Letters to the Editor
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Ludicrous
A little history behind the song... the band Betty (Fronted by Elizabeth Ziff) performs the song and makes numerous cameos during the second season. In the press, this is always played up as a touching acceptance of the show by 'real' lesbians, but to me, it smacks of some back-room drunken handshake between self-promoters.
The L Word and the theme song are related in one profound way... they use extreme stereotypes of lesbians to catch an audience. The song and the show actually use different stereotypes... I have appreciated the fact that the the show avoids the drunken stupor that seems to be de rigour in some lesbian circles (including the songwriters), but regardless, this isn't the way I or my friends live, either the song or the show. We're just amused by it.