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    A Defense of "Cougar Town"

    Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:09 PM | By Willa Paskin
    Emily Nussbaum makes the case against Cougar Town in this week’s New York: Courtney Cox’s Jules Cobb is no Samantha Jones. “The Samantha Jones iconography has gone retro, regressing to a Cathy cartoon in heels,” Nussbaum writes. “Jules Cobb, the divorced ninny played by Cox, might date younger men but she’s no cougar. Samantha Jones might have been a cartoon, but she was a cartoon who loved pleasure.” But comparing Jules to Samantha is like comparing a mealy apple to a juicy orange: Yes, one is better, but that still doesn’t make them the same fruit ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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