After discussing Karl Marxists perspective, the highly acclaimed Showtime series known as WEEDS came to my mind. This first season dealt with Nancy Botwin who is a single soccer mother that tries to make ends meet by dealing with marijuana after her husband dies. Still today and back in 2005 when this series started marijuana is a debatable topic everywhere you go in the United States. In general, Nancy Botwin is not a typical drug dealer. Her and the family live in a beautiful home in the suburbs of California, enjoye nice accessories, one person brings in the money, and maids are paid to complete daily chores throughout the house.
If you click on my links below, it illustrates that WEEDS and the character Nancy Botwin shows resistance and upfront qualities, which defines inflected oppositional. Some resisted qualities that Nancy holds is that she keeps the family together like a mother, shows emotions like a woman, takes care of the family by putting food and money on the table, shows concern towards her family and friends, and presents herself as a beautiful upper middle class lady. On the flip side, Nancy illustrates upfront qualities like when she hires illegal immigrants to help around the house, she doubts her skills as a mother, sadly she deals with everyday reality, and she acts like a boss instead of a mother towards her children. Also, Nancy does not have a typical feminine job rather she is supporting her family and lifestyle by dealing marijuana to her neighbors. Even though it was rather challenging to find appropriate clips from the series WEEDS, I believe the series and Nancy as a character illustrate great examples of inflected oppositional ideas and texts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANO8IgLq-9s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-auNhfpcRk&feature=related
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