed to be on the mystery, right? I expect people on TV to be better looking than real life folks, but this is a few clicks past “better” and well into “extensively worked on by professional make-up and hair artists.” Did someone on the House hair and makeup team just start watching “Toddlers and Tiaras” and snap?
Am I really upset about this because I know it means my chances of getting a recurring role on House are about as good as my chances of growing cherry licorice in my nose? Perhaps. (Really, I’d much rather be a patient. I practice screeching in pain and ripping tubes out of my nose and arms whenever I ride in a public elevator….) To be honest, it really it bothers me because it feels like one more very blatant example of how Hollywood seems to allow men to look however they want, while women have to be almost freakishly beautiful to do virtually the same job. The guys on the show are of all different ages and races, but the women look like barbie dolls.
That said, I cannot wait for Season 6!
September 15th, 2009 at 12:29 am
i think it is interesting that you feel that your position on house will be determined by aesthetics and not talent. i would say that is your strength (but i’m not saying you’re bad looking by any means). but i feel you could provide a much more believable delivery. please do not think negatively! i’d like to see you on every major tv show for sure. 30 rock, sunny in philly, snl… omg, i would loved to see you on madtv. i love that show, but i can understand if you would think it was a terrible piece of trash!
September 15th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Thanks Vince, I loved MadTV, too – especially the last few seasons. Sadly, it was cancelled last year. But I still like your list! Thanks!
September 15th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Ugh. Sadly this is no surprise. What about this story that Casey Wilson was fired from SNL because she had to lose weight…whether that’s true or not, just the fact that the rumor is out there is bad enough. This wouldn’t ever be brought up as a potential reason if it were a man. Fight the power!
September 16th, 2009 at 12:42 am
if it were a man it would be determined by whether he’s a douche or not. men are often douches and don’t help themselves……..
e-liza, my favs were the first seasons. specifically for the acting pool they created. a lot of the early girls and some of the guys have roles in sitcoms now and get consistent, high profile work. and they are really weird looking. all of them. (hot imo!). interesting how that statement related to the other paragraph…
September 16th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Would you watch a show called BeefHouse?
September 16th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I can’t wait for you to appear on House as a patient who has cherry licorice growing out her nose.
Sample Dialogue: “It’s not lupus…”
September 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
>”Hollywood seems to allow men to look however they want, while women have to be almost freakishly beautiful to do virtually the same job.”
Oh really? Hollywood allows men to look however they want? Ever notice how house, tough being an old cripple and all, has bulging biceps? And how no male on the regular cast is really overweight, with flabs of fat (those “fat” but actually pretty strong guys don’t count).
Besides, 13 might be hot as hell and Cudy, well, she has that schoolmaster thing going, but I always tought Cameron was pretty ugly. And the girl who played that doctor who died in the bus accident? Awfull.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
While the show as a whole is guilty as hell, the role of House is actually a deliberate subversion of Hollywood typecasting. Hugh Laurie, recording a video in his bathroom to audition for the character Greg House, thought that he was going to be playing the “Dr. Watson” role based on the descriptions of the characters describing Wilson as boyish and good-looking and House as an ugly cripple. (And the dude who cast him thought Hugh was American.)
I think creatively the show should have ended a long time ago. The only episode that was better than the pilot was Three Stories. I also liked the bad guy from Heroes as a flaming homo, and Cameron on X. But the best thing about season six so far has been watching House build a racetrack to “jump the shark”.