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While surfing the web, I came across ABC’s new show that is premiering in January, Cashmere Mafia, co-starting Lucy Liu:
“Four ambitious, sexy women who have been best friends since business school, Mia, Zoe, Juliet and Caitlin, try to have it all. They aren’t just powerful and intelligent as singular executive sensations in a man’s world; they’ve bonded into a formidable unit — a female “boys’ club” — to support and counsel each other through good times and bad. How better to climb up the corporate ladder than with your buddies at your side?”
Lucy Liu plays Mia Mason, “a sexy, competitive woman in the publishing field” who is being pitted against her fiancé for a key promotion. Cashmere Mafia is being positioned as “Sex and the City” meets “CNBC” – promoted as “from the creator of Sex and the City.” It’ll be interesting to see how her character Mia is portrayed (and I can imagine already the comments that will be posted based on the TV promo already…)
Personally, since I went to business school, I’m curious as to see how the show portrays work-life balance for professional women, especially those trying to raise a family. There are already enough television dramas on medicine (ER, Grey’s Anatomy), crime (Law & Order, CSI everywhere), and law (Boston Legal, L.A. Law in the 80s). I guess there is The Office, but that’s more of a comedy sitcom than a drama
Here is a Cashmere Mafia promo on YouTube:
I really liked Lucy Liu in Kill Bill, Volume 1, as well as when she was in Alley McBeal (though I am sure there are many who disliked her portrayal as a “dragon lady.)”
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It was cancelled as of 3.13.08. Wah!!
sign a petition to get it back here...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/cashmere-mafia
email the woman at ABC
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ABC, Inc.
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?
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It was cancelled as of 3.13.08. Wah!!
sign a petition to get it back here...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/cashmere-mafia
email the woman at ABC
anne.x.sweeney@abc.com
Mail
ABC, Inc.
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?
lid=ABCCOMGlobalFooter&lpos=CONTACT
I'm curious to see this series actually. From the promo, I already can relate to some of the issues brought up about women who want to have a high-powered career and still have a family.
This actually reminds me of a conversation I once had with a guy, whom I totally had the biggest crush on, telling him that 9 times out of 10 a girl loses more when she's with a guy. (BTW - he's with a girl just as ambitious and workaholic as he is.) It's especially difficult when a woman enters the arena where her colleagues are predominately male - they treat you differently.
I'm curious to see this series actually. From the promo, I already can relate to some of the issues brought up about women who want to have a high-powered career and still have a family.
This actually reminds me of a conversation I once had with a guy, whom I totally had the biggest crush on, telling him that 9 times out of 10 a girl loses more when she's with a guy. (BTW - he's with a girl just as ambitious and workaholic as he is.) It's especially difficult when a woman enters the arena where her colleagues are predominately male - they treat you differently.
I love Lucy Liu, and I liked her character on Ally McBeal. A strong Asian character is a better representation than a weak, submissive one, in my opinion.
I love Lucy Liu, and I liked her character on Ally McBeal. A strong Asian character is a better representation than a weak, submissive one, in my opinion.
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