Jennifer Beals, The L Word & Me

I'll admit it.  It's my dirty little secret (along with reading People Magazine & cheap mysteries).  I'm a fan of The L Word.  For the uninitiated, this is a series about lesbians on Showtime billed as a drama.  It's really a soap opera. 

I've never been a fan of soap operas because the plots are usually so outrageous that I can't by into the story at all.  The same is true on this show.  In the five years that the show has aired, (as in any soap worth it's salt) just about every major character has had a personality transplant.  There is no story continuity at all.  Characters are introduced one season, only to be forgotten about the next season (or even episode).  So, I haven't bought into the story.

So why, year after year do I keep watching?  Two words.  Jennifer Beals.  She is ostensibly the star of this ensemble along with Pam Grier. (Yes, Foxy Brown herself plays Beals' sister in the show).  I never saw Flashdance or any of her other movies.  I was surprised she was as good as she is in the series.  So if her acting isn't stellar every episode why continue?  I watch to check out her clothes and hair.

Quite simply I want to be Jennifer Beals.  She and I are approximately the same age, however she looks younger now than in 1983.  I am certain that she must have a painting in her attic somewhere that looks like ass.  Physically, she is in amazing shape.  I'd like to think that most of it was obtained  without the aid of plastic surgery, because, unlike some other actresses, she still looks like herself. 

This gives me hope that maybe, just maybe with a little work, I could have her arms. I'll never be 5'10" and a knock out.  But a gal can watch every week and dream.