Golden Girls was a fun show sometimes, and it had its great moments. Unfortunately, the basic formula was that four elderly women lived together, and two of them spent a part of every episode degrading and humiliating the other two.
Because the characters were all elderly, the writers got away with a lot of nasty humor aimed at the elderly. After all, if two old ladies attack their elderly friends, it was alright? Sharp-tongued Beatrice Arthur (formerly the nasty character in Maude) played one of the harpies. Her mother was played by Estelle Getty, who was an even more vicious and mean-spirited character.
The two room-mates were played by Betty White, whose character was a naive and well-meaning angel. The other room-mate was played by Rue McClanahan, who was always looking for love, and not much of an angel, but she was a good person at heart.
Every show, Arthur and Getty would lampoon and attack White and McClanahan, and at some point the story of the week would take place. Usually it would highlight the flaws of one of the Golden Girls, and they would dump on each other some more. It was a very mean-spirited show in a lot of ways. It focused on how all of them were losers, but they still loved each other.
Because the characters were all elderly, the writers got away with a lot of nasty humor aimed at the elderly. After all, if two old ladies attack their elderly friends, it was alright? Sharp-tongued Beatrice Arthur (formerly the nasty character in Maude) played one of the harpies. Her mother was played by Estelle Getty, who was an even more vicious and mean-spirited character.
The two room-mates were played by Betty White, whose character was a naive and well-meaning angel. The other room-mate was played by Rue McClanahan, who was always looking for love, and not much of an angel, but she was a good person at heart.
Every show, Arthur and Getty would lampoon and attack White and McClanahan, and at some point the story of the week would take place. Usually it would highlight the flaws of one of the Golden Girls, and they would dump on each other some more. It was a very mean-spirited show in a lot of ways. It focused on how all of them were losers, but they still loved each other.