Fox orders Zooey Deschanel's 'The New Girl,' Jaime Pressly's 'Teenage Daughter' to series

I think what is really imntroapt to understand is that the characters selected are not being portrayed as being because of their physical traits (although that plays in to it). The reason they are viewed as being unattractive, especially in the case of Liz Lemon or Rachel Berry, is that they are strong, ambitious women who know what they want from their career and don’t make allowances for what is considered conventional beauty to attract men (and when they do, these scenarios blow up in their faces because they don’t suit their characters). In movies and television for decades, any woman who has been portrayed as being smart, talented, ambitious, confident or slightly unusual is always the ugly girl , regardless of whether or not the person who is playing the role actually is. And it’s a bit ridiculous to say that someone is finally acknowledging this issue of unbelievable standards, because it has been a topic if hot discussion for a long time. The problem is that unfortunately, sex sells, and if people who were really considered to be unattractive played these roles, no one would be watching.Remember to watch shows television critically and remind yourself that these are actresses who have an entire arsenal of people to make them look amazing, and also that the reason these are considered ugly characters has little to do with the physical appearance, and more to do with the characterization.

Was that the ridiculously pretentious indie film in which she broke the heart of that other “actor” from Third Rock from the Sun?

It kind of seems like you guys are labeling those films as ‘similar’ with no real reason to do so. Just because something has a lot of buzz, a good soundtrack and some neat gimmicks doesn’t mean it’s crap. And I love seeing the word actor in quotations in reference to Levitt, who is apparently not a real performer? Have you seen any of his indie work? I would most certainly call him an ACTOR, no quotations needed. Shall we call you a “troll”, Joan?

I just caught an old episode of “Roseanne” with a VERY young JGL playing DJ’s friend. He was talented even then!

Thank you! She has a quirky, mild-mannered, almost whimsical air about her, and the whole block of wood thing I just don’t get. I happen to find most of her roles very satisfying, and hardly ever wooden (though I have run across a few films in which she was given so little to do, it would have been hard for ANYONE to inject life into the character). I don’t know if I’d call her sister wooden, but that’s only because I don’t watch Bones and have never been aware of any roles for her outside of it.

The only thing I’ve seen Emily in before and besides Bones was Stephen Kings TV movie Rose Red. And she was the first of the group to die. I love Zooey a lot, but I’ll have to see about this pilot. I did not like Zooey when she guested on Bones, I’m not sure she can pull of a weekly tv show but we shall see.