I have to be careful -- IMDb didn't post my last review. Obviously, there's an agenda on this site.
Anyway, this episode really brings the whole series into the gutter. As I am proud of stating, I am a feminist accidentally born with testicles. I loathe and despise when film and television objectifies women. This episode hinged on the objectification of women. In fact, it went further than that -- It hinged on the fracturing and objectification of women. If you've taken any women's studies courses, you know what I'm talking about.
So George gets caught leering at the 15 year old daughter of the head of NBC. This endangers Jerry and George's pilot deal with the network. The scene is creepy enough, I mean, a middle- aged man leering at a 15 year old girls' breasts? I realize it was the 1990s, but men were sort of evolved then, weren't they? But no, it's Seinfeld, and even in the 90s, they weren't willing to go along with political correctness. So in addition to the scene being creepy as all get out, they play it for laughs. Yes, they expect you to laugh at an old man ogling a young girl.
If that weren't bad enough, in order to correct the situation, they "set up" the NBC executive by having Elaine broadcast her cleavage in his face until he realizes that, "hey, boys will be boys and women are here for our entertainment!"
I really don't know if the Elaine character was ever asked to stoop this low in any other episode. For the most part, I thought she was a nice, progressive female character. Her actions in this episode seem quite unusual. Considering nothing was moved forward with respect to the story arc of the pilot with NBC, you can safely skip this episode.
Anyway, this episode really brings the whole series into the gutter. As I am proud of stating, I am a feminist accidentally born with testicles. I loathe and despise when film and television objectifies women. This episode hinged on the objectification of women. In fact, it went further than that -- It hinged on the fracturing and objectification of women. If you've taken any women's studies courses, you know what I'm talking about.
So George gets caught leering at the 15 year old daughter of the head of NBC. This endangers Jerry and George's pilot deal with the network. The scene is creepy enough, I mean, a middle- aged man leering at a 15 year old girls' breasts? I realize it was the 1990s, but men were sort of evolved then, weren't they? But no, it's Seinfeld, and even in the 90s, they weren't willing to go along with political correctness. So in addition to the scene being creepy as all get out, they play it for laughs. Yes, they expect you to laugh at an old man ogling a young girl.
If that weren't bad enough, in order to correct the situation, they "set up" the NBC executive by having Elaine broadcast her cleavage in his face until he realizes that, "hey, boys will be boys and women are here for our entertainment!"
I really don't know if the Elaine character was ever asked to stoop this low in any other episode. For the most part, I thought she was a nice, progressive female character. Her actions in this episode seem quite unusual. Considering nothing was moved forward with respect to the story arc of the pilot with NBC, you can safely skip this episode.