Anonymous wrote:Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Bingo

Anonymous wrote:Is anybody in Hollywood capable of an original idea?

When I lived in LA in the early 2000's my roommate was an assistant to a well-established writer's agent and there was a bottomless pile of fantastic, interesting scripts in the apartment. I loved reading them. With a few notable exceptions, almost none that I read or even loved were made, and if they were they were changed/adapted to fit an established trend or proven territory.

It's not a lack of ideas, it's a desire by the money sources up-stream to protect their investment. XXX makes money so we'll make more XXX. Unfortunately, more of the same is rarely a good thing and too few people are interested in backing something not already proven.

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Anonymous wrote:Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Pretty much, I must have been the only girl who hated watching little house on the prairie back in the 70s. Pa was a jerk.

Weren't most dads jerks in those days? Pa wasn't a drunk, didn't cheat on Ma, didn't spend money recklessly, and tried. He may have been misguided, but he tried.

He’s much worse in the books. In the books you definitely get the impression he has massive adhd — he’s constantly uprooting them for some scheme he thinks will work but which never does. Rereading the books as an adult, I felt bad for ma (even thought she’s pretty racist). Interestingly, Laura basically almost never saw them as an adult and it doesn’t appear they even corresponded a lot. I know people will say that’s because of money and distance and etc but my very poor relatives in the 19th century and early 20th still were able to see family sometimes. Trains and mails back then were fairly affordable and much more functional than now.

Can you recommend a good one, PP? I would love to read a biography!

Anonymous wrote:He was just very selfish but as PP said that was most men those days. I am rereading the series to my daughter right now and all I can think is ugh poor Caroline, long suffering woman.

If you haven’t read a true biography, you have nooooo idea. Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane whitewashed Pa’s full legacy of failures

Anonymous wrote:Is anybody in Hollywood capable of an original idea?

Absolutely was just thinking this about other re-boots.

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Anonymous wrote:Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Pretty much, I must have been the only girl who hated watching little house on the prairie back in the 70s. Pa was a jerk.

Were you from a lesbian household? Give the standard for fathers in the 1970s, I can’t imagine anyone thinking Pa was a jerk by comparison. He always had that twinkle on his eyes and the cute nickname for his daughter! I loved my dad a lot but he came home from work and was basically like “is dinner ready? Turn off the goddam lights in that room. Do you know what the electricity costs?” Then spent all weekend trying to fix the dishwasher or replace the carburetor so our car would work. Everyone in the 70s was basically stressed out and in a bad mood. When we saw kids running down a flowery hill with pa laughing, and no one worried about the electrical bill or eating canned peas, that all looked pretty good.

He was just very selfish but as PP said that was most men those days. I am rereading the series to my daughter right now and all I can think is ugh poor Caroline, long suffering woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Pretty much, I must have been the only girl who hated watching little house on the prairie back in the 70s. Pa was a jerk.

Weren't most dads jerks in those days? Pa wasn't a drunk, didn't cheat on Ma, didn't spend money recklessly, and tried. He may have been misguided, but he tried.

Anonymous wrote:Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Pretty much, I must have been the only girl who hated watching little house on the prairie back in the 70s. Pa was a jerk.

Just watch re-runs

Just watched the trailer. Luke Bracey is no Michael Landon

yes, I know Michael Landon had a complicated personal life and lots of demons, I'm just talking about his sheer on-screen charisma.

Hollywood leaning into trad-wife culture for a buck or two?

Is anybody in Hollywood capable of an original idea?

https://people.com/little-house-on-the-prairie-reboot-introduces-brand-new-perspective-11995786

Man, six-year-old-me is SO excited for this! I loved watching the opening credits and seeing Carrie fall down running down the hill after her sisters. It'll be up July 9th on Netflix.