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[bossymarmalade]

omg WHY do I insist on watching 7th Heaven?!?! On tonight's episode I was subjected to the following:

- detention where Ruthie's music teacher played endless Gershwin and children started SHOWING UP VOLUNTARILY b/c they loved this so much
- intense discussion about how it's okay if the white man co-opts the black man's music because they make it TIMELESS, like Gershwin
- followed by some girl disdainfully implying that black music (she listed Kanye and Fiddy) doesn't last in people's memories and hearts, the way Gershwin does
- Annie pawing the piano, prying into Ruthie's business, praying to Gershwin, and whining out some version of "I've Got a Crush on You"
- Simon randomly calling Ruthie and asking her, "Say, Ruthie -- do you know of any music that's classic and timeless?!?" Why, of course, Simon! It's GERSHWIN!!
- Ruthie picking out Simon and Eve's wedding song. And then Eve singing "Embraceable You". You know why? Because she loves GERSHWIN.
- Ruthie crying melodramatically and claiming that nothing will ever be good again b/c music teacher is getting fired and the Gershwin is leaving her life
- the revelation that Ruthie's friend is homeless (and therefore sings Gershwin on the street and rides buses all night for warmth); not only that, but her WHOLE FAMILY is homeless. Because her parents are ILLITERATE. And yet, Ruthie's friend knows the entire Gershwin songbook.

And then a wrap-up of Ruthie's music teacher (think of that episode where Dustin Hoffman was the voice of Lisa's substitute teacher, but gayer) playing piano in detention while Miss Ruthie weeps. Also, I never want to hear the word Gershwin again. I do, however, need to go find my Sinatra: The Capitol Years and listen to a *good* version of I've Got a Crush on You.

Comments

[jae-w.livejournal.com]

They kept running a teaser for this episode that said something like, "Tonight -- find out the truth about Ruthie!" and I thought we were going to find out the truth of her origins, like what robot factory she came from, and not just that she's still in love with some horrible semi-brother or whoever it is. However, as I was fast-forwarding through the terrible last scene with the Gershwin, I hit pause for a second and it looked like Ruthie's hair had been superimposed on the music teacher's head, and it was almost worth it.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

ahahahahahaha! The truth behind Ruthie's parentage, at the very least.

By the last few scenes, I was hiding behind the computer and avoiding looking at the screen; it sounds like I missed the best part!

And also, happy belated, you! I hope you had a wonderful time and plenty of prim, long-legged boys to fete you and hop to your every command. *mwah*!