Desperately Seeking Susan's Development
Illawarra Mercury
Monday July 17, 2006
Desperate Housewives
Prime, 8.30pmWhen Desperate Housewives first went to air in Australia, each of the housewives had something about them that made them appealing to audiences.Women recognised something of themselves, their family or their friends in Susan, Bree, Gabrielle, Lynette and Edie. Now that the characters are familiar to the audiences, their novelty has worn off and Susan (pictured left), by my reckoning, has emerged as the most irritating woman living on Wisteria Lane. The other four have developed and their lives and personalities have gone in new directions.Yet, Susan has remained the same scattered creative spark who cannot learn from her lessons in life and love. She still carries on in the same manner despite the fact her daughter is fast growing up, her former lover is a known criminal and her lies have lost another potential love.Tonight Susan realises Edie was responsible for her house burning down. One can only imagine there will be more stammered conversations and expressive hand gestures from Susan as she struggles through this situation.Enough RopeABC, 9.35pmBritish comedian Ben Elton (pictured right) and Aussie rocker Chrissie Amphlett will take their turns tonight in the hotseat to face Andrew Denton's benign inquisition.In most of his interviews, Denton has an uncanny knack of bringing out the humanity behind the facade of celebrity. Denton's line of questioning follows the theme: life is tough, so how are you getting through it? Last year Amphlett released her autobiography Pleasure and Pain which detailed her wild ride with the DivinylsToday Amphlett finds peace in sobriety.Ben Elton has some interesting insights into pop culture and society. He wasn't surprised at the behaviour of the inmates of the latest Big Brother house and asks why we confuse fame with actual achievement.- KILMENY ADIE/EILEEN MULLIGAN
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