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Old 03-31-2023, 03:30 PM   #944
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post

My comment about Castle and that "genre" of TV shows:
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(And it's always that way. It's always the super-smart snarky male portion, of some "couple" working together, whether it's Moonlighting or Remington Steele or The Mentalist, or...it's ALWAYS the man. Why? Because if the snotty know-it-all was the woman, men wouldn't watch it. )
Moreover, while I can't speak for the other two shows,

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the snarky roles in Moonlighting and Remington Steele led to colossal film careers for the actors while for the straight-man actresses, the shows were essentially the end of the line.
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