Studio 60 Fact Check

[corinna_5]

So, rather than post my own review of the show so far, I've been surfing other people's, and I keep seeing the complaint that Amanda Peet is too young to be playing the head of a network

Comments

[elynross]

Thank you. I don't know why there's so much hate for Peet, but the bit about her being "too young" for the job really bugs me, as I don't think it would even have come up if a male actor had been cast in the role.

[corinna_5]

Of course, a male Jordan would have made the show even slashier! :)

[elynross]

Heh. Don't think I hadn't thought that! *g* But then we'd have had the complaints about the lack of females, I suspect....

[tzikeh]

Fair enough - but my remaining complaints about the show still stand. ;)

oh, and also -

[tzikeh]

Jordan isn't the head of the entertainment division. She's the head of the network. Big difference.

Re: oh, and also -

[corinna_5]

Eh. I'll worry about that when they show Jamie dealing with an issue in the news division. In the meantime, it seems like just a way for him to have no level of management between Jamie and Steven Weber's character.

I mean, it's not like the real Sam and Josh and Toby would have had the broad range of responsibilities within the White House as they did on the show, either.

[par_avion]

Jordan was even named Jamie in the draft of the pilot:

http://www.geocities.com/seekergurl/studio60.html

[corinna_5]

Oh, thanks for the confirmation. The show is way too "look, this is based on my life!" for my tastes even with the new names!

[ficbyzee]

*Thank* you. :D

[corinna_5]

My pleasure!

[meret]

My problem with AP as Jordan isn't her age, but that she doesn't appear smart enough to be believable in that role to me. She comes across as too cheerleader/bimboesque to me. I also don't think her acting is as good as the rest of the cast.

[corinna_5]

Really? I think she's subtly badass, in the way that women working in male-dominated environments so often have to be.