Comments on: Devious Maids fills the Desperate Housewives void rather nicely https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/ Big voices. Little censors. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Jaylen Christie https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-46217 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:29:38 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-46217 Thanks, Hannah! I appreciate it. It’s not just the whites that are stereotypical — it’s all of the employers. Carmen’s boss Alejandro is pretty full of himself, very vain and snobbish. Evelyn Powell is one of my favorite characters. Rebecca Wisocky, who plays Evelyn, seems to play the stereotype for laughs, and she nails it every single time. Susan Lucci is pretty good too.

Marisol is compelling, yes. However, my favorite maids are Zoila and Rosie. Rosie is just so nice and sweet. And Zoila is no-nonsense. I love Zoila’s relationship with Genevieve. She keeps Genevieve in check!

]]> By: Jaylen Christie https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-46216 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:21:14 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-46216 Yes, Chuck! I heard the news as soon as I came home from work. I am so excited. Devious Maids is very entertaining. I just hope it crosses the three million viewer mark soon though. My favorite maids are Rosie and Zoila.

]]> By: Chuck https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-46196 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:16:44 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-46196 Just renewed for a second season! Yay!

]]> By: Hannah M. https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-46172 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:21:44 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-46172 Great post! You hit the nail on the head with the issue of stereotypes — all the prejudice (and most of the misfortune) is landing squarely on the rich whities! I think that’s a big part of where the show gets its humour. I have a feeling most of the viewers are white, and I’m sure many of them are a lot more comfortable seeing white people as the butt of the jokes. Like, it’s comforting to leave racism aside for a moment.
I find Marisol the most compelling, since she’s the biggest betrayer of the negative Latina stereotype — obviously brilliant, obviously clever, an adoptive parent, an amateur detective… Love it! And I’ve loved watching her relationship with the other women become more complicated. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

]]> By: Joey https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45916 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:23:59 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45916 No I didn’t notice this, but come to think of it that is very true. Like Edie she is in the background but very much there. It’s not just the group dynamic but the entire show that is modeled after DH. I would call this the poor man’s Desperate Housewives :)

]]> By: Jaylen Christie https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45718 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:29:05 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45718 I agree with you! I was trying to think about how a second season would be…and I came to the conclusion that Marc and his team are going to have to be VERY creative to keep things fresh. They’re going to have to bring in new supporting characters for the maids to interact with.

Hey, have you noticed that the group dynamic is kinda modeled after the Desperate Housewives? To me, Valentina is kinda like the Edie of the group in that she’s considered one of the maids, but she’s not a part of the core four. She’s excluded from their group meetings, but she’s featured in her own subplot just like Edie was on Desperate Housewives. Have you noticed this?

]]> By: Joey https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45706 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:26:09 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45706 Rosie and Valentina are sticking with me, in fact all of them are starting to now. Episodes 6 and 7 have been very good. But Marc will have to come up with something really special if this show has to last a 3rd season.

]]> By: Jaylen Christie https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45699 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:44:01 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45699 Joey, you make a good point! I learned names of The Desperate Housewives characters relatively fast too! And you’re right — Devious Maids cannot compare to the magic that is Desperate Housewives. However, I do think that this season of Devious Maids has been better than season five and six of Desperate Housewives. I’m really enjoying the show. I probably didn’t learn all of the character names until episode four, but that’s okay. The show is starting to find it’s groove.

I don’t know about you, but Rosie certainly sticks with me. She’s so endearing. And I also like Zoila. I like how straight-forward she is, although I’d like to see more of her soft side.

]]> By: Jaylen Christie https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45698 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:40:51 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45698 Thanks for the warm welcome, Brenda! And yes, Gabby (Eva) has done very well with the show! :-)

]]> By: Joey https://cliqueclack.com/p/devious-maids-fills-desperate-housewives-void-nicely/#comment-45661 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:26:01 +0000 https://cliqueclack.com/p/?p=11787#comment-45661 The last 3 episodes have been really great although nothing will ever replace Desperate Housewives,especially the first few seasons. The most charming aspect was the suburban street with such normal everyday characters. The last 2 seasons (season 8 in particular) lacked that charm. But still it was the best series ever. 2 episodes in, I knew the character’s names.

With Devious, even after 7 episodes I still don’t know all of their names. I wonder why ? For some reason their characters don’t quite stick with you. Although this is definitely the next best thing after Desperate Housewives.

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