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: While I think good points are being made
: about how they see Laura as too matronly,
: there's more to the story here.
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: Felicia and Lucy are played by women who
: have maintained their tight, athletic
: bodies, who can still wear revealing, fitted
: clothing, who can still have their sex
: appeal played up. It doesn't happen. Lucy
: and Felicia get far less airtime and
: onscreen romance than Laura did. Neither
: actor is on contract. Neither actor is
: allowed to mix it up with the leading male
: characters. So it's not that.
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: Tracy spent large periods of time on this
: show alone. Her sex appeal was rarely played
: up anymore. She was dressed in the epitome
: of stately, matronly wear. Jane Elliot never
: lost her contract.
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: There is more to this story.
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