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>>>>One of the reasons why I like shows like 'The Mentalist', 'Life' and 'Eleventh Hour' is that these shows have female characters that spend a lot of time standing, or walking on less than optimal surfaces, or (oh my gosh) chasing bad guys and they are wearing shoes that will survive such activities. Not to mention allows the people to survive such activities.
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>>>>Don't get me wrong, I like 'CSI' and 'CSI:New York' but just shake my head in disgust when these women show up in spike heels and 'cockroach killer' toes to work the scene.
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>>>Not to mention more cleavage than a day at an abattoir!
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>>>> Personally, I would just purely LOVE to see a female character stop and pull out some tennis shoes or something like that, pull off the spikes and put them on BEFORE they go stomping around. Besides, do you REALLY want to get blood on those Jimmy Choo's?
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>>>Well we don't get those series, afaik, but I agree with you. I'm sure most REAL CSIs would wear stout working boots. Mind you, Emily Proctor would always be below the camera if she did :-)
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>>She is a tiny thing, isn't she?
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>>While I like Emily Proctor's work (loved her in 'The West Wing' for the little time she was on it), 'CSI: Stupid', as it came to be known in our house, hit our level of 'you have GOT to be kidding' so we quit watching it. That, and neither my husband nor I could stand David Caruso's acting.
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>>"Dammit man! If your neck is broken, go to the blessed hospital - otherwise would you stand STRAIGHT????!!"
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>Same here. I can't stand to watch him in any show; and if I do, it just ruins the show for me anyway.

Theeeeenn .................... perhaps ................ you shouldn't watch.

Weird for a small, ginger guy, with a face like a welder's bench, and never too blessed with looks in the first place, to be so in love with his own image.