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...variety of tunes. Incarnations of the baby have been seen doing gymnastic jumps, walking in a drunken stupor, smoking and urinating. One version even shows the baby dancing, then getting run over by a car. The baby made the leap from the Internet to television media in FOXs Ally McBeal this past January, taunting the title character at random moments. Viewers can also see the Dancing Baby in a Blockbuster advertisement. The baby has spawned t-shirts, hats and mousepads. From its immaculate conception about two years ago, "Dancing Baby" has become the newest, coolest media phenomenon of the nineties...
...same time, others find the baby "funny" and "bizarre." Choi comments, "I think it works on the show 'Ally McBeal.' I like the show, so its fine." Lee has his own reasons for reacting positively to the baby, claiming, "I wish I could dance like the baby, that baby has moves." "People have told me that it disturbs them. But it doesn't disturb me at all. They need to chill--its a dancing baby...
...analysis of the show in terms of gender, but was not as kind. He explains how the show has spawned numerous debates, including a discussion of "Whether Ally herself... is a betrayal of just about everything the Women's movement was once trying to achieve." Stark argues that "Ally McBeal's contempt for women is about as loathsome as TV gets." On the other hand, he praises the show, noting that it is a drama about a working woman's life, a rarity in prime-time history...
...saddest thing about these labels that people give "Ally McBeal" is that the turn off potential viewers. Let's be honest: if a new show is commonly referred to as a "chick show" how many men would be interested? The show would have much more appeal if audiences and critics alike simply called it what it is, a hilarious new drama. Wouldn't you be more interested in a show labeled as such...
...just all enjoy "All McBeal", and think of it as a funny new drama which happens to feature a young, attractive working woman? Let's not submit ourselves to the onslaught of genderization that continues to consume us. Ally is funny, and that's why we like her. And that's all there...