The L Word

Index

139 Index Note: Bold locators reference photographs in the text. Abbott, Michelle, 11–12 Aberle, Stephen, 96 advertising, 90, 108, 108–9 AfterEllen.com, 11, 120 Alice. See Piesecki, Alice (character) alienation techniques, 44, 59, 62–64 All about Eve (1950), 80 Alphaville (1965), 46–47 Amaechi, John, 74–75 Angelica (character), 9, 27, 92, 109, 109 Arden, Kate (character), 79–80 Arquette, Rosanna, 68 art, 2–3, 10, 46, 91, 102, 114; film, 22, 46, 77–85, 81, 114; painting, 61; photography, 61, 63, 108, 114, 115; poetry, 28 audience responses: critiques of The L Word, 11, 62–63, 78, 82, 101, 116–17, 121–23, 128; emotions and empathy, 4, 88, 91–92, 101; engagement and enthusiasm, 63, 64, 83, 100, 101, 115–19, 121–24, 128; gaze issues, 17–18; network marketing, 124, 125–26; online communities, 1–2, 64, 118–19, 120–22, 124, 125–26 Babbit, Jamie, 114 “bad object” criticism, 64 Beals, Jennifer, 7–8, 63 Beirne, Rebecca, 94 Bender, Lawrence, 79 Bent (1997 film), 50–51 Berger, John, 16 Bernhard, Sandra, 73, 114 Bette. See Porter, Bette (character) Big Bird Cage, The (1972), 49 Big Doll House, The (1971), 52 Birch, Charlotte, 73, 74 bisexual characters, 8, 9–10, 103; bisexual identity, 5–6, 38; critiques of representation of, 5–6, 117 Black Mama, White Mama (1973), 49 “blaxploitation” films, 49, 52 140 Index Bloom, Veronica, 69–70 Bodies That Matter (Butler), 37 breast cancer, 9, 95, 109–10, 121 Breathless (Godard), 46 Brecht, Bertholt, 45 Brewer, Darryl (character), 74–75, 90 Brokeback Mountain (2005), 84 Buckley, Fae (character), 91 Burns, Kellie, 126 butch gender. See also masculinity, female: couple stereotypes, 36; critiques of The L Word, 5, 117, 126; identification, 39; The L Word treatments, 97, 114, 115, 117, 121 Butler, Judith, 37 Calamity Jane (1953), 57 camp, 48–52, 53, 55–57, 80, 112 Candace (character), 35, 50, 83 capitalism, critiques of, 33, 66, 71–72, 78, 88, 89, 90, 126 Carmen. See de la Pica Morales, Carmen (character) Carmen Jones (1954), 51 casting decisions: Lez Girls, 76–77, 82; The L Word itself, 12–13, 63–64 celebrity guests, 63, 79, 113–14 Chaiken, Ilene: creation of The L Word, 11–13; lesbian representation, 2, 12–13, 105; OurChart, 106, 125; parodies of, 123; politics and The L Word, 87; The Real L Word (television program), 127–28; response to audience criticism, 122–24, 125 Channing, Adele (character), 80, 84 chant d’amour, Un (1950), 50 characters. See also casting decisions; celebrity guests: audience attitudes toward, 11, 121–22, 123, 125; descriptions, 7–11; development, 11–12, 13, 62–63; fan fiction, 118–19; heteronormative attitudes of, 20, 22–26, 28, 83–84; parallels, Lez Girls, 78, 82–84 Charlie’s Angels (television program), 124 “Chart, the,” 9, 12, 93, 101–7, 103. See also OurChart childhood sexual assault, 24, 26, 27, 28, 95–96 Cholodenko, Lisa, 114 class: critiques of representation of, 5, 7, 117, 119–20, 126; The L Word universe, 26, 36, 40, 106 Clinton, Kate, 114 Clive (character), 67–68 closet, the, 8, 9, 37, 47, 72–77, 89–90, 93, 105–6. See also coming out; “outing” Coffy (1973), 52 Collins, Jason, 74 Colonel Davis (character), 77, 93 coming out, 30, 113. See also closet, the; Dana, 74, 90; Jenny, 8, 32– 33, 39–40; Phyllis, 10, 114–15 “complicitous critique” of mainstream media, 65–67, 72, 77, 78, 85 compulsory heterosexuality, 25, 28 Connor, Burr (character), 72–74, 90 Conrad (character), 20, 89–90 consciousness-raising, 97–98, 105 continuity issues, 11, 62–63, 64 “convergence culture,” 116 Corman, Roger, 49, 52 Creeber, Glen, 87 critical viewing. See also audience responses: critiques of continuity, 141 Index 11, 62–63, 64; encouraged by show, 2–3, 6, 13–14 Cruise, Tom, 73 Currie Holmes, Matthew, 67 Dana. See Fairbanks, Dana (character) Dandridge, Dorothy, 51 Daniels, Erin, 8 David (character), 92 Davies, Cristyn, 126 Davis, Ossie, 90 Day, Doris, 57 de la Pica Morales, Carmen (character), 8–9, 60–61, 121 Dietrich, Marlene, 56–57 directors, 13 discrimination: analysis of, 3–4, 88–89, 97, 98; relation to stereotyping, 45, 88 Drew, Malaya Rivera, 80 Dusty (character), 51–52 D Word, The (2005 parody), 119 Eckholdt, Steven, 9–10 employment discrimination, 97 Ensler, Eve, 98, 114 Eva. See Torres, Eva “Papi” (character) eye contact, 20, 31, 32–33 Fairbanks, Dana (character), 8, 9, 31...