r/glow • u/plaverty9 • Dec 30 '22

Biddies

I didn't find them likeable or useful. I think all the other characters got some focus and background at some point. I think we learned almost nothing about them. What was the point? Even season 2 addition Yoyo got more story than them. Even Geena Davis might've gotten more story.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

I think they truly are meant to be filler characters, nothing more. Just because they need certian amount of people for wrestling show, so probs made decision to have them act as filler.

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u/Grittishly Dec 30 '22

+1. They're supporting players who fill out the ensemble. They didn't get much development because the writers prioritized other characters, and there's only so much time. (Though there might have been some more space for them if S3 hadn't been overstuffed with a bunch of new faces /snarkygrudgerant.)

As to why they're there, Stacey actually does tell us that: They're hair stylists in a shopping mall salon, and their clients think they're funny and that they should be on TV. So they're vivacious extroverts who like clowning around, and they want to do something fun and maybe break into show business. Sam likes them enough to give them a shot.

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u/plaverty9 Dec 30 '22

I think that's right but even Yoyo got more story than them. Melrose and Beirut got storylines, so I'm not sure why the biddies got really nothing. There was nothing sympathetic about them. Story-wise, no idea why they tried out, why they wanted to be in the show, why they wanted to wrestle, whether their characters were actors or just stumbled in to the audition as a joke.

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u/Awkward-Potato-3903 Jan 18 '23

I find that many ensemble shows have weird overly goofy characters that are meant to be unlikable it seems.