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TMC · 10-05-2018, 03:09 AM

I don't think that this was intentional, but do these episodes in hindsight carry a much darker context (especially those on the train who believe that the show actually was sexist)? For those who don't know, he was the boss genie who locked Jeannie in the bottle. But did anybody think that the Blue Djinn episodes could be interpreted as a metaphor for a pimp's relationship with his prostitute?

kentauros · 10-06-2018, 04:52 AM

Anyone can read anything into any show, whatever their agenda may or may not be. I don't think you're going to find too many fans of Jeannie ascribing to that interpretation, though.

I didn't look at your links because I know the show fairly well. The Blue Djinn is said to be "the most powerful one of us all" (as quoted by Jeannie) and not the leader. That would be Hadji, "the Master of all the Djinn/Genies" (also as quoted by Jeannie.) He makes and enforces the rules, and sacred laws ("what is written.") He's the one who shows up when Jeannie skirts those same rules and laws in her attempts to get married to Tony.

If the Blue Djinn was the "boss" then he'd have been the one showing up all those times. He was only in the one episode at the beginning of the second season, never seen again in the whole series, or even mentioned again after that point.

tcr1701 · 10-07-2018, 08:20 PM

The story was that the Blue Djinn wanted Jeannie to marry him...which is weird. Maybe Sidney Sheldon was making it more "family friendly" and the advances were not for marriage but something less wholesome. Jeannie was human at the time so why not just put a spell on her so she could not refuse him?

For some reason her refusal ticked him off so much he made her a genie as a punishment. But what an odd punishment. That made her powerful too even though subservient to whomever possessed he bottle.

10-05-2018, 03:09 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,334	The dynamic between Jeannie and Blue Djinn I don't think that this was intentional, but do these episodes in hindsight carry a much darker context (especially those on the train who believe that the show actually was sexist)? For those who don't know, he was the boss genie who locked Jeannie in the bottle. But did anybody think that the Blue Djinn episodes could be interpreted as a metaphor for a pimp's relationship with his prostitute?
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10-06-2018, 04:52 AM	#2
kentauros Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 20, 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 78	Anyone can read anything into any show, whatever their agenda may or may not be. I don't think you're going to find too many fans of Jeannie ascribing to that interpretation, though. I didn't look at your links because I know the show fairly well. The Blue Djinn is said to be "the most powerful one of us all" (as quoted by Jeannie) and not the leader. That would be Hadji, "the Master of all the Djinn/Genies" (also as quoted by Jeannie.) He makes and enforces the rules, and sacred laws ("what is written.") He's the one who shows up when Jeannie skirts those same rules and laws in her attempts to get married to Tony. If the Blue Djinn was the "boss" then he'd have been the one showing up all those times. He was only in the one episode at the beginning of the second season, never seen again in the whole series, or even mentioned again after that point.
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10-07-2018, 08:20 PM	#3
tcr1701 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2012 Posts: 461	The story was that the Blue Djinn wanted Jeannie to marry him...which is weird. Maybe Sidney Sheldon was making it more "family friendly" and the advances were not for marriage but something less wholesome. Jeannie was human at the time so why not just put a spell on her so she could not refuse him? For some reason her refusal ticked him off so much he made her a genie as a punishment. But what an odd punishment. That made her powerful too even though subservient to whomever possessed he bottle.