About the TV series Melrose Place
This week I would like to reach into the
Melrose Place Update mailbag and answer
a reader question. This week's question
comes to us from Anne, who writes from
Stony Brook, NY. Her letter reads:
"Dear Dr. Ferreud: I would like to know
why it is that Allison of the gratuitously
short skirt is able to accessorise her business
suits with high heeled backless mules and yet
not look either a) disgusting or b)
rentable-by-the-hour, like any other normal
female I know would. Is it that on Melrose Place,
as in the far reaches of modern science, basic
laws of physics do not apply?
Or is it me who has entered an altered
state of consciousness, one in which customary
behaviour and inhibitions are thrown to
the wind?
Sincerely, Anne."
Dear Anne: Please do not question your
state of consciousness!(...)
(...)Allison's high heels are a unique commentary
on contemporary business practices, particularly
the "downsizing" trend among
American corporations. Spelling dresses
Allison like a cheap slut because all workers
have become corporate sluts for hire.
Downsizing drove an explosion of temporary
workers and positions. This tribe of Bedouin
employees prostitutes its knowledge and skills to the
highest bidder. Corporations do not pay workers
to stay within the maternal confines of the
company; positions have become contract or
temporary and workers are paid to *leave*
lest they consume corporate benefit resources.
The backless mules and proliferation of
tight "exec-u-dresses" symbolise this trend.
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