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TV GUIDE: Laverne & Shirley

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12x8 oil on panel, black floater frame

Gen-Z had the show "Friends". Gen-X had "Laverne & Shirley". Sure, … Lenny and Squiggy were a lot wackier than Chandler and Joey … and a lot less good-looking … and also a lot more over-the-top as caricatures … um, and maybe the show jumped the shark a bit in the later seasons … but …

okay fine … Gen-Z, you win this time… But if you enjoyed the on-screen friendship of Rachel and Monica, you'll LOVE Laverne and Shirley, which arguably paved the way for future sitcoms featuring a comedic duo of two strong female leads.

(But also, Monica and Rachel weren't two working class women in the 1950/60s, trying to challenge traditional stereotypes of a woman's role in society … so of course they didn't have to rely on slap-stick, physical comedy to get laughs.)

Here's what I wrote about a different painting of Laverne & Shirley I did about three years ago:

"Get yourself a friend who can be a Schlemiel (bungling dolt) to your Schlemazl (chronically unlucky sap).
See? In case you don't know Yiddish, I've saved you the trouble of looking these words up. Can you even believe how generous I become around the holidays? Don't get used to it. I go back to being a shmendrik on January first."

I feel like this post still applies. I'm also feeling lazy about writing descriptions for all 25 paintings I did for the 25 days of minis this year, so this is all I got.

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About The Artist

Karen McCool

Karen McCool

My paintings celebrate things we have in common, like an obsession with a film character, or a universal experience captured in a vintage photograph. My hope is that we stop seeing each other as Us vs. Them. As much as modern technology connects us, it can also widen the divides between us. When I was a kid we had three channels, plus VHS. We all watched the same shows like “All In the Family”, and “Mary Tyler Moore”.  Now, with a bajillion channels and streaming services, our "tribes" have shrunk, and correspondingly, our respect for differing opinions. Our political discourse has devolved into name-calling, and even physical violence. 

Seems to me, it’s never not a good time to be reminded of all that we have in common, and that we're all in this together. Ultimately, we all want the same things:  to love and be loved, to be accepted for who we are, and to feel a sense of belonging. We all have our own ambitions and worries and we're all fans of Betty White.  (And if you're not a fan of Betty White, are you even human?)

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