So, I started watching BET's Being Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union. At first I thought it was a pretty decent show. It deals with the real life issues that a single, professional, black woman might have. This includes challenges with her mother's illness, her niece continuing to have babies out of wedlock, a former drug addicted brother,all looking to Mary Jane, as she is a successful TV anchorwoman.
Spoiler Alert!!!!
She finds out that a man that she loves and is considering marrying is, in fact, already married! So she does what any self-respecting woman would do. She puts him out and sprays him with a water hose. I was happy with her choice. Silly me figured that was the end of that. Mary Jane was so upset that he had tricked her and she even went on to tell the wife because she thought it was the right thing to do. Go Mary Jane!!!
Unfortunately, in the very next episode she ends up sleeping with the married man again, in a locker room shower stall, no less! WHY!!!???
Mary Jane goes through a lot of different feelings about her predicament. A lot of times she says that she deserves better, but she continues anyway with the affair. This leads me to question whether or not I should continue to watch the show... then that leads to whether or not I should continue to watch Scandal. I like to pride myself on saying that I like everything about Scandal except for Olivia and the President's relationship. It's the truth, but, I wonder if I should continue to watch and support shows that continually "glorify" adultery. Or am I blowing things out of proportion and trying to be too deep? After all, it's just entertainment, right...?
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