Doris –my hero?
April 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under Entertainment, TV
Doris and Olivia
My OTALIA obsessed significant other is all amuck about circulating rumors that Doris will step out from under her fedora and try to convince Olivia to stop the impending nuptials between Natalia and Frank. Apparently, the antagonistic pair of closeted politician and questioning hotel owner have bonded over Ladies Night, headwear fashion, and blackmail. That must have been SOME martini!
As part of our civil union agreement, I have compromisingly agreed to be copied on email correspondence between my prepossessed spouse and other members of the OTALIA brigade. (Read my post, Ode to an OTALIA Widow, and you can catch up.) Upon breaking the news of the “DOLIVIA” conversation, one of our mutual friends in need of a twelve step addiction program proclaimed that Doris is her hero. Doris? Really? Well, I will admit, all notable superheroes DO wear a disguise.
Now, in her fantasies, I would be willing to bet Doris has an unrestricted reality of saving the cheerleader and saving the world, however, I believe my Tar Heel gal pal had a different kind of hero in mind. Doris is the personification of all those verbal bricks of angst hurled by OTALIA fans at TV and computer screens all over the world. Doris brings to life Sister Ann’s closing door analogy and slams it on Liv’s foot. Damn it, wake up and smell the tuna noodle casserole! Stop the wedding, Olivia! It is your duty as a “friend” to run this intervention. Enlighten Natalia of the health hazards tied to a life diet comprised of too much Frank-furter.
Doris doesn’t possess enough courage to live a complete truth in her own life, but today she is donning the honesty cape and becoming a super woman for Olivia. Using her x-ray vision, Doris can see right through Olivia’s desire to do the “right thing” by bandaging over her bleeding, transplanted heart and sacrificing her own happiness to give Nat what she thinks will make her happy. Faster than our ability to forward through other parts of the show, and able to leap martyred BS in a single bound, Doris encourages Olivia to stop the wedding and tell Natalia how she feels. Natalia deserves the right to choose.
Thanks, Doris…now you can go for the cheerleader.
Wonderful.
Now all she needs is a big “S” on her chest … or should it be an “L”? Hmm.
Hilarious!
Go team Doris, huh? Way to slam the door!
Brilliant! Another great blog, thank you for sharing!
Doris is my hero… wearin’ a hat!
I’ve got my Doris-pom-poms out. I had hoped she would be at the wedding…little did I realise quite how she would be at the wedding…
Great piece! Holy Headgear, Batman! It’s Doris, wearin’ a hat!
Doris is a surprising hero but that makes her all the more wonderful. The hat is just extra. haha. Great blog!
Very funny! So true! Go Doris Save Otalia! You are my hero! The whole storyline just excites me! Kudos GL! LONG LIVE THE LIGHT!
*plays that part of the cheerleader in need of saving* Woo hoo Doris, I’m over here!!
THAT was funny! I enjoy your blog
Veddy funny. Keep it up.
Awesome. Doris to the rescue!
I love this analysis. Thanks for the exposure!
Absolutely hilarious. Love your blog!
Comic book writer Gail Simone said to Afterellen.com in a piece published today that:
“I always say if we insist on being dinosaurs, we deserve the tar pits.”
GL pulled their show out of the tar pits by giving it a strong soap story featuring characters that are anything but cliche dinosaurs. Doris is a giant part of that new focus on moving the storytelling forward. They took what some might call a one dimensional character and with one stroke of genius made her not only three dimensional but vastly important to the GL landscape. And they did it all with a hat and a little heart.
Look out Batwoman – here comes Doris – the latest Otalia Anvil of love!
you cracked me up! loved your analysis below:
Doris is the personification of all those verbal bricks of angst hurled by OTALIA fans at TV and computer screens all over the world. Doris brings to life Sister Ann’s closing door analogy and slams it on Liv’s foot.