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...hunk (Lopez) and, um, the other hunk (Adams). And with segments like "The Other Rules"--which will answer such burning questions as why men never call--it embraces essential differences between the sexes, rather than trying to paper them over. Says producer Susan Winston: "I'm an ardent feminist who believes that men and women are really different...
Even that hoary male type, the sitcom dad, is changing. The feminist era took us from Father Knows Best to Father Knows Nothing--buffoons like Home Improvement's Tim Taylor and Homer Simpson, whose lunkheaded maleness is their weakness. Now we're seeing dads like Malcolm in the Middle's Hal (Bryan Cranston), a boob but a nurturing one who wears every emotion on his sleeve. On the slight but earnest Danny (Fridays, 8:30 p.m. E.T., starts Sept. 21), Daniel Stern plays a single dad who has just turned 40, is vaguely dissatisfied with life and shares his innermost...
...they led "unending debates that began months ago," says Beyer. First they chose the categories, including such traditional roles as athlete and teacher, but they also strived to explore some professions for which there are rarely any academic degrees or award programs, such as best advice columnist and best feminist. Then came the process of naming names. "In our staff meetings I had to actually limit the time we'd devote to America's Best because otherwise we wouldn't get any other business done," says Beyer. "It was too much fun talking and arguing about great people. Listening...
...dark secrets is to confirm provocatively what they already believe. (See also The Other Half's blowing the lid off why men don't look at maps.) But at best, these series show TV arriving at a more nuanced understanding of manhood. In the dreaded '70s "sensitive man" era, feminist guys tended to simply, implausibly, deny what made them different from women. The postfeminist backlash of the '90s gave us the chest-thumping likes of Comedy Central's The Man Show. Today's post-postfeminist TV man isn't perfect. But at least he's trying to strike a balance...
...Best feminist in America?!" said Eve Ensler, at her characteristic verbal 98 m.p.h. "Not only an oxymoron, but so patriarchal, even as a concept!" It is, isn't it? She explains, "Feminism to me is the inclusion and empowerment of everyone. Being the best feminist is like being the best vagina. What would that...