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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I disagree on Melrose. It was a soap opera, just like Grey's. And it's campy now, looking back, but back then it was just another soap.

I do agree that the male characters are somewhat 2-dimensional -- basically, ideas of what women either think men should be like or are like. But I really liked Burke's character. I like George and I like the Chief. Hell, Alex is an interesting character as well. The McDreamy and McSteamy stuff is garbage, as was Izze's bed-ridden love interest.

I also like Christina, who is not your typical character. Izze is fine.

But what I really like about the show is that the minority characters aren't so stereotypical. They're just like everyone else, but they aren't written by a white guy who is trying to make them like everyone else, you know what I mean? And they are in positions of authority, without being the typical let's-throw-a-black-woman-in-as-judge-who-says,-"I'll-allow-it,-but-you're-on-a-short-leash,-counselor" type character.

TM

The memory-loss, shaved-head, dual personality, murder, crazy people shit on Melrose seems distinguishable from Grey's. But maybe that only developed later.

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Why don't men get their faces waxed?

Facial hair is more likely to get ingrown, maybe? I actually have often wondered this, and that was the only explanation I could think up.

Or, they are big babies and can't handle the pain.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Facial hair is more likely to get ingrown, maybe? I actually have often wondered this, and that was the only explanation I could think up.

Or, they are big babies and can't handle the pain.

You also have to grow your hair out pretty long (1/4 inch?) before it can be waxed and I dont think most men would want to walk around that scruffy most of the time.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by barely_legal
You also have to grow your hair out pretty long (1/4 inch?) before it can be waxed and I dont think most men would want to walk around that scruffy most of the time.

surely handsome boy model can explain how a boyzillian would work but a face wax would not.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
surely handsome boy model can explain how a boyzillian would work but a face wax would not.

Yeah, what ever happened to him? He was same class as J. Phonenix and then disappeared off the radar.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And they are in positions of authority, without being the typical let's-throw-a-black-woman-in-as-judge-who-says,-"I'll-allow-it,-but-you're-on-a-short-leash,-counselor" type character.

TM

I love that character! She's so spunky and irreverent!

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I got a barber shave as a gift. Face and head. I thought it would be the best shave of my life. Turns out, no one can shave your face better than you. And although I didn't have a problem with cuts, the shave was nowhere near as close as one done with a Mach 3 or Gillette whatever. Very disappointing, although the warm shaving cream and hot towels were nice.

TM

When I lived in NYC, the barber shop across the street (9th bet 46/47) was pretty traditional. The SFC went there once for a haircut, and they shaved his neck with a straight razor. He said there was also a leatherman having his head and chin (straight-razor) shaved (leaving, of course, his enormous handlebar mustache). Maybe if you're in the neighborhood some time you could try it out. Then pick up a chocolate sourdough twist at Amy's Bread and think of me (and wave at the third-floor windows across the street, where my old roommate still lives).

tm

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by barely_legal
You also have to grow your hair out pretty long (1/4 inch?) before it can be waxed and I dont think most men would want to walk around that scruffy most of the time.

Huh? If it weren't for women, we'd walk around scruffy all the time. Hell, I might not even get out of my bathrobe.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by tmdiva
When I lived in NYC, the barber shop across the street (9th bet 46/47) was pretty traditional. The SFC went there once for a haircut, and they shaved his neck with a straight razor. He said there was also a leatherman having his head and chin (straight-razor) shaved (leaving, of course, his enormous handlebar mustache). Maybe if you're in the neighborhood some time you could try it out. Then pick up a chocolate sourdough twist at Amy's Bread and think of me (and wave at the third-floor windows across the street, where my old roommate still lives).

tm

Ya know, I'm looking at party pictures and Mike Lupica the sports writer is teeny-tiny he could audition for the barely_ex spot, and Beth Ostrosky, Howard Stern's fiancee is ginormously tall. wowza. And Amy fine collins is one ugwy lady.

AoN, this morning I saw a cockroach in Grand Central the size of a small mouse.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
...about whether the resident should dump the doctor (or whatever happens on this show)...

Nice try.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
The memory-loss, shaved-head, dual personality, murder, crazy people shit on Melrose seems distinguishable from Grey's. But maybe that only developed later.

You're talking about shark-jumping territory. Who knows what they'll do on Grey's when it's shark-jumping time?

TM

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And they are in positions of authority, without being the typical let's-throw-a-black-woman-in-as-judge-who-says,-"I'll-allow-it,-but-you're-on-a-short-leash,-counselor" type character.

TM

How far from this is Bailey's character? Other than being a full role, rather than an occasional judge.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
The memory-loss, shaved-head, dual personality, murder, crazy people shit on Melrose seems distinguishable from Grey's. But maybe that only developed later.

exactly. In a couple of seasons, bree will become a new doctor, and it will be revealed that she has a metal plate in her head and is, in fact, Dr. Kimberly Shaw.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You're talking about shark-jumping territory. Who knows what they'll do on Grey's when it's shark-jumping time?

TM

see previous post.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by barely_legal
You also have to grow your hair out pretty long (1/4 inch?) before it can be waxed and I dont think most men would want to walk around that scruffy most of the time.

I think most men's morning beard would be long enough to wax. But I could be wrong.

In related news, I just tried a new waxer. She used a different kind of wax, which I think I prefer. I am shiny smoooth.