TMC
09-19-2014, 09:50 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/19/shonda_rhimes_an_angry_black_woman_wrong_new_york_times_she_is_so_much_more.html
"To understand Rhimes’ work (http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/how-shonda-rhimes-became-a-tv-legend.html) as a reclamation and redefinition of the phrase 'angry black woman (http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/09/19/the-new-york-times-called-shonda-rhimes-an-angry-black-woman-and-shes-not-pleased/)' is to take an extremely narrow, arguably undermining view (https://twitter.com/EllenPompeo/status/513017321909391360) of what she has accomplished,” says Willa Paskin. "It would be far more accurate to say that, in her work, Rhimes has embraced and subverted the stereotype of the career-first woman and the mistress than that of the 'angry black woman,' but even these reclamation projects are selling Rhimes’ achievements short. Rhimes has not just re-framed the stereotype of the “angry black woman,” she has blown open what black female characters are allowed to do on television, including, most importantly, fronting a TV show.”
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#4jqeCM0FYp6OByvv.99
"To understand Rhimes’ work (http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/how-shonda-rhimes-became-a-tv-legend.html) as a reclamation and redefinition of the phrase 'angry black woman (http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/09/19/the-new-york-times-called-shonda-rhimes-an-angry-black-woman-and-shes-not-pleased/)' is to take an extremely narrow, arguably undermining view (https://twitter.com/EllenPompeo/status/513017321909391360) of what she has accomplished,” says Willa Paskin. "It would be far more accurate to say that, in her work, Rhimes has embraced and subverted the stereotype of the career-first woman and the mistress than that of the 'angry black woman,' but even these reclamation projects are selling Rhimes’ achievements short. Rhimes has not just re-framed the stereotype of the “angry black woman,” she has blown open what black female characters are allowed to do on television, including, most importantly, fronting a TV show.”
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#4jqeCM0FYp6OByvv.99