Ladies Who Punch

Ramin Setoodah has written a “ tell all” book about The View which received tremendous advance publicity. I am not sure why. The long lived show ( some would say past it's sell by) was a talk show started by Barbara Walters. While Ms Walters helmed the show it had an ounce of charm and class. She with the help of Meredith Viera led the discussions along topical areas of politics, fashion and entertainment. It was hardly intellectually challenging but good fun on days off. =
Mr. Setoohdeh used Barbara, O'Donnell and Hasselback as main characters for his “tell all”. If he honestly thinks these common scolds are representative of women; working, intelligent women, he has a problem. They all talked at once, were frequently ill informed and were, for the most part shrieking liberals. It would be unique if a liberal Female politician was soft spoken and genteel but then she wouldn't appear on the View. It was embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch this never ending show. His book was as chaotic in some ways as The View, jumping from characters to situations at will. I always thought a good ending to that show would have been to end when Barbara Walters retired. I was curious to read this because The View is such a staple for so many people but for me this book was just a quick read. The stories were interesting and it was a good read.