tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post209856605750599437..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: "It is worse than a crime: it is a mistake"Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66944097432140864242018-03-22T17:48:47.286-04:002018-03-22T17:48:47.286-04:00I share your vexation, Mitchell. I suspect some pa...I share your vexation, Mitchell. I suspect some pablum-puking 20-something snowflake intern who never watched an episode of GUNSMOKE created the promo. On top of the political correctness, the promo also mistakenly implies Miss Kitty was the sole owner as opposed to a co-owner with men like Bill Pence. I appreciate your being a watchman on the wall and crying foul. Gary R. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811008380554433446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-89089107404700873972018-03-21T18:19:27.392-04:002018-03-21T18:19:27.392-04:00My guess is it was done as a back-handed complimen...My guess is it was done as a back-handed compliment to a great character that someone in their graphic department doesn't even know what she was about. They took the Ms title to gain her authority, as a strong career woman. If you watched this show, or watch it now in reruns as I do almost daily, you would know the character was a strong no-nonsense woman, who would take no guff from the ranks of 'victimization' of 2018. Kitty was one of the strongest female characters ever on television, she would have said proudly and defiantly, "That's Miss Russel to you."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598321249896138287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-88214403736988219892018-03-21T10:57:51.002-04:002018-03-21T10:57:51.002-04:00My complete guess, based on having worked with the...My complete guess, based on having worked with the industry this long, and having had graduates go on to do this kind of work: the "Ms." was probably done out of force of habit, with no agenda or malice at work, but rather the work of a young promotions department that had a deadline to meet, is accustomed to the modern honorific, and not enough background with the series to know the appropriate style for "Gunsmoke."<br /><br />Now, if we hear back from MeTV and they respond that it was deliberately done, it's another ball game. My wager, though, is on "it's one of those things that happened."Jodie Peelerhttp://www.garrowayatlarge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-29194050570142631192018-03-21T09:43:37.798-04:002018-03-21T09:43:37.798-04:00I'm in total agreement here, Mitch. It was the...I'm in total agreement here, Mitch. It was then and has always been "Miss" Kitty! Perhaps, a mistake or worse, as you said, political correctness. Whatever the case, it's wrong and I appreciate you pointing this out. You should definitely send this post to MeTV.Net - "It's a Wonderful Movie"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01680194388277190995noreply@blogger.com