What do you think of the tv show "Army Wives"?

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My husband is in the Air Force, ( you know the smartest branch of the military) =)

I have been pleasantly surprised by the show. It's way better than most of the military shows like JAG, and The Unit. I wanted to throw up and break my TV when I watched the Unit. Losers!

Sometimes I can't watch it, it has a way of reminding me of things I don't want to think about. I always feel unsettled after watching it. But, I don't feel like it's fake, or overdone.

I'm trying to like it.

Military bases shows have a hard road ahead of them. It's a diverse and very sensitive and passionate group of people that they are trying to portray, and they usually stick to cliché’s and do not do enough research before filming.

Civilians want to know what it's like to be in the military... a TV show can't eveb begin to explain that to them.

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LOL, I should say that I've given you points for your Air Force comment alone! ---- But seriously, you've come back with a very thoughful answer here and I thank you for that.
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I liked JAG but never really watched the Unit so can't say much about that. Personally, I think Army Wives is a much more realistic attempt to show some of the personalities, challenges, opportunities, issues, community .. on military bases. I think you're right that one fictional show can't "teach" the general public about that world. But in a way, that can be said about many segments of society. So I applaud the efforts. I applaud documentaries, fictional drama, fictional comedy, interviews, etc. The more projects we have, the more viewpoints we see, the closer we get to some semi-understanding of yet another "them" to many. It's good to know we can use creative arts to begin exploring all the many faces of human experience, isn't it?
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Thanks, Lilliputian.
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by debtahals wears a curiosity COAT on August 26th, 2008
i couldn't help myself!

I agree. It's nice to know that people are interested in the lifestyle, but it's hard to watch shows that generalize.
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by Lil Confused on August 26th, 2008
Yeah, I understand. Like I said, we need about a dozen different shows just for starts to even get a mini-handle on it.
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by debtahals wears a curiosity COAT on August 26th, 2008

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