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The women, who sometimes dis play a little too much irritating desper ation, also have deep levels of charac ter development and delightful charm. First, there's Susan Meyer (Teri Hatch er), who I fondly remember from "Se infeld" as a large-chested girlfriend of Jerry's who claimed, "They're real, and they're spectacular." Susan is a single mom who lives with her sensi ble teenage daughter and jumps back into the dating scene by pursuing the cute plumber, Mike, across the street She runs into trouble early on by accidentally burning down the house of the town whore, Edie Britt while having a candle-filled interlude with a man Susan thought was Mike. Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), a beautiful ex-model who is married to wealthy Carlos Solis, finds illegal satisfaction in the arms of their 17-year-old gardener and struggles to keep the affair a secret Cute and con fused, Gabrielle represents the notion that money certainly can't buy love. Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), who has the perfection of a Stepford wife in everything from her looks to her house to her cooking, also runs into marriage troubles when her husband cheats on her. Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), finds that motherhood isn't all it's cracked up to be as she tries to raise three obnoxious boys and a baby girl, and becomes addicted to ADD medication in the process. What makes "Desperate House wives" work is the juxtaposition of comedic timing, drama and suspense. The show is narrated by dead Mary Alice and the shows end with interest piquing cliffhangers. New, dramatic plot twists keep arising, such as the realization that Mike didn't move to Wysteria Lane to work as a plumber. Humorous scenes are highly entertain ing, such as when Carlos threatens to fire the gardenerfor doing a lazy job on the lawn and Gabrielle frantically mows it herself to make sure heryoung lover is there to stay. Inthe Jan. 16 episode, Bree (whose husband is still inthe house) breaks it off with the pharmacist she is seeing and he doesn'ttake it well. The town finds Martha Huber’s body, but has no murder suspects. While Edie and Su san go out to sprinkle Martha's ashes inthe river, Susan confesses to burning down Edie's house and ends up with ashes thrown in her face. The show currently leaves viewers with many unanswered questions. Most impor tantly, why did Mary Alice kill herself? If you enjoy drama, comedy, romance and well-crafted characters, make "Desperate Housewives" a part of your relaxing Sunday evenings and immerse yourself in these women's lives, which involve much more than cooking, cleaning and child-rearing. natchilingerian@dailyemerald.com Nyburg: Laughing at the misery of others continued from page / love with celebrities without ever meeting them. So why not a little irrational hatred? Anyway, something needs to bal ance this craven celebrity worship that has once again infected our cul ture. I thought base materialism and the celebration of obscene wealth ended in the 1980s. Next thing you know our President will be talking about how it's morning again in America and a giant Kool-Aid pitcher will smash through a wall while A Flock of Seagulls plays its latest hit. This just gets better and better. So why the sudden upswing in celebrity worship? Or maybe it has al ways been this way and I just haven't noticed it as much in the past decade. In any case, the stuff we're seeing now has to be a new low. Paris Hilton? One crappy porn film gets scattered all over the Internet and all of a sudden we're presented with this demon spawn splattered over every available medi um. I swearthere is nothing going on behind those eyes. Yet we are endless ly exposed to this brain-dead zombie's undernourished skin sack as if it were a matter of great importance. And that "catch phrase"? "That's hot"? Here's a catch phrase for you: "Heavenly Fa ther, please strike away my senses so thatthese demons may hound me no more." (I'm not a religious person, but a little brimstone every now and then sure makes me feel better). What really gets to me about this fixation is the greed it expresses in our country today. You don't even have to be an actor or a musician or an athlete or at least in possession of a tiny iota of artistic talent in order to get this sort of adulation. You can just skip it and go straightto the rich part and that's enough to make you worthy of coverage. Donald Trump got his own TV show where he gets to be a despicable bastard day in and day out, and somehow that's supposed to make him interesting. I'll just have to resortto laughing atthe misery of others and dreaming abouta special place in Hell re served exclusively for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (you might have broken up but you will spend all eternity rotting together for the pain you have caused). Affleck alone should be cast into the pit of darkness just for the absurd amount of awful movies that never would have been made had he not signed on to them. There is no way he's digging himself out of this hole, so why do we still care about him? ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com Make a Difference! Memor. PmX^i4 f<n VwUtf \W • t, m t .i' i Volunteer with an at-risk youth age 7 to 15 One year committment needed. Average time spent is 15 hrs/month or meeting with youth 1x week. PLEASE CALL £ 344-0833 i $49 two-day lift ticket $69 rooms THE INN OF THE SEVENTH MOUNTAIN mtbachelor.com/college 800-829-2442 Students oniy, 18-23, restrictions apply.
