The Best of Designing Women [DVD]

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For a while, Designing Women captured some of the spirit of Hollywood’s silkiest and smartest, Golden Age sophistication. Debuting in the fall of 1986, this half-hour sitcom–about four Atlanta belles who either owned or worked for an upscale interior design firm–seamlessly blended an understated glamour with razor-sharp dialogue, polished Southern grace, and a ripened female perspective–a sort of perfumed but unequivocal feminism for college-educated women over 30. The core cast of stage and film veterans–Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Jean Smart–was unusually strong, and their characters’ problems and conflicts were unique to adulthood rather than the protracted adolescence common among today’s comedies. The five episodes on this disc represent some of the show’s strongest material, including season two’s “Killing All the Right People,” which–for its time–was bold in introducing a character dying of AIDS complications. Also quite witty is “Reservations for Eight,” in which the Georgia quartet and their lovers bicker over gender stereotypes. –Tom Keogh

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Join Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker along with Mary Jo and Charlene in five of the most popular episodes! Fans have requested these episodes the most: the pilot episode that began it all, “Killing All the Right People” and “Reservations for Eight” from the second season, “Big Hass and Little Falsie” from the third season, and “They Shoot Fat Women Don’t They?” from the fourth season. Starring Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Meshach Taylor.