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But both Jaye and George outright resist these ideals and actually do everything in their power to avoid it.
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We also meet Jaye and George at a specific point in their lives when achievement becomes this extremely regulated idea of what success is suppose to be, which in our capitalistic society means college and a respected (meaning high paying) job. I think it’s a cheeky way to poke fun at how these two characters are embodying the “everyman” character so often (and lazily) relegated to males as far back as folk stories and fairytales (think Ivan the Fool in Russian fairytales). First, something about androgynous names (which Fuller is famous for) raises your “cool” barometer at least ten decimals higher. Now on to why these badass ladies deserve that title. Oh and not just any job, but a position as a temp for Happy Time Temporary Services, under the assumed name “Millie Hagen.” George’s character is summed up perfectly in her intro monologue, when she says “I excel at not giving a shit.” Death is a bitch, and so is she. Since reapers are not technically dead (their appearance is changed so as not to confuse anyone who might have known them) they still need live by “human” rules which, to George’s dismay, means getting a job. I know that’s a lot to take in but it’s the Fullerverse so obviously there’s more. She’s a college dropout who dies in the first episode from a flying toilet that fell from the Soviet Space Station and becomes a grim reaper, who removes the souls of people right before they die, and guides then into their afterlife. DLM introduces us to Georgina “George” Lass (played by Ellen Muth from “The Truth About Jane” infamy).
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It lasted two seasons on Showtime (2003-04) that I highly recommend and had a straight to DVD movie that I am begging you not to watch. I fell in love with Fuller’s quirky storytelling style and hilarious female protagonist that I instantly looked up anything else he created, which led me to Dead Like Me. It’s kinda hard to give no fucks when there are plastic pink flamingos telling you to do stuff. The amount of confusion you are feeling right now is nothing compared to Jaye’s who takes on this new “gift” with the gracefulness of a monster truck. In fact all inanimate objects with animal faces start talking to her. The show focuses on disaffected underachiever Jaye Tyler, a twenty something philosophy grad who spends her days in slacker bliss working in a Niagara Falls gift shop, until a wax lion starts talking to her.
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But lucky us, the remaining nine episodes were added (along with tons of other goodies) to the series DVD set. It premiered on Fox in 2004 and was cancelled after only four episodes. No matter how much they spike their prices, I will forever be grateful to this site for exposing me to possibly my favorite show of all time.
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I came across Wonderfalls from the strange black hole that was early Netflix. And most importantly the shows’ main slacker characters, Jaye Tyler and George Lass. Well, not technically him, but his shows, which at the time included Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me (I would become obsessed with his magnum opus, Pushing Daisies, years later). But what about the women who are leaning back? Before there was this “golden age of female comedy” where I could watch Mindy Kaling wear pajamas while eating fast food all day or Ilana Glazer taking naps during her job in Broad City, I had Bryan Fuller. Pop culture idolizes slacker dudes, but where are the slacker dudettes? Hit films like The Big Lebowski and anything from Judd Apatow have cemented slackerdom as a guys paradise and I’m sure one could argue that this lead to the stereotype of career driven women that are “leaning in”.