Originally posted by: jinju
^^ GW is going to obviously blame T that she brainwashed TA and he got mayangified in her thailayana mandiram. 🤢 It will be nothing new. Kuzhanda pethu kittalum thappu pethukala naalum thappu. She just wants to find fault in every action of T. It was funny the way she described the baby as her kudumba vaarisu in yesterday's episode. I'm damn sure when its born she will karichu kottify that innocent baby too as dhardiram petha dhardhiram nu. Pathetic woman. 😡😡
You are exactly right! This GW will make mountains out of mole hills on an ordinary day...and now she has this pregnancy matter as a way to hurt Thuls. And of course our Thuls, being the great doormat she is...will whimper and cry and do nothing else...and eventually someone else will have to step in and defend her. Honestly, what is the director trying to show with Thuls? That it is okay to put up with an abusive MIL as long as one's husband is loving and caring? That because Thuls doesn't have a family to fall back on, it is okay for GW to treat her DIL in such a horrific manner?
As a female viewer, I find this deeply irritating and offensive. In a show that advertises itself as promoting woman's education, all the women I've seen are caricatures. In fact, all the females in this series are depicted as having some sort of fault or defect or emotional weakness...that needs to be (conveniently) solved by a man. While in some cases this plays out well (i.e. Deepa and her father scenes), most times it does not. Why is it that in this show, that when men make irrational decisions or have faults, it is merely touched upon...but if it is a woman, the same fault or irrational decision is blown out of proportion? Why is it okay for men to so casually send women in/out of their homes (a la Nit/Lav or T/TA) or give divorce notices, without any repercussions but women doing the same thing will be considered an act of blasphemy?
I also take fault in the manner in which friendship is portrayed as well...when it comes to the men of the show, they are shown having a tight bond. TA rarely relies on his friends for help, but often times is the person helping his friends. Contrast that with Thuls, who rarely helps her friends but relies on them often. A case in point would be: when Deepa found out Vel was going to marry Thuls, she tried everything she could to stop it; but when Thuls found out Deepa was going to marry P, Thuls did basically nothing...she stood by and allowed it to happen! In fact T doesn't value her friends half as much as TA trusted XXX (whom he thought was his friend). It's as though the director is saying that while women do value friendship, their dependence on their husband is all that is necessary for them to function...but men do not need to return this sentiment.
Honestly, when I'm watching this show sometimes, I think only Sudha is a relatively normal woman, with VMSS around GW. She doesn't forget nor forgive what GW has done. But even with Sudha...she is a product of a single-parent household...she grew up under the watchful eyes of only a father. Is the director trying to say that only men can raise proper (i.e. non-GW children)? Seriously, this is what I find extremely grating about this serial...every good woman has a man behind her, prompting her to be good. It's as though the director believes that either women are inherently horrible people or that good women need 'white knight' like husbands to support them every step of the way.
P.S. I haven't ranted like this in a while, but this week's Thendral is getting on my nerves...especially with the character assassination of K. Why would any self-respecting woman think that a hastily planned marriage is the best way to break off a pre-existing relationship? Does she not see the problems faced by her two closest friends? And even if MM had requested of her such a ridiculous demand, why can't she boldly say 'okay fine, but first you advise your son AND then come talk to me'. If K stopped giving a damn about what MM though for two seconds, she would know that if M's affections for her were true...no matter what anybody else says, both K&M will in fact be miserable without each other. And this loosu MM...turning ordinary people into murderers and crazies...he ruins his own life, ruins his children's lives, ruins his ex-wife's life...AND he shown to be a pitied soul for it...all this while GW-P, is shown to be worse than him!
I need a wall to bang my head against. Shabaa, I never thought the day would come when I would be defending GW-P.
Edited by autumnsconcerto - 12 years ago
