I deal in fantasy all the time. I evaluate porn for the Internet… but last night I witnessed that porn is being imitated by mainstream.
ABC rolled out their new line-up of shows last night. I enjoyed moments of the soon to be canceled Modern Family–although the layering of stereotypes seemed both predictable and uninspired…but after a summer watching Hung and Big Love reruns, I was game.
Then we got to see Courteney Cox’s newest show — Cougar Town.
The premise is very current. We do have double standards for men and women when they date younger people. But here’s my problem. Courtney Cox’s character is insecure about showing her body to her much younger lover–wants to keep the lights low. He puts the lights on and then we all look at Courtney Cox’s body. What’s the problem? Well of course there is none—she looks amazing. The writers have to find something to discuss. Her stomach is perfectly flat, she’s still a very well toned size zero…so where’s the beef? The man asks about her scar—but no close up. She make something up and then fesses up that it’s from her c-section. Really?
ABC now stands for “Another Bad Comedy.” No wait, they always have stood for that. No wonder YouTube is kicking our asses - porn and mainstream.
ANYWAY, we created Cougar State dot com years ago. And now ABC is ripping me off.
Here’s a personal truth. A few months ago I went to the Cox compound out in Malibu to watch an episode of HBO’s Hung. I was going because Thomas Jane, former lover and husband of Patricia Arquette invited me. The evening was quite the spectacle because Ashton Kutcher was also on the grounds that evening and I was waiting for him to pull out a camera and punk me.
The view from the dining room was gorgeous overlooking the ocean as the sun set before showtime. So weird to be sitting next to Courtney Cox and have her ask me to pass her the potato salad. Seriously. Not kidding.
When the show started everybody curled up on large pillows and finished their cocktails. Thomas and Jane Adams did their normal laugh-out-a-little-too-loud routine and it annoyed me.
But I didn’t get invited to the similar premiere of Cougar Town. If she only knew that I ran Cougar State. She probably wouldn’t even care.
ABC, I’m expecting my royalties!
