Ally McBeal and her homies - The reification of white stereotypes of the other

This article critically analyzes the popular television show, Ally McBeal, with a specific focus on how women and ethnic minorities are stereotypicall y portrayed. Through Complicity Theory, Standpoint Feminist, and Womanism, this article contends that the mediated representations of women and ethnic minorities on Ally McBeal are largely negative, and that stereotypical ima ges of these groups continue to be perpetuated in the media. In an effort t o interrogate and problematize these mediated images; that is, what is "wom anhood" and who are "ethnic minorities," a move from complicity to implicat ure theory is offered.