I am not such a huge Zooey Deschanel fan—I haven’t seen that
many shows or movies with her and I don’t personally like what I have seen.
After watching the SNL skit, “Bein’ Quirky with Zooey Deschanel,” however, I
did grow a little fonder of her. I also watched the preview for her most recent
show, “New Girl,” which I didn’t think looked half bad. It looks a little
extreme, where every scene is exaggerated and pushed to the limit, which is a
little too much in my opinion, but it still gives off a very entertaining,
enjoyable vibe.
My problem with “New Girl” is how Zooey Deschanel is
portrayed as an overly emotional female who needs to undergo some sort of
makeover in order to get over her cheating ex-boyfriend and restart her life,
succeeding in winning over boys. In the preview I watched, her three male
roommates are constantly making fun of her for her quirky mannerisms. What’s so
wrong with being quirky? Not every man out there wants to be with a quiet, reserved
woman like society dictates to us. Believe it or not there are quirky men out
there as well who might like Zooey the way she is, without being transformed by
her male roommates.
I don’t know what happens in the show or how it ends but if
she conforms to her roommates’ instructions and “normalizes” her personality,
then I think the show has failed. Zooey Deschanel is an extremely outgoing, eccentric
individual and would promote female power if the show allowed her to remain as
such. Maybe the directors (who are probably males) are simply intimidated by her
confident persona and gloat at the power they have over portraying her as an insecure makeover doll.
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