There's an interesting little discussion on Walford Web Kindergarten initiated by their resident matron, Mrs B. It's all about Jack and the direction in which TPTB seem to be taking his character.
There's actually been some good debate, with some posters referencing the fact that Jack's now shown with a different woman, each half his age, weekly, culminating in him having had a threesome with two stewardesses, who appeared, immaculate and in complete uniform, on each or his arms in Wednesday's episode. Before that, there was a young brunette; and before that, an even younger blonde.
Mrs B points out, with approbation, that Jack seems happy. And why shouldn't he be? she reasons. He's single and he's having fun.
Ay, but there's the rub! Several other commentators pointed out that Jack's behaviour is nothing better than the way a slut would behave. I agree. As others pointed out, if this were someone like Roxy appearing weekly with a different man on a different day, culminating with two for a threesome, there'd be hell to pay, and Mrs B would be leading the charge. After all, Roxy, like Jack, is also single and should be having fun.
There's something about Jack that people easily forget, and that's not difficult, because Jack easily forgets it too ... he's a parent. In fact, he's a parent three times over. He's got a daughter who lives on the Square, in whom he invested five minutes of his time when it suite him to try to paint her mother as unfit, whilst employing underhanded and illegal tactics in that effort as well; he has a disabled daughter in Paris, whom he sees once every couple of years; and an accidental son in Portugal, whom he could care less about.
But in Jack's eyes, he's a good parent, because he "pays" for his kids. Throwing money at Amy's, Penny's and Richard's mothers appeases his conscience and allows him to bunk up with whatever nameless piece of skirt happens to float within eyesight of Jack. He's even donned (pun intended) a Don Draper 'do to add to his presumed sex appeal.
He is as abysmal a parent as Katshit across the Square and his own brother Derek. And the fact that he's "single" shouldn't be used as an excuse for him to flit from woman to woman night to night. Roxy's single, yet she catches hell whenever she goes out for an evening with Christian or Kim. That makes her a slut.
I'm glad some people haven't forgotten what a male slut Jack is and how absurd his behaviour is in a fortysomething man. Such behaviour was deplorable in the braindead twentysomething known as Tyler Moon; it's even sadder in Jack.
If TPTB really had their balls about them, they'd do a storyline where Jack catches the most annoying type of STD - crabs; but now might be an inopportune time for that, as TPTB have planned a romance to brew between him and Sharon; and that sucks too, because the last thing they need to do is use Sharon as a means of validating any and all kinds of Branning.
Jack should get syphilis. It's a slut's disease and Jack's a slut.
There's actually been some good debate, with some posters referencing the fact that Jack's now shown with a different woman, each half his age, weekly, culminating in him having had a threesome with two stewardesses, who appeared, immaculate and in complete uniform, on each or his arms in Wednesday's episode. Before that, there was a young brunette; and before that, an even younger blonde.
Mrs B points out, with approbation, that Jack seems happy. And why shouldn't he be? she reasons. He's single and he's having fun.
Ay, but there's the rub! Several other commentators pointed out that Jack's behaviour is nothing better than the way a slut would behave. I agree. As others pointed out, if this were someone like Roxy appearing weekly with a different man on a different day, culminating with two for a threesome, there'd be hell to pay, and Mrs B would be leading the charge. After all, Roxy, like Jack, is also single and should be having fun.
There's something about Jack that people easily forget, and that's not difficult, because Jack easily forgets it too ... he's a parent. In fact, he's a parent three times over. He's got a daughter who lives on the Square, in whom he invested five minutes of his time when it suite him to try to paint her mother as unfit, whilst employing underhanded and illegal tactics in that effort as well; he has a disabled daughter in Paris, whom he sees once every couple of years; and an accidental son in Portugal, whom he could care less about.
But in Jack's eyes, he's a good parent, because he "pays" for his kids. Throwing money at Amy's, Penny's and Richard's mothers appeases his conscience and allows him to bunk up with whatever nameless piece of skirt happens to float within eyesight of Jack. He's even donned (pun intended) a Don Draper 'do to add to his presumed sex appeal.
He is as abysmal a parent as Katshit across the Square and his own brother Derek. And the fact that he's "single" shouldn't be used as an excuse for him to flit from woman to woman night to night. Roxy's single, yet she catches hell whenever she goes out for an evening with Christian or Kim. That makes her a slut.
I'm glad some people haven't forgotten what a male slut Jack is and how absurd his behaviour is in a fortysomething man. Such behaviour was deplorable in the braindead twentysomething known as Tyler Moon; it's even sadder in Jack.
If TPTB really had their balls about them, they'd do a storyline where Jack catches the most annoying type of STD - crabs; but now might be an inopportune time for that, as TPTB have planned a romance to brew between him and Sharon; and that sucks too, because the last thing they need to do is use Sharon as a means of validating any and all kinds of Branning.
Jack should get syphilis. It's a slut's disease and Jack's a slut.
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