tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post1408590610691479366..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: The Good Wife Starts Second Season on CBSPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-65540554272530229882010-10-09T22:26:31.314-04:002010-10-09T22:26:31.314-04:00When did I ever say Will was a saint? I don't...When did I ever say Will was a saint? I don't recall doing that. But it sure is exasperating to see people say, "Well yeah, Peter might have cheated a few times -- but I'm sure Will isn't perfect either!"<br /><br />Hello? Never mind your unsubstantiated suspicions and focus on what Peter himself has admitted, under oath in court. Is everyone really that blind to the evidence? (Please mention it, if you're ever called for jury duty.)<br /><br />And you seem to be implying that I was rude to "Mr. Levison". I was no such thing. I simply stated my case as I see it, in clear and unequivocal terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-51592145017514747492010-10-08T16:27:55.860-04:002010-10-08T16:27:55.860-04:00Woah Anonymous - Try to remember this is a televis...Woah Anonymous - Try to remember this is a television show.<br /><br />I think you are over simplifying the whole situation actually.<br /><br />Is Peter a cheater and selfish guy - Yup. But no one is forcing Alicia to stay with him - That was her choice.<br /><br />Is Will some perfect alternative - Highly doubtful. It's been made pretty clear that he is also a player, ambitious selfish type guy. Maybe not to the level that Peter is but still Will's not a saint.<br /><br />I agree with Mr. Levison's point - That Alicia loves both Will and Peter, and they both love her - in very different ways, but that's the deep motivation I see on the show.<br /><br />I also found him extremely polite and graceful in his replies to you - Something which you certainly didn't return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-72049466732666155252010-10-02T18:32:32.196-04:002010-10-02T18:32:32.196-04:00The "improvement" in Peter in the first ...The "improvement" in Peter in the first season was solely and directly because he was CAUGHT cheating on Alicia, and his political career was in ruins. Even then, though, he still thought he'd get out of prison and everything would be "back to normal". As if!<br /><br />What's "normal" for him is that he'll cheat whenever he wants to. Amber Madison was not just a brief moment of weakness. He had sex with her eighteen different times, and it's been implied there were others too. A leopard doesn't change its spots.<br /><br />And he turned down the waitress mostly (I suspect) because she did it when his wife and kids were right there at the table. (She took the rejection very graciously, I thought.) He's very sanctimoniously protective of his family -- unless they're not around, and then he'll willingly betray them. He's done it MANY times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-56327137342844682622010-10-02T02:18:20.492-04:002010-10-02T02:18:20.492-04:00So you see no improvement in Peter in the first se...So you see no improvement in Peter in the first season? I recall near the end of the season a scene in which Peter said no to a woman who was coming on to him.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-14745118547884130732010-10-01T01:03:08.983-04:002010-10-01T01:03:08.983-04:00"they both love her - in very different ways&...<b><i>"they both love her - in very different ways"</i></b>,<br /><br />Understatement of the year. Let's look more closely at that, shall we? Will is an available and attractive bachelor, who loves Alicia to the point that he's been on a sexual sabbatical from other women for some time now, according to the tattooed lawyer who was hoping to get him into bed. Will is offering Alicia pure romantic love.<br /><br />PETER, on the other hand is a lying, cheating married man who only wants to have her beside him in his campaign appearances, because it looks better. But otherwise, he cares so little about her that he has willfully betrayed her, by his own admission, no fewer than EIGHTEEN TIMES with Amber Madison alone, with suggestions there have been other women too, possibly even Kalinda. Ditch him already.<br /><br />What Peter feels for Alicia looks to me more like "property rights" and self-interest than love. And if Alicia rejects nice-guy Will and settles for slimy Peter, then she's asking for all the heartache that lies ahead for her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-28126276655597340482010-09-30T12:06:45.621-04:002010-09-30T12:06:45.621-04:00You're entitled to your opinion, of course. B...You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But Alicia wasn't shy about saying no to Peter in the first season, and could've done the same in this situation.<br /><br />Alicia loves both Will and Peter, and they both love her - in very different ways, but that's the deep motivation I see on the show.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-25408189493279209372010-09-30T04:41:55.022-04:002010-09-30T04:41:55.022-04:00"This is a significant reversal of usual male..."<i><b>This is a significant reversal of usual male-female power-sex roles, but because Peter is doing this a little more for Alicia's pleasure than his(...).</b></i>"<br /><br />Don't kid yourself. It was for HIS pleasure only. Peter, selfish as always, was actually FORCING himself on Alicia, after she'd protested twice. He didn't care whether she wanted it or not. How is that different from rape? How does this show her POWER? He simply did whatever he wanted, like he always does, and she submitted. <br /><br />That repulsive scene made my skin crawl. Aside from the hypocrisy of suggesting CL so explicitly (when was the last time a U.S. TV show showed a BJ anywhere near as provocatively?) -- her sleazy whorehound husband might have infected her with one of the diseases he picked up from one of his many hookers. (The places that tongue has been....) <br /><br />Alicia should have kicked him out of the apartment she's paying for long ago. It's almost as if she feels she doesn't deserve a really nice guy like Will, so she stands by a scumbag like Peter while he betrays and humiliates her. Pathetic? Yes! Power? Hardly.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-26681302788388387972010-09-29T20:58:08.273-04:002010-09-29T20:58:08.273-04:00Ha -yes, I meant Will the character, not Josh the ...Ha -yes, I meant Will the character, not Josh the fine actor who plays Will.<br /><br />I'm correcting that in the blog post right now - thanks for pointing it out.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-20559439805496501872010-09-29T20:53:24.475-04:002010-09-29T20:53:24.475-04:00Josh?!?
You mean Will, right?Josh?!?<br />You mean Will, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com