DeniTV: Big Love - all loved up!
May 9th 2010 14:03
Category: TV-Drama
In my life I've met a few men who wouldn't mind the idea of having multiple wives. While they couldn't really defend their position of why or how they would find it more beneficial to that of having one wife, without sounding like a chauvinist pig - their last ditch effort of defense was the lame excuse: It's Biblical!
Well it appears that these numpties haven't really paid close attention to the stories in the Good Book. Most notably Jacob. In the Bible, Jacob had two wives and two concubines and at the end of the day, he spent most of his time with the "sheep" because having four women wasn't all it was cracked up to be, despite having, at his disposal, eight breasts and a lot of sex! King Solomon, the wisest man on earth and also the first known "playa" in history had this pithy proverb on women:
Better listen to him, fellas, he had well over 1000 wives! He ought to know!
HBO's drama series, "Big Love" touches on the subject of polygamy and it's another victory for quality television. It tells the story about a polygamist family in Utah. The clan is headed by Bill Hendrickson (Bill Paxton) and his marriages to his three wives, Barb Hendrickson (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki Grant (Chloe Sevigny), and Margene Heffman (Ginnifer Goodwin) and their seven children between them.
This show is a realistic approach to the subject, it doesn't make light or dumb down the situation and it's never preachy. Instead it's an honest portrayal of the lifestyle and all the joys and stresses that goes with making such a marriage work. It's not all fun and games either.
In the first episode when we meet Bill, he's trying to keep his business running while also trying hard to fulfill his obligations to his wives and be everything that they need while also avoiding any power struggles that would result in a conflict of such magnitude it would disrupt all three households. I remember watching many prime-time magazine shows which featured polygamists and the majority of the families claimed nothing short of peace and harmony - but this show dispels such questionable claims.
The Hendrickson household is not only threatened by the daily struggles to maintain a healthy and loving family, but there are also outside forces which threaten their peaceful existence. There's the threat of exposure as polygamists in their surrounding community, which can have serious consequences on Bill's business dealings and there is also the threat from one Roman Grant who is his major antagonist.
Bill Hendrickson was once a part of the Juniper Creek compound, a fictional community of Mormon fundamentalist. His grandfather, Orville Hendrickson was considered the "prophet" of his sect, who died under mysterious circumstances on a business trip with his secretary, Roman Grant, who seized power and the role of Prophet shortly after Orville's death. Roman sees Bill as a threat to his position of leader because Bill is too much like his grandfather Orville. He demands a share of the profits on his Home Plus stores. Also, to keep one step ahead of Bill's every move, Roman has inside information on the Hendrick's family because Bill's second wife, Nicki, is Roman's daughter.
There are so many twists and turns in the plot and there is so much more to the story that I couldn't possibly touch on everything but it all makes for very good entertainment. The acting is suburb but the stand-out performance of this show is Chloe Sevigny as Nicki Grant Hendrickson. She is perfect as the second wife. Nicki is a traditional Mormon in both attire and attitude. She's also conniving, manipulative and unsympathetic but then she also proves to be very compassionate, loving and loyal.
If you haven't checked this one out yet, please do so. Let's hope Hollywood keeps churning out more shows like these and take a bite out of the reality shows that's flooding the airwaves with nonsense.
Well it appears that these numpties haven't really paid close attention to the stories in the Good Book. Most notably Jacob. In the Bible, Jacob had two wives and two concubines and at the end of the day, he spent most of his time with the "sheep" because having four women wasn't all it was cracked up to be, despite having, at his disposal, eight breasts and a lot of sex! King Solomon, the wisest man on earth and also the first known "playa" in history had this pithy proverb on women:
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Better listen to him, fellas, he had well over 1000 wives! He ought to know!
This show is a realistic approach to the subject, it doesn't make light or dumb down the situation and it's never preachy. Instead it's an honest portrayal of the lifestyle and all the joys and stresses that goes with making such a marriage work. It's not all fun and games either.
In the first episode when we meet Bill, he's trying to keep his business running while also trying hard to fulfill his obligations to his wives and be everything that they need while also avoiding any power struggles that would result in a conflict of such magnitude it would disrupt all three households. I remember watching many prime-time magazine shows which featured polygamists and the majority of the families claimed nothing short of peace and harmony - but this show dispels such questionable claims.
The Hendrickson household is not only threatened by the daily struggles to maintain a healthy and loving family, but there are also outside forces which threaten their peaceful existence. There's the threat of exposure as polygamists in their surrounding community, which can have serious consequences on Bill's business dealings and there is also the threat from one Roman Grant who is his major antagonist.
Bill Hendrickson was once a part of the Juniper Creek compound, a fictional community of Mormon fundamentalist. His grandfather, Orville Hendrickson was considered the "prophet" of his sect, who died under mysterious circumstances on a business trip with his secretary, Roman Grant, who seized power and the role of Prophet shortly after Orville's death. Roman sees Bill as a threat to his position of leader because Bill is too much like his grandfather Orville. He demands a share of the profits on his Home Plus stores. Also, to keep one step ahead of Bill's every move, Roman has inside information on the Hendrick's family because Bill's second wife, Nicki, is Roman's daughter.
There are so many twists and turns in the plot and there is so much more to the story that I couldn't possibly touch on everything but it all makes for very good entertainment. The acting is suburb but the stand-out performance of this show is Chloe Sevigny as Nicki Grant Hendrickson. She is perfect as the second wife. Nicki is a traditional Mormon in both attire and attitude. She's also conniving, manipulative and unsympathetic but then she also proves to be very compassionate, loving and loyal.
If you haven't checked this one out yet, please do so. Let's hope Hollywood keeps churning out more shows like these and take a bite out of the reality shows that's flooding the airwaves with nonsense.
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