Breakthrough Shows vs. Hum-Drum

When I watched Ghar ki Laksmi... and other shows, I used to wonder why they were never doing something new...ONE thing new.

There was always an opportunity to shine the spotlight on viewers and their lives without alienating the conservative males and crazy religious groups.

For example, yet again, I see the same construct for relationships--familial, friends, workplace, etc.
The same old, super-conservative father upholding ridiculous societal norms and customs. The same self-denying mother, aka loyal Indian wife who has no opinions, thoughts, or beliefs for her family. You have the daughters, confused, innocent, sweet...who can't go out after dark. OMG!!! Who must be protected or else who wants damaged goods for a wife? She of course will be torn between love and duty, lover and family, her happiness vs. everyone else's. She will ALWAYS forfeit her own existence in every situation. The sons of the family know no such limit, or any limit for that matter.And, even in a position requiring sacrifice, they will never give up money, women, or whatever else they want.



Break-through characters do not need to be alienating. They need to be relatable. I wish that YMGGK will one day consider making their female characters breakthrough vs. romanticized standard fare.

Just by my reaction today, I saw again in the show how easy it is to hate women. Women who are scared, but look like teases. Women who sacrifice themselves, but hurt others in the process. Mothers who are the equivalents of fathers wearing skirts. Mothers who cannot tell anything about their own daughters or the condition of women in society. You have men who believe that educating women is not necessary (Thakur). So where is the one POSITIVE woman in this show?

Your choices:

Lata--wife who let her husband mistreat her for the longest time. Yes, let.
CP--would rather drown in water than express an opinion different from her husband's. Thinks the man is the lord of the house. She is just there to cook, clean, and reproduce, keep daughters in line, all of which can be outsourced these days.
Mami--greedy wench.
Shelly--conniving witch of a woman.
Kanika--empty-headed, mean-spirited daughter.
Dadi--feeble matriarch, can't keep even her son in line.

oh and ---

Abha--who tortures herself and her lover, is willing to trade in her own happiness for her hypertensive father and family, and whose brain is completely fried/brain-washed.

Wonderful examples of what women are, right?...in hum-drum shows.