When we watched "Charlie's Angels" in class it was very interesting to actually analyze how the women were portrayed in the television show. Sabrina, Kelly, and Jill were very sexualized and were shown as these loyal women who worked for a mysterious man named Charlie. No matter when Charlie called, no matter what the women were doing, they would drop everything and run to where Charlie needed them to be. This behavior is shown in the introduction of the first Pilot episode of "Charlie's Angels" in 1976. Here is the beginning of the episode:
In this video clip, it shows how, almost possessive Charlie is over these women. The second he calls them and says they need to come into work, they are there in a heart beat and it isn't even taken as a big deal. They have a smile on their face the entire time they are on the phone. Also I thought there was something very important in this clip. Something that could potentially go unnoticed if you didn't deeply analyze this episode. When the narrator is speaking in the very beginning he says, "Once upon a time there were three little girls." That is extremely demeaning for these women because they are grown women, yet they are being referred to as girls. That is not empowering for women when they are being put down and being spoken to like they are less than what they really are. I find that very shocking. "Charlie's Angels" is meant to empowering but when things like being called girls and being possessed by a man occur, that is not necessarily the case.
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