has anyone else noticed this?

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2005)

i suspect this has been mentioned before (?) but just in case... it seems that 'desperate housewives' has drawn on quite a few influences from American beauty. for example you get Mary-Alice's narration like we get lester's in American beauty. also there are the obvious sort of 'sex and scandal in suburbia' themes in both American beauty and d.h although the film has more depth and meaning and doesn't solely concentrate on this. and there is Carolyn whose character has obviously influenced Bree van Der kamp's in d.h. in fact, thinking about it, the relationship between Bree and her husband is not unlike lester and Carolyn's, in some respects. i don't know what the avid American beauty fans will think of this post but the more i see desperate housewives i can't help but see parallels between the show and American beauty. what do you think?