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Television
Egypt's Laverne and
Shirley?
With divorce rates on the up, it was
inevitable that real-life tragedy would become fodder for small-screen
comedy
(cairolive.com,
March 12, 2002) Al-Akhbar reports that a
new TV sitcom called " Didi and Dolly" -- a saga of two
divorcees -- is on the way.
The paper sets up
the show as a "response" to the portrait of compliant women
provided by the much-discussed and maligned A'illat Al-Hagg Metwalli.
Where Metwalli's wives were fully dependent on the benevolence of their
shared husband, Didi and Dolly's independence is meant to show that women can have
personalities of their own, irrespective of whether or not they actually
have a husband.
The background goes
something like this: lifelong friends, both Didi and Dolly got married on the
same day -- then each ended up having problems with their respective husband
that led to divorce.
But, the show seems to be
aiming to say, via peeks at Didi and Dolly's work, home and social
spheres -- there's life post divorce, after all.
Depending on how
it's done, the show has the potential to be either controversial, or
else -- if the situations are played right for comic effect -- Egypt's answer to
Laverne and Shirley, the popular US sitcom about two independent girls
trying to get ahead in the world. Hard to tell, though, since there's no
clear word
yet on who the stars will be.
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At last there's a
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spinster...
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This engaging tale of a rich fabric merchant with a penchant for
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Latifa plays Malak, a big
star reminiscent of Warda or Um Kulthum, as someone who is supposed to
be dowdy and vulnerable.
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