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...John Kerry is listening to and working for all the citizens of Massachusetts, fighting for their security,” said Kelley Benander, his press secretary...
Give David E. Kelley credit for one thing: he's the one male producer in Hollywood not willing to cede gender issues to women. Judging by girls club (Fox, Mondays, 9 p.m. E.T.), his button-pushing-women-lawyers follow-up to his button-pushing-woman-lawyer serial Ally McBeal (canceled last season), we will have to pry gender issues from his cold, dead fingers...
...Ally, the focus is on matters professional and romantic--here, about new attorneys Lynne (Gretchen Mol), Jeannie (Kathleen Robertson) and Sarah (Chyler Leigh). As on Ally, we see a high-priced law firm, eccentric cases and characters with nicknames like "the Worm." But don't think Kelley is only out to cannibalize Ally. He's also out to give feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon a heart attack. Why else open the pilot with Lynne rehearsing opening arguments in the middle of the night in her skimpy jammies? Or run opening credits while the friends jog, put on makeup...
Throw as many darts as Kelley does, and you will occasionally hit a target. The show is sharpest when it looks at the rift between young women and ERA-era feminists, represented by vicious, condescending lawyer Meredith (Lisa Banes), a.k.a. "the Praying Mantis." "What chance does feminism have in this sweat hole when the strong women become like [the men]?" Lynne asks, referring to her older, Type A colleague. Meredith is a harpy who spits her lines like Cruella De Vil, though she hints that she's more complicated. There's the kernel of an interesting story here, about young...
...Sonheim is Shakespeare as far as I’m concerned.” After mentioning his work with Sondheim as one of the great three collaborations of his life, Patinkin named the other two as those with his long-time accompanist, Paul Ford and with David E. Kelley, the creator of “Chicago Hope.” He became quiet and pensive at the mention of balancing work and family. A husband and father of two boys, Patinkin warned students that, “If you’re away from your family a lot, your family...