Seriously.
Plumbers are rare enough in fiction and film, and whenever they do make a sporadic appearance, they tend to be either comic relief or else serve as fleeting stock characters, often with no name, who do little more than supply information (like one of the many walk-on-walk-off witnesses who might get questioned by the cops during the first fifteen minutes of any given episode of Law & Order).
I recall a friend telling me (second hand, so I have no link as proof) that she read some survey (I think in a women's magazine) where the sole question was asking only women which "male" professions they considered to be the sexiest. Carpenters came in at #1, and plumbers were somewhere near the bottom. So I guess that in our culture, when women think of plumbers, the think of Ed Norton from The Honeymooners. And in the same vein, if anyone here can recall the series finale of Cheers, the character of Rebecca (Kirtstie Alley), who spent her whole (six?) seasons on the show trying to snag the ultimate trophy husband (i.e. rich, powerful, handsome, prestigious, went to the right school, belongs to the right contry club, etc) wound up marrying a plumber, and her marriage choice was heavilly played up as a sort of a humbling karmic come-uppance as payback for her many years of snobbishly and self-righteously aspiring for only "the best." And then of course there's the famous expression "plumber's crack."
So ... plumbers evidently are NOT considered to be good candidates for tall dark and handsome.
Meanwhile, I have been TRYING to find an example on the internet of a plumber who is a hero in either literature and film, and I'm striking out big time.
Anybody?????
.
Plumbers are rare enough in fiction and film, and whenever they do make a sporadic appearance, they tend to be either comic relief or else serve as fleeting stock characters, often with no name, who do little more than supply information (like one of the many walk-on-walk-off witnesses who might get questioned by the cops during the first fifteen minutes of any given episode of Law & Order).
I recall a friend telling me (second hand, so I have no link as proof) that she read some survey (I think in a women's magazine) where the sole question was asking only women which "male" professions they considered to be the sexiest. Carpenters came in at #1, and plumbers were somewhere near the bottom. So I guess that in our culture, when women think of plumbers, the think of Ed Norton from The Honeymooners. And in the same vein, if anyone here can recall the series finale of Cheers, the character of Rebecca (Kirtstie Alley), who spent her whole (six?) seasons on the show trying to snag the ultimate trophy husband (i.e. rich, powerful, handsome, prestigious, went to the right school, belongs to the right contry club, etc) wound up marrying a plumber, and her marriage choice was heavilly played up as a sort of a humbling karmic come-uppance as payback for her many years of snobbishly and self-righteously aspiring for only "the best." And then of course there's the famous expression "plumber's crack."
So ... plumbers evidently are NOT considered to be good candidates for tall dark and handsome.
Meanwhile, I have been TRYING to find an example on the internet of a plumber who is a hero in either literature and film, and I'm striking out big time.
Anybody?????
.
