I ask this here because I think that female "characters" (quirky people with a mix of strengths and weaknesses) are less common on (American) TV.
For example, the characters I think I am most like are Det. Gorin on Law and Order: CI, Adrian Monk on Monk, and Grissom on CSI. (I'd mention a dearth of black "characters" too.) But I don't see many female characters like that.
2007-11-11 16:48:16 · 16 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I'm a neat freak like Monica from "Friends"...
I'm kinda dorky like Elliot on "Scrubs"...
I have a bad habit of pushing people like Elaine does on "Seinfield," (not in an aggressive way, but in same "get out!" sort of way that she does it) but only when I've had a couple of drinks...which is particularly unfortunate, since one of my girlfriends develops "newborn foal legs" when SHE'S had a couple of drinks...so, not the best combination. Good thing she's not an angry drunk!
And I LOOOOVVE Grissom. One of my all-time favorites.
2007-11-11 18:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by wendy g 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. And I think you're right about the female issue...I can't even think of any. The BBC has some great quirky female characters. I also like that everyone looks natural and not airbrushed in British television. But the one character I most identify with on American TV would be Abby from ER. She is a woman who comes from an "interesting" family (lots of mental illness in the background) who was a nurse for a number of years--but was very close to being a doctor. She kept stopping herself from achieving because she "couldn't follow through." Eventually, she overcomes her past and her alcoholism and becomes a doctor. She gets married, has a kid, and is happy. Until she decides to screw her life up, and start drinking again. I relate to her because she's not perfect; she is a flawed human being with noble goals, but with self-doubt that cause her to stop herself from achieving what she wants. Her character is pretty rare on TV in that she is shown as a person with weaknesses and imperfections. I relate to her on many levels (nothing to do with alcoholism and mental illness though).
2007-11-11 18:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by teeleecee 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Get the f*ck out of here! Monk and Grissom were among my favourite male characters, both very intelligent men with their own kryptonite. To me, Monk is funnier and Grissom's mind sexier, but both are very intuitive.
I don't watch tv series all that much anymore, but have been told by friends that I am similar to the character Lila in the show Dexter, in appearance and some areas of her personality. Haven't seen it, so I have no idea how I am related to her or not (from my perspective), but this has been told to me several times.
2007-11-11 18:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Butch Cassidy. Butch was living in the past, still trying to rob trains and banks long after the west was no longer wild. Butch had great hairbrained plans that he would always sucker Sundance into. When things got too tame for Butch, he moved someplace more wild. And, him and Sundance go down shooting.
The only thing with Butch I don't really relate to is him stealing a good buddies girlfriend. I've never tried to scam a girl out from under a good friend.
I also relate to Yukon Cornelius. A burly bearded guy with snowshoes and an ice axe!
And to Lane in "Better Off Dead" only because he was a working class kid trying to ski with the rich kids on the ski team.
2007-11-12 16:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by Willie D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess I'm a strange one. I don't really watch TV at all, unless it's the History Channel or Discovery Channel...and occasionally the Sci-Fi Channel! So I suppose I don't know who I might identify with. I'm much more fascinated by non-fiction than fiction, although like I said I do watch Sci-Fi on occasion. I don't know why but I'm drawn to the old "Twighlight Zone" and "Outer Limits" and "Star Trek" shows every now and then.
Same with books...I love true crime novels (Anne Rule and others), and books on psychology, religion, and spirituality. But occasionally I'll read a Stephen King or Anne Rice book!
2007-11-11 20:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the characters I used to identify with had to do with my struggle being a single professional woman trying to find a match. For example, Charlotte and Carrie from Sex and the City and Bridget Jones.
Now this is a bit harder...My cousin tells me that I remind her of Robin from General Hospital...haven't watched that soap in years. I can't really say there are any I really identify with...
If you ask which characters we admire, I can give tons!
2007-11-11 17:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by brwneyes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of a character I indenified with since I was a child. I guess I was about 9 or 10---I identified with April O'Neil from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
2007-11-12 03:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Florence in The Magic Roundabout- very big over here in the 70's.
Lucille Ball in I love Lucy.
Sue Ellen in Dallas.
Princess Leia in The Star Wars Trilogy.
Christine Cagney in Cagney and Lacey.
2007-11-11 17:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Seven of Nine played by Jeri Ryan on Star Trek Voyager.
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Sam Carter played by Amanda Tapping on Star Gate.
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2007-11-11 20:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kate and Abby from NCIS. Mianly Abby cause she has this tendancy to talk openly about things that make most people uncomfortable.
Grissom, huh? good choice. He's probably one of my favorites : ) William Peterson is so sexy as a science geek!
2007-11-11 18:09:37 · answer #10 · answered by bluestareyed 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋