Polarization

Joyrich seems to polarize television as either being intrinsically feminine or hypermasculine, with little leeway between the two. She assumes that only women have difficulty separating subject and object which raises two questions: are all women supposed to weep during a typical tear-jerker ('The Notebook'?) and secondly, are men immune to projecting themselves onto the characters on screen? Furthermore, Joyrich brings up the example of 'Miami Vice' as a show of male excess which she sees as a direct retaliation to female oriented viewing like soap operas. I found this argument to be equally dividing. While the points Joyrich makes are interesting, I feel as if she sticks to the far ends of the spectrum, allowing for a clear argument but not necessarily a realistic one.