Sexist Honeymooners?Regarding "This Sewer Sweeper Wore Blue'" (THE NEW AMERICAN, December 15), I believe that the honeymoon has clouded your recollection of the marriage. I agree that Mr. Art Carney was a uniquely talented actor. However, The Honeymooners was by no means a testament to good, clean entertainment. It was violent, evil and sexist sex·ism n. 1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women. 2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender. . The Honeymooners was a show that put women in their place, namely the kitchen. If a woman spoke out about the injustice of waiting on a man hand and foot, as Audrey Meadows Audrey Cotter Six, known professionally as Audrey Meadows (February 8 1922 – February 3 1996), born Audrey Cotter, was an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden often did, Jackie Gleason's response was always the same. He would threaten her with his clenched clench tr.v. clenched, clench·ing, clench·es 1. To close tightly: clench one's teeth; clenched my fists in anger. 2. fist and then yell at her. "To the moon, Alice," was his solution every time she stepped out of line. Each time she had a thought of her own, each time she expressed an opinion different from his, the result was always the same--"To the moon, Alice." In addition, his repeated threats validated the acts of violence in thousands of American homes For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. . Hey, it's okay because I saw it on TV, and it was funny. When I saw it on TV, it had a canned laugh track that made a joke of beating your wife. In my opinion, not only do you owe the women of America an apology for calling The Honeymooners good, clean entertainment, but you also owe the Carney family an apology for pointing to one of the low points in his career and attempting to use it to eulogize eu·lo·gize tr.v. eu·lo·gized, eu·lo·giz·ing, eu·lo·giz·es To praise highly in speech or writing, especially in a formal eulogy. eu an otherwise outstanding actor. ART SPORLEDER Blue Springs, Missouri Blue Springs is a city in Jackson County, Missouri and is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. The population was 53,885 as of 2006[1] Geography Blue Springs is located at (39.017794, -94. |
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