Salon.com > The B in Apartment 23 http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Don’t Trust the B —- in Apt. 23″: TV’s new paean to selfishness http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/dont_trust_the_b_in_apt_23_tvs_new_paean_to_selfishness/ http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/dont_trust_the_b_in_apt_23_tvs_new_paean_to_selfishness/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12857821 This week, the great 2011-2012 lady-sitcom trend comes to an end, with the premiere of the last two series to claim membership, the stupendous “Girls," debuting this Sunday night on HBO (more on “Girls” later today), and the not so stupendous “Don't Trust the B- in Apt. 23,” which began last night on ABC.  The truncated “B” in “Apt. 23” stands for “Bitch,” which suggests that one of the characters in “Apt. 23” should be even more prickly and obnoxious than the trying, caustic stars of “Whitney,” “Are You There Chelsea,” and “2 Broke Girls” -- women who have reclaimed the B-word for themselves, but didn’t title their TV shows accordingly. This, however, is not the case here: The “B” in apartment 23 is the Disney princess version of a bitch, the bitch as lifestyle icon and self-help guru, so, really, the bitch who is not a bitch at all.

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