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"24 faces of eve" Teevee.org
(3/3/2003)
Have you caught that hot Fox series where a hunky guy has to
navigate a snake pit of two-faced golddiggers and stupid bimbos
to gain an ultimate prize? No, not Joe Millionaire -- I'm talking
about 24.
by Nathan Alderman
There's no denying that, even without the nightmarish intensity
of its first year, 24 is outstanding television. But after a
season and a half, I'm starting to notice a disturbing trend
among 24's sprawling cast of characters. All the women are
duplicitous schemers, victims, or absolute morons -- or some
combination of the three. A lot of the paranoia that drives 24
stems not from external threats, but from the tension between
power-wielding male characters and the women who are either
screwing up their efforts or trying to grab power for themselves.
And it's hard to overlook 24's patron saint of manipulative
witches: Nina Myers. Jack's trusted ally for nearly all of Season
One, Nina turned traitor and murdered his wife. This year, she
used her knowledge of the nuclear plot to win herself a pardon
and, very nearly, a "get out of jail" card for
murdering Jack. She's an admittedly fascinating character, mostly
because she's willing to break more rules than the other female
characters to get what she wants. The split-second of remorse on
her face as she recalled killing Jack's wife almost made her
Jack's equal for depth. But rather than explore her crackling new
Tom-and-Jerry chemistry with Jack, the producers waited just long
enough for her to fulfill her part, then hastily shuffled her
offstage.
