27 May
2014
27 May
'14
12:05 a.m.
On 5/26/2014 11:03 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
I've no doubt that women were in the minority in the computer biz in the
1980s (as they remain today). I do take umbrage with Sellam's
supposition that there were no women at all with technical knowledge (or
if there were, they were all apparently ugly) -- this is demonstrably
untrue and it seems an odd point to bring up as a criticism of the show
(I mean, it has so many other flaws that he didn't even see, since he
admits to only watching 3 minutes of it...). Were there are lot of
women in the industry? No. Does the show have a woman in it? Yep. Is
this particularly unrealistic? Nah.
(Really, I'd like to give the show a chance; I feel like I'm
experiencing what every doctor or lawyer goes through when watching a
medical or legal drama on TV or in the theater...)
At any rate, just me spouting off my mouth when I ought best have said
nothing at all :).
- Josh
Yes, it's insane to think that someone could
be intelligent *and* female
*and* have fashion sense at the same time.
God forbid, especially in this industry.
I'm reasonably certain that Sellam was talking about how things *actually*
were back in the early 1980s, not how they should have been, or how they
might be now, or how we might want the early 1980s portrayed in 21st
century television programs.
As with most generalizations, perhaps Sellam's wasn't 100% accurate, but it
was damn close. Unfortunately.