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Posted on October 21, 2009 by John Crutchins | Posted under Movies TV
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Weeds' plot is basically about a housewife whose husband dies suddenly and thus must find a way to make money and continue her affluent suburban lifestyle. She becomes her neighborhood's marijuana dealer in order to keep her income up and continue her lifestyle. The TV series name, Weeds, seems to refer both to the plant that the protagonist sells (marijuana) as well as widow's weeds which is what one would wear when one's husband dies and becomes a widow. Additionally, it may refer to American suburbs which grow quickly like weeds and contain many people who are indistinguishable; just like weeds. Weeds' opening theme song is called "Little Boxes" which is played along with images of many small houses in a typical American suburban neighborhood. This is to further enforce the weed like mentality that was spoken about in the preceding paragraph. Weeds has five seasons as of date and made its debut in 2005. It is Showtime's highest rated series during its first year playing and it is the channel's definite success. The season has attracted 962,000 viewers on average. The Watch Weeds Season 1 brought in 1.2 million viewers with an additional 500,000 viewers for the rerun later that night bringing the total viewership to 1.7 million. Not bad for the Showtime channel. The exteriors for the show are shot mainly in California in the Santa Clarita Valley region. Some other shots are taken in Calabasas, California. Nancy Botwin is the main protagonist who is the houselife living the typical suburban lifestyle in America until her husband dies and she must find a way to make ends meet. This leads her to the marijuana business where she begins selling to people like her accountant, lawyer and neighborhood friends. Eventually she must continue on to expand her customer base which brings about more obstacles for her throughout the show. Celia is Nancy's enemy but also her best first. She is in a marriage that is not very happy and abuses many vices like alcohol and attacking people in order to teach them lessons. Her character is an interesting one due to the friend/enemy like aspect she has in relation to Nancy. To give you a taste of what the seasons comprise of, season 1 involves the death of Nancy's husband as he is jogging. He dies suddenly of a heart attack and leaves Nancy a widow thus setting off the plot for her marijuana dealing. Both of Nancy's children attend public school but for Nancy to live and keep going on in her upper middle class lifestyle, she has to make ends meet and this involves her entrance to the marijuana market when she begins to sell to her friends and neighbors. Later on, some of Nancy's customers begin to go to a medical marijuana dispensary because its quality of weed is far superior to that of Nancy's. Nancy is forced to employ her cooking skills to make baked goods and thus find a way to continue to sell her inferior weed to her customers. She later opens a bakery in order to cover this baking up while putting Costco products on her shelves to further her cover. Weeds is a very good television show and if the plot and characters seems like something that you might like, you should definitely check out Showtime and see the show for yourself. If you cannot watch it right now, you can at least look at the clips and other videos online about the show by searching for "Weeds" in any search engine. Additional Resources: Watch Weeds Watch Weeds TV Watch Weeds TV About The Author: Avid watcher of television, movies and other types of visual media. Expresses distinct opinions on the various type of cultural phenomena arising in today's visual arts for the public at large. |
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