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Plan for Healthy Life Style 4380 Fayetteville Rd. • Lumberton, NC 28358 Tele: 919-718-0414 • Fax: 919-718-0280 • Hours of Operation: 8am-5pm Monday-Friday Page 2 — Saturday, December 7, 2019 — The Robesonian Love is all around: Showtime reboots an old favorite with ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ By Breanna Henry open-mindedness and forward- about their daily lives in West would be pleased as punch if they to work, everyone seemed to be really understand the pain of TV Media thinking have turned those shows Hollywood trying to navigate did). The fictional characters of rich (even Shane, the drug-taking, those who watched it when it into mainstream cultural sensa- their many (often disastrous) re- “The L Word” were living the hypersexual hairdresser), and ev- aired. howtime has always been up tions. On Sunday, Dec. 8, Show- lationships. Showtime has never kinds of vastly differing lives and eryone was involved in some kind There is a whole lot to catch up Sfor taking a risk. A drug-deal- time is taking a new kind of been one to shy away from sexu- partaking in the different types of of affair all of the time, usually on: the series began with an affair, ing suburban mom and an awk- chance. For the first time ever, the ality in its programs, and “The L relationships that real-life queer with each other. Still, it was a far ended with a murder and was not wardly heroic serial killer were network is reviving one of its own Word” was no exception; what women were, with a whole lot of cry from the LGBTQ tropes run- lacking in dramatics anywhere in widely considered too objection- unexpected hits, as “The L Word: was different about the show was dramatic flare thrown in to keep ning rampant on network televi- between. The new series is sure to able for audiences in 2005, yet Generation Q” brings the 2004 that all of the main characters, viewers hooked. sion in the preceding years. be full of similar flare, but its char- “Weeds” and “Dexter” both sky- original series “The L Word” into and most other characters, were “The L Word: Generation Q” The important thing is that acters should be a little more rocketed to phenom status (along the modern era. Fans of the old part of the LGBTQ community. features the return of original se- “The L Word” broke ground for down to earth. Tune in to the se- with their casts and creators) show will be ecstatic to see the The women of “The L Word” ries stars Jennifer Beals (“Flash- the shows that came after it, in- ries premiere of “The L Word: when Showtime took a chance on return of original cast members, were a varied bunch — some dance,” 1983), indie-pop musi- cluding Netflix’s cross-culturally Generation Q” when it airs Sun- them. More recent series such as and new fans will appreciate the were open and proud, some were cian Leisha Hailey (“Dead Ant,” popular “Orange Is the New day, Dec. 8, on Showtime. “Shameless” and “Ray Donovan” rise of brand-new breakout stars. curious, questioning or closeted, 2017) and actor Katherine Moen- Black” (created by “Weeds” cre- have continued the trend. “The L Word” was an hour- and the series showed audiences nig (“Ray Donovan”) as Bette ator Jenji Kohan, yet another rea- Major networks have declined long drama featuring an ensem- that gay women were not all cut Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane son to thank Showtime) and CW’s to even glance at many of the se- ble cast of women. The series fol- from the same cloth, and that McCutcheon, respectively. A few newest Arrowverse series, “Bat- Adelio’sItalian and American Gourmet Cuisine ries Showtime has greenlit, and lowed a diverse group of they definitely didn’t all look like new actresses and actors also get woman.” Showtime is finally get- over the years, the network’s 20-somethings as they went Ellen DeGeneres (though many the chance to shine in this sequel, ting the chance to bring the dated 111 W 3rd St, Lumberton including Jacqueline Toboni stereotypes and the oft-problem- (910) 671-4747 (“Grimm”) as an executive assis- atic storylines of “The L Word” tant named Sarah; Arienne Mandi into the modern age with “Gener- (“In the Vault”) as Bette’s new ation Q”; selecting L.A. Outfest lover, Dani; and Leo Sheng award winner Marja-Lewis Ryan (“Adam,” 2019) as Micah, a pro- as showrunner gives the show a fessor. The return of Beals, promising start. Pieszecki and Moennig gives fans There were six seasons and high hopes for the revival; since multiple spinoffs of “The L Word,” “The L Word” was such a big part which was unabashedly serialized with almost no episodic gratuities. Hours: of these women’s careers, signing Monday • 11 AM - 10 PM on signals their belief in the script Luckily, new viewers can watch a Tuesday • 11 AM - 10 PM Showtime has put together. relatively short recap of the entire Wednesday • 11 AM - 10 PM While Shane, Bette and Alice series on YouTube, and you will Thursday • 11 AM - 10 PM were on the air from 2004 to have to suffer through the cringe- Friday • 11 AM - 10 PM inducing theme song (“The L Saturday • 5 PM - 10 PM 2009, “The L Word” was THE Sunday • Closed show for lesbian, queer and ques- Word” by Betty) at least once to tioning television audiences. The year before “The L Word” pre- miered, only two of 674 female characters on prime-time televi- sion (0.2%) were lesbians, and the queer community was crying out for more representation. That’s not to say this show was perfect in its representation, or even that it lived up to the respon- sibility it had. No one on “The L Jennifer Beals as seen in “The L Word: Generation Q” Word” ever seemed to have to go The Robesonian — Saturday, December 7, 2019 — Page 3 SUNDAY, DEC 8 12:00 am WUVC La Jugada (1h) 3:00 pm ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (1h) 7:00 pm ESPN NBA Basketball Los Ange- 1:00 am ESPN SportsCenter (1h) ESPN SportsCenter With Scott Van ESPN2 NFL Live (1h30) les Clippers at Toronto Raptors. (Live) TNT Inside the NBA (Live) (1h) 6:00 am ESPN SportsCenter (1h) Pelt (1h) FSS Red Bull Event Highlights (30m) (2h30) 2:00 am ESPN SportsCenter (1h) FSS DFL Soccer Bayern Munich at 1:00 am ESPN SportsCenter (1h30) TNT UEFA Soccer Champions League. 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