Post by boxofrocks on Dec 8, 2012 22:20:58 GMT -4
They left their mark on history--literally. Via their DNA.
I do like Mellie a lot; that woman has balls of steel.
Mellie's back story hasn't been fully explored, has it? It'd be interesting to hear more.
The character has mentioned several times how resentful she is of giving up her law career and how constrained she is by the role of First Lady. But what was her motivation to pursue this path? She wants influence and to do meaningful work but thought doing so through her husband was a viable choice. She didn't even seem that motivated by having a family for personal reasons; in the first season, she yelled, "I had children for you!" angrily at Fitz and is having this third baby for political reasons.
She makes an interesting contrast with Olivia, Verna, and VP Sally Langston, who have made careers for themselves overtly. Mellie and Olivia are within a similar age group and Verna and Sally are older (and the VP is married with at least one child), so to say that Mellie was constrained by societal forces or the old saw of women not being able to "have it all" doesn't entirely hold water within the universe of the show.
The show is good at integrating flashback episodes with current stories. Perhaps this could be explored in a future episode.
Mellie's back story hasn't been fully explored, has it? It'd be interesting to hear more.
The character has mentioned several times how resentful she is of giving up her law career and how constrained she is by the role of First Lady. But what was her motivation to pursue this path? She wants influence and to do meaningful work but thought doing so through her husband was a viable choice. She didn't even seem that motivated by having a family for personal reasons; in the first season, she yelled, "I had children for you!" angrily at Fitz and is having this third baby for political reasons.
She makes an interesting contrast with Olivia, Verna, and VP Sally Langston, who have made careers for themselves overtly. Mellie and Olivia are within a similar age group and Verna and Sally are older (and the VP is married with at least one child), so to say that Mellie was constrained by societal forces or the old saw of women not being able to "have it all" doesn't entirely hold water within the universe of the show.
The show is good at integrating flashback episodes with current stories. Perhaps this could be explored in a future episode.
