I give this episode 10 stars for status quo double standards!
While watching this episode I couldn't help but imagine the roles reversed, so that Doug has Carrie lines, and vice versa, and Denise has Spence's lines, and vice versa.
If a wife was scared of her husband and lied to him because of it, it just wouldn't be as hilarious as a man lying to his wife because he's scared of her; and if a boyfriend threatened harm to his girlfriend, it just wouldn't be as funny as a girlfriend threatening to harm her boyfriend and liking it.
Double standards are so hilarious when women have the upper hand -- that's empowerment! (Written in a sarcastic tone)
Along with imagining the roles reversed, it's also fun to imagine no laugh track in this episode which would only make it obvious what King of Queens really is: a show about unhealthy people in unhealthy relationships.
I suppose there's no fun in that though, so throw in a laugh track to let people know it's okay to laugh when women threaten and verbally abuse men, because that's empowerment! (More sarcasm)
Sarcasm aside, watching this episode for the first time in 2023 makes me realize how long women characters in movies and TV have been like Carrie; it is nothing new and it is only status quo since the 1990s, which makes it as outdated as a 1950s housewife in the 1980s; nice women characters don't seem to exist anymore and that's not progress, that's regression.
While watching this episode I couldn't help but imagine the roles reversed, so that Doug has Carrie lines, and vice versa, and Denise has Spence's lines, and vice versa.
If a wife was scared of her husband and lied to him because of it, it just wouldn't be as hilarious as a man lying to his wife because he's scared of her; and if a boyfriend threatened harm to his girlfriend, it just wouldn't be as funny as a girlfriend threatening to harm her boyfriend and liking it.
Double standards are so hilarious when women have the upper hand -- that's empowerment! (Written in a sarcastic tone)
Along with imagining the roles reversed, it's also fun to imagine no laugh track in this episode which would only make it obvious what King of Queens really is: a show about unhealthy people in unhealthy relationships.
I suppose there's no fun in that though, so throw in a laugh track to let people know it's okay to laugh when women threaten and verbally abuse men, because that's empowerment! (More sarcasm)
Sarcasm aside, watching this episode for the first time in 2023 makes me realize how long women characters in movies and TV have been like Carrie; it is nothing new and it is only status quo since the 1990s, which makes it as outdated as a 1950s housewife in the 1980s; nice women characters don't seem to exist anymore and that's not progress, that's regression.
