Monday, December 8, 2008

Charlie's angels




Charlie's Angels was one of the most famous  television series of the 1970s. It is about three women who work for a private investigation agency and is " one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men."

Three women, the Angels, (originally Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith) graduated from the police academy and were hired to work for the Charles Townsend Agency as private investigators. Each episode shows how the angels found themselves in new situations, and how they went undercover and investigated. The undercover aspect of the show creates much of the plot interest and tension. In the early seasons of the show, the Angels, under their assumed identities, use a combination of sexual wiles and knowledge learned for the situation in which they are being placed, but by the third and fourth seasons, the writing has a tendency to stray from the sex appeal (see "As 'Jiggle TV'") and focus more on the case at hand.

So how did Charlie's Angels contribute to the change of sex appeal in the 1970s?
As actors and actresses, these people are always being looked up to. The public sees them on Tv and as admirers, they want to imitate them. The undercover aspect of the show creates much of the plot interest and tension. In the early seasons of the show, the Angels, under their assumed identities, use a combination of sexual wiles and knowledge learned for the situation in which they are being placed.



"Charlie's Angels." Wikipedia . 13 Nov. 2008. Wikipedia. 10 Dec. 2008 .

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