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Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska first edition cover
Author
John Green
Cover artist
Nolan Gadient
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Young adult novel
Publisher
Dutton Juvenile
Publication date
2005
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
223
ISBN
0-525-47506-0
OCLC
55633822
LC Class
PZ7.G8233 Lo 2005
Looking for Alaska is John Green's first novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association,[1] and led the association's list of most-challenged books in 2015 due to profanity and sexually explicit scenes.[2] Looking for Alaska is inspired by Green's own experiences as a high school student. The story is told through the first-person narration of teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter, as he enrolls in a boarding school in order to "seek a Great Perhaps", in the words of François Rabelais. Pudge meets one student in particular, the erratic Alaska Young, whom he falls in love with as she guides him through his own "labyrinth of suffering" until he is forced to continue this spiritual journey on his own.
Contents
1 Background
2 Plot
3 Characters
4 Themes
4.1 Search for meaning
4.2 Grief
4.3 Coming of Age
4.4 Hope
5 Reception
5.1 Controversy
5.1.1 Marion County, Kentucky
5.1.2 Depew High School, Buffalo New York
5.1.3 Knox and Sumner Counties, Tennessee
5.1.4 Controversy Due to Cover Design
5.2 Author's Response to Controversy
6 Adaptation
7 Footnotes
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 External links
Background[edit]
John Green, author of Looking for Alaska, in 2014
The novel is heavily based off John Green's early life. As he explains, "I myself was once a guy from Florida who was obsessed with the dying words of famous people and then left home to attend a boarding school in Alabama."[3] He goes on to explain that while the novel is fictional, the setting is not. Green attended Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Culver Creek of Looking for Alaska is Indian Springs School. From the smoking hole to the swing Pudge and Alaska sat on, John Green based the entire setting off of his high school. Characters are loosely based on his high school experiences, including smoking cigarettes in the woods instead of going to class.[3][4] While he was enrolled there, a student died under circumstances similar to the character of Alaska, which inspired the plot of the novel.[5][6]
John Green discussed at a book talk in Rivermont Collegiate on October 19, 2006 that he got the idea of Takumi's "fox hat" from a Filipino friend who wore a similar hat while playing pranks at Indian Springs School. From the same book talk, Green also stated that the possessed swan in Culver Creek came from his student life at Indian Springs School as well, where there was also a swan of similar nature on the campus. The two pranks that occur in the book are similar to pranks that Green pulled at his high school.[7] Green has also stated that several of Culver Creek's teachers are direct caricatures of multiple faculty members at Indian Springs.
During the week of July 29, 2012, Looking for Alaska broke into the New York Times best seller list at number ten in Children's Paperback, 385 weeks (more than seven years) after it was released.[8] As of May 3, 2016[update], it is number four on the New York Times best seller listing for Young Adult Paperback.[9] It spent eighteen weeks at number four.[10] Despite its literary success, Looking For Alaska has often been challenged in public school districts for content considered inappropriate.[11]
Plot[edit]
Miles Halter, obsessed with last words, leaves Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year, quoting François Rabelais's last words: "I go to seek a Great Perhaps".[12] Miles' new roommate, Chip "The Colonel" Martin, nicknames Miles "Pudge" and introduces Pudge to his friends: hip-hop emcee Takumi Hikohito and Alaska Young, a beautiful but emotionally unstable girl. Learning of Pudge's obsession with famous last words, Alaska informs him of Simón Bolívar's: "Damn it. How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!"[13] The two make a deal that if Pudge figures out what the labyrinth is, Alaska will find him a girlfriend. Alaska sets Pudge up with a Romanian classmate, Lara. Unfortunately, Pudge and Lara have a disastrous date, ending with a concussed Pudge throwing up on Lara. Alaska and Pudge grow closer and he begins to fall in love with her, although she insists on keeping their relationship platonic because she has a boyfriend that she insists she loves.
On his first night at Culver Creek, Pudge is kidnapped and thrown into a lake by the "Weekday Warriors," rich schoolmates who blame the Colonel and his friends for the expulsion of their friend, Paul. There is much tension between Pudge's friends and the Weekday Warriors because of Paul's expulsion. Takumi claims that they are innocent because their friend Marya was also expelled during the incident. However, Alaska later admits that she told on Marya and Paul to the dean, Mr. Starnes, to save herself from being punished.
The gang celebrates a series of pranks by drinking and partying, and an inebriated Alaska confides about her mother's death from an aneurysm when she was eight years old. Although she didn't understand at the time, she feels guilty for not calling 911. Pudge figures that her mother's death made Alaska impulsive and rash. He concludes that the labyrinth was a person's suffering and that humans must try to find their way out. Afterwards, Pudge grows closer to Lara, and they start dating. A week later, after another 'celebration', an intoxicated Alaska and Pudge spend the night in each other's presence, when suddenly Alaska receives a phone call which causes her to go into hysterics. Insisting that she has to leave, Alaska drives away while drunk with Pudge and the Colonel distracting Mr. Starnes. They later learn that Alaska has crashed her car and died.
The Colonel and Pudge are devastated and blame themselves, wondering about her reasons for undertaking the urgent drive and even contemplating that she might have deliberately killed herself. The Colonel insists on questioning Jake, her boyfriend, but Pudge refuses, fearing that he might learn that Alaska never loved him. They argue and the Colonel accuses Pudge of only loving an idealized Alaska that Pudge made up in his head. Pudge realizes the truth of this and reconciles with the Colonel.
As a way of celebrating Alaska's life, Pudge, the Colonel, Takumi, and Lara team up with the Weekday Warriors to hire a male stripper to speak at Culver's Speaker Day. The whole school finds it hilarious; Mr. Starnes even acknowledges how clever it was. Pudge finds Alaska's copy of The General in His Labyrinth with the labyrinth quote underlined and notices the words "straight and fast" written in the margins. He remembers Alaska died on the morning after the anniversary of her mother's death and concludes that Alaska felt guilty for not visiting her mother's grave and, in her rush, might have been trying to reach the cemetery. On the last day of school, Takumi confesses in a note that he was the last person to see Alaska, and he let her go as well. Pudge realizes that letting her go doesn't matter as much anymore. He forgives Alaska for dying, as he knows Alaska would forgive him for letting her go.
Characters[edit]
Miles Halter
Miles "Pudge" Halter is nicknamed because he is tall and skinny. He is the novel's main character, who has an unusual interest in learning famous people's last words. He transfers to the boarding school Culver Creek in search of his own "Great Perhaps". Pudge is attracted to Alaska Young, who for most of the novel has a mixed relationship, mostly not returning his feelings.
Alaska Young
Alaska is the wild, unpredictable, beautiful, and enigmatic girl with a sad backstory who captures Miles' attention and heart. She acts as a confidante to her friends, frequently assisting them in personal matters, including providing them with cigarettes and alcohol. She is described as living in a "reckless world." The second half of the novel focuses around the car accident that took her life and the other characters coping with not knowing if it was an accident or a suicide.
Chip Martin
Chip "The Colonel" Martin is five feet tall but "built like a scale model of Adonis",[14] he is Alaska's best friend and Miles' roommate. He is the strategic mastermind behind the schemes that Alaska concocts, and in charge of everyone's nicknames. Coming from a poor background, he is obsessed with loyalty and honor, especially towards his beloved mother, Dolores, who lives in a trailer.
Takumi Hikohito
Takumi is a gifted Japanese emcee/hip-hop enthusiast and friend of Alaska and Chip. He often feels overlooked in the plans of Miles, Chip, and Alaska. Towards the end of the novel he returns to Japan.
Lara Buterskaya
Lara is a Romanian immigrant, she is Alaska's friend and becomes Miles' girlfriend and, eventually, ex-girlfriend. She is described as having a light accent.
Mr. Starnes
Mr. Starnes is the stern Dean of Students at Culver Creek, nicknamed "The Eagle" by the students. He is pranked by Miles, Chip, Alaska, Lara and Takumi multiple times throughout the novel.
Themes[edit]
Search for meaning[edit]
After Alaska's death, Pudge and Colonel investigate the circumstances surrounding the traumatic event. While looking for answers, the boys are subconsciously dealing with their grief, and their obsession over these answers transforms into a search for meaning. Pudge and Colonel want to find out the answers to certain questions surrounding Alaska's death, but in reality, they are enduring their own labyrinths of suffering, a concept central to the novel. When their theology teacher Mr. Hyde poses a question to his class about the meaning of life, Pudge takes this opportunity to write about it as a labyrinth of suffering. He accepts that it exists and admits that even though the tragic loss of Alaska created his own labyrinth of suffering, he continues to have faith in the "Great Perhaps,'" meaning that Pudge must search for meaning in his life through inevitable grief and suffering. Literary scholar Barb Dean analyzes Pudge and the Colonel's quest for answers as they venture into finding deeper meaning in life. Because this investigation turns into something that is used to deal with the harsh reality of losing Alaska, it leads to Pudge finding his way through his own personal labyrinth of suffering and finding deeper meaning to his life.[15]
Grief[edit]
When Alaska dies unexpectedly, the repercussions in the lives of her friends are significant, especially for Pudge and the Colonel. Scholar Barb Dean concludes that it is normal to seek answers about what happened and why. She also points out that in writing Looking for Alaska, John Green wished to dive deeper into the grieving process by asking the question "how does one rationalize the harshness and messiness of life when one has, through stupid, thoughtless, and very human actions, contributed to that very harshness?" [16] Pudge and the Colonel blame themselves for Alaska's death because they do not stop her from driving while intoxicated. Because of this, their grieving process consists of seeking answers surrounding her death since they feel that they are responsible. Ultimately, Miles is able to come to the conclusion that Alaska would forgive him for any fault of his in her death and thus his grief is resolved in a healthy way.[17]
Coming of Age[edit]
Throughout the book, the events that Miles and other characters experience are typical coming-of-age situations. By the end of the book, it is clear that Miles has grown throughout the year. Book reviews often note this theme, bringing up the instances in the book such as grief that cause the characters to look at life from a new and more mature perspective.[18] Scholar Barb Dean also concludes that the characters grow up faster than expected while investigating Alaska's death because exploring the concept of the labyrinth of suffering is Miles' "rite of passage" into adulthood, and he learns more about himself through grieving for Alaska.[15] Reviews also note activities such as drinking and smoking, which, though controversial, are often viewed as rites of passage by the teenagers in this novel.[19]
Hope[edit]
The theme of hope plays a major role in Looking for Alaska. Even though some of the novel's prominent themes are about death, grief and loss, John Green ties hope into the end of the novel to solve Pudge's internal conflict brought on by Alaska's death. In Barb Dean's chapter about the novel, she takes a closer look into Mr. Hyde's theology class where he discusses the similarity of the idea of hope between the founding figures of Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Mr. Hyde also asks the class what their call for hope is, and Pudge decides his is his escape of his personal labyrinth of suffering. For Pudge, his call for hope is understanding the reality of suffering while also acknowledging that things like friendship and forgiveness can help diminish this suffering. Dean notes that Green has said that he writes fiction in order to "'keep that fragile strand of radical hope [alive], to build a fire in the darkness.'" [20]
Reception[edit]
Reviews of Looking for Alaska are generally positive. Many comment on the relatable high school characters and situations as well as more complex ideas such as how topics like grief are handled. Overall, many reviewers agree that this is a coming of age story that is appealing to both older and younger readers.[21][19] There has been much controversy surrounding this novel, however, especially in school settings. Parents and school administrators have questioned the novel's language, sexual content, and depiction of tobacco and alcohol use.[22] Looking for Alaska has been featured on the American Library Association's list of Frequently Challenged Books in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016.[23] The novel was awarded the Michael L. Printz award in 2006 and has also won praise from organizations such as the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and the Los Angeles Times among others.[24]
Controversy[edit]
Marion County, Kentucky[edit]
In 2016 in Marion County, Kentucky, parents have urged schools to drop it from the curriculum, referring to it as influencing students "to experiment with pornography, sex, drugs, alcohol and profanity."[25] Although the teacher offered an opt-out book for the class, one parent still felt as though the book should be banned entirely and filed a formal complaint. After the challenge, students were given an alternate book for any parents who were not comfortable with their children reading the book. One parent still insisted on getting the book banned and filed a Request for Reconsideration on the basis that Looking For Alaska would tempt students to experiment with drugs, alcohol, and sex despite the decisions made after the challenge.[26]
Depew High School, Buffalo New York[edit]
Two teachers at Depew High School near Buffalo, New York, used the book for eleventh grade instruction in 2008. Looking For Alaska was challenged by parents for its sexual content and moral disagreements with the novel. Despite the teachers providing an alternate book, parents still argued for it to be removed from curriculum due to its inappropriate content such as offensive language, sexually explicit content, including a scene described as "pornographic", and references to homosexuality, drugs, alcohol, and smoking. The book was ultimately kept in the curriculum by the school board after a unanimous school board vote with the stipulation that the teachers of the 11th grade class give the parents a decision to have their children read an alternate book. Looking for Alaska was defended by the school district because they felt it dealt with themes relevant to students of this age, such as death, drinking and driving, and peer pressure.[27]
Knox and Sumner Counties, Tennessee[edit]
In March 2012, The Knoxville Journal reported that a parent of a 15-year-old Karns High School student objected to the book's placement on the Honors and Advanced Placement classes' required reading lists for Knox County high schools on the grounds that its sex scene and its use of profanity rendered it pornography.[28] Ultimately, students were kept from reading the novel as a whole, but Looking For Alaska was still available in libraries within the district. In May 2012, Sumner County in Tennessee also banned the teaching of Looking For Alaska. The school's spokesman argued that two pages of the novel included enough explicit content to ban the novel.
Controversy Due to Cover Design[edit]
Further controversy came from the cover art. In August 2012, Green acknowledged that the extinguished candle on the cover leads to "an improbable amount of smoke", and explained that the initial cover design did not feature the candle. Green said that certain book chains were uncomfortable with displaying or selling a book with a cover that featured cigarette smoke, so the candle was added beneath the smoke.[29] In John Green's box set, released on October 25, 2012, the candle has been removed from the cover. Further paperback releases of the book also have the candle removed.
Author's Response to Controversy[edit]
Green defended his book in his vlog, Vlogbrothers. The video, entitled "I Am Not A Pornographer", describes the Depew High School challenge of Looking For Alaska and his anger at the description of his novel as pornography. Green defends the inclusion of the oral sex scene in Looking for Alaska stating, "The whole reason that scene in question exists in Looking for Alaska is because I wanted to draw a contrast between that scene, when there is a lot of physical intimacy, but it is ultimately very emotionally empty, and the scene that immediately follows it, when there is not a serious physical interaction, but there's this intense emotional connection." Green argues that the misunderstanding of his book is the reason for its controversy, and calls to people to understand the actual literary content before judging specific scenes. He also condemns the way that groups of parents underestimate the intelligence of teenagers and their ability to analyze literature. He ends with encouraging his viewers to attend the Depew School Board hearing to defend the choice of parents, students, and teachers to have Looking for Alaska included in public schools.[30]
Adaptation[edit]
The film rights to the novel were acquired by Paramount Pictures in 2005. The screenplay was potentially going to be written and directed by Josh Schwartz (creator of The O.C.)[31] but, due to a lack of interest by Paramount, the production had been shelved indefinitely.[32] It had been reported that Paramount was putting the screenplay in review due to the success of the film adaptation of Green's breakout novel, The Fault in Our Stars. On February 27, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, screenwriters for Temple Hill Entertainment who had worked on adaptations for The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, would be writing and executive producing for the film.[33] Paramount was actively casting the latest version of the screenplay, which was written by Sarah Polley.[34][35] Rebecca Thomas was set to direct.[36] Green also confirmed that Neustadter and Weber were still involved with the film.[37] In August 2015, it was announced filming would begin in the fall in Michigan.[38] It was later announced that filming would begin in early 2016 because of lack of casting decisions. Later in 2016, John Green announced in a Vlogbrother's video and on social media that the film adaption has once again been shelved indefinitely.[39] John Green explained, "It has always fallen apart of one reason or another."[40]
On May 9, 2018 it was announced that Hulu would be adapting the novel into an 8-episode limited series.[41] On October 30, 2018, John Green announced the lead cast: Kristine Froseth as Alaska, and Charlie Plummer as Miles.[42]
Footnotes[edit]
Bob Carlton (2005-03-13). "One-time Indian Springs student finds his way in first novel".
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Bibliography[edit]
Green, John (28 December 2006). Looking for Alaska. Penguin Young Readers Group. ISBN 9780142402511.
External links[edit]
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An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
Paper Towns (2008)
The Fault in Our Stars (2012)
Turtles All the Way Down (2017)
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Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances (2008)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)
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2000: Myers – Monster
2001: Almond – Kit's Wilderness
2002: Na – A Step From Heaven
2003: Chambers – Postcards from No Man's Land
2004: Johnson – The First Part Last
2005: Rosoff – How I Live Now
2006: Green – Looking for Alaska
2007: Yang – American Born Chinese
2008: McCaughrean – The White Darkness
2009: Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road
2010s
2010: Bray – Going Bovine
2011: Bacigalupi – Ship Breaker
2012: Whaley – Where Things Come Back
2013: Lake – In Darkness
2014: Sedgwick – Midwinterblood
2015: Nelson – I'll Give You the Sun
2016: Ruby – Bone Gap
2017: Lewis, Aydin, and Powell – March: Book Three
2018: LaCour – We Are Okay
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This article is about fictional character from American medical drama Private Practice. For seventh episode of the fourth season of same series, see Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? For fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, see Charlotte King (Home and Away).
Charlotte King
Private Practice character
KaDee Strickland as Dr. Charlotte King
First appearance
"In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else" 1x01
Last appearance
"In Which We Say Goodbye" 6x13
Created by
Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by
KaDee Strickland
Information
Aliases
Charlie
Char
Cruella (by Violet)
Occupation
Attending at St. Ambrose Hospital
Physician at Seaside Health & Wellness
Physician at Pacific Wellcare Center (former)
Physician at Oceanside Wellness Group (former)
Title
Chief of Staff (St. Ambrose Hospital)
Former Director (Pacific Wellcare Center)
M.D.
Family
"Big Daddy" (father, deceased)
Augusta King (mother)
Duke King (brother)
Landry King (brother)
Spouse(s)
Billy Douglas (divorced)
Cooper Freedman
Significant other(s)
Archer Montgomery
Sheldon Wallace
Children
Mason Warner (step-son via Cooper)
Georgia King-Freedman
Caroline King-Freedman
Rachel King-Freedman
(triplet daughters with Cooper)
Dr. Charlotte King is a fictional character from the ABC medical drama Private Practice, portrayed by KaDee Strickland. Charlotte is the Chief of Staff at the fictional St. Ambrose Hospital in Santa Monica. She has an "adversarial" role in the show,[1] and is responsible for opening the Pacific Wellcare Center, a medical practice in direct competition with the series' main practice, the Oceanside Wellness Group. Charlotte is also the wife of pediatrician Cooper Freedman (Paul Adelstein).
Contents
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1 Storylines
2 Development
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links
Storylines[edit]
Charlotte (Char) is from Monroeville, Alabama. She has two brothers, Duke (Tyler Jacob Moore) and Landry (Caleb Moody), and was raised by her parents "Big Daddy" and Augusta King, who she refers to as "a son of a bitch" and "a drug addict" respectively.[2] She has trouble connecting with others because signs of affection were discouraged in her family.[3] Charlotte attended Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,[2] and went on to become the youngest physician to hold the position of Chief of Staff at St. Ambrose Hospital in Santa Monica.[4] She uses internet dating websites using the handle "CanYouHandleMe441", and is embarrassed to discover a man she has been interacting with online is Cooper Freedman, the Oceanside Wellness Centre's pediatrician. She agrees to go for a drink with him, however, and the two end up sleeping together.[5]
Charlotte and Cooper enter into a relationship, but break up when he discovers that she is opening a new practice to rival his own, on the fourth floor of the same building.[6] They come close to reconciling when Charlotte believes she may be pregnant, but she is disappointed when her pregnancy test comes back negative and Cooper subsequently rejects her again.[7] They re-unite when Charlotte's father dies from lung cancer, and Cooper helps her to turn off his life support machine.[2] Charlotte is jealous of Cooper's relationship with his best friend Violet Turner (Amy Brenneman), particularly when he opts to move in with her to support her through her pregnancy.[8] In retaliation, Charlotte sleeps with Archer Montgomery (Grant Show); however, Cooper forgives her as he realizes she is afraid of being in a committed relationship and is trying to push him away.[9] Charlotte is later fired from her position as director of Pacific Wellcare as the practice owner, William White (James Morrison), believes her to be heartless.[10] However, she continues private practice work as she is employed to replace Naomi at Oceanside Wellness, electing to practice sexology as her specialty.[11]
In the beginning of the third season she and Cooper were having trouble because Violet was attacked and he put himself at fault. But, in S03E03 at the end he literally "swept her off her feet" and asked her to move him with him. In the S03E04 Charlotte renovates Cooper's bathroom, destroying it in the process. At the end it is revealed that he is broke. In S03E05, Charlotte is accepted into the practice and takes up sexology. Toward the end of the episode Cooper admits that he is threatened by Charlotte because she says that she is "too much of a woman" for him, but they get over this and they continue to be happy. That is, until it's revealed that Charlotte was married before and lied about this to Cooper. Then she enters into a sexual relationship with Sheldon, who later admits that he loves her. In 3x20 Cooper reveals that his parents had a son that died before him and he felt like he was replaced and that's why he took Charlotte's first marriage so badly. He tells Violet that he is going to "get her back". In S03E21 Cooper tells Charlotte that she is important to him and they go get dinner. In S03E22 the episode opens with Cooper and her in bed after having sex. Later in the episode Sheldon admits that she deserves better, and he can be more to her. He asks her out to dinner. At the end, Violet asks Cooper if he loves Charlotte and he nods. So, she says to "go get her". He follows Violet's instructions and leaves for Charlotte—who is out with Sheldon. In the season 3 finale Cooper admits his love for her and proposes. Later in the episode he tells everyone that he proposed and she said yes. Sheldon resents being everyone's "second choice". At the end Cooper says that he takes back the proposal, so he can do it the next day. She questions this, but he says he can't live without her and she is everything he never knew he wanted. She tosses him the ring, and he asks, "if I propose again tomorrow, what are you gonna say?" Charlotte replies: "I'm gonna say yes."
In season four, Charlotte meets a mentally unstable patient who appears to be extremely aggressive. When she goes to leave her office after a hard day of work, she is knocked back into her office and is raped and brutally beaten, left with a broken wrist, and hand, a deep laceration on her left arm, a broken eye socket, and a broken nose. Cooper is at a bar with Sam and Amelia while this is happening and Cooper drunkenly comes onto Amelia, Sam stepped in to stop the sexual feelings between the two, before Cooper did something he would regret later on. Addison comes to Charlotte's aid at the hospital and she tells Addison that her attacker "wiped" himself off in her hair and then raped her again. She reveals to Amelia that she also was addicted to pills. At first keeping quiet what really happened, Charlotte is able to tell Cooper and the others how she was raped. However, her reluctance to come forward at first leads to her rapist being allowed to go free. When the man attacks his girlfriend, she stabs him in self-defense, sending him to the hospital. While Cooper and Sheldon are tempted to let him die, Sam saves his life. Before the operation, Charlotte sees the man, saying that if he dies, she wants the last thing he sees to be her face. Charlotte learns the man had told his girlfriend of the rape and convinces her to tell the police so he'll be arrested. He survives the surgery and Charlotte confronts him, saying she had built him in her mind as a monster but now sees he's just a weak little man and is able to move on. Charlotte and Cooper continue on the path to engagement with the couple taking a policy to be honest with each other. Cooper confesses his run in with Amelia at the bar and Charlotte confronts her, but the two are able to salvage the friendship and Charlotte asks Amelia to be her maid of honor. In the episode "What We Have Here..." Cooper confronts Charlotte's ex-husband Billy after finding out that Charlotte keeps a photo of him after all these years. It is revealed that Billy cheated on Charlotte to find out if he was gay, which he is, shocking Charlotte. Charlotte eventually marries Cooper in the episode "Something Old, Something New", which finds them eloping to Vegas after dealing with dueling families that suggest that they call off the wedding. In season 5 she finds out Cooper has a son named Mason. After his mom dies of cancer, Charlotte accepts Mason into her home. In the first episode of season 6, she and Cooper find out they're pregnant with triplets. Charlotte is extremely hesitant towards becoming a mother, especially when she learns the triplets are all girls, but Cooper assures her that their daughters will be special.
Development[edit]
Charlotte is one of the few series regulars not to have appeared in the backdoor pilot episode "The Other Side of This Life". Strickland was added to the cast in July 2007, prior to the commencement of the first series.[12] She did not have to audition for the role, but was cast after a meeting with series creator Shonda Rhimes.[13] Strickland was drawn to Charlotte's hardworking nature and "strong moral code". She has stated that the role is challenging as she does not "necessarily agree with her way of handling people or what she stands for" and is "shocked at how her point of view just really takes over for her and that's kind of it."[13] Strickland grew up in a medical environment as her mother is a registered nurse, something she has deemed useful for the role as it presents her with a "phenomenal resource for [...] research material".[13]
Prior to the broadcast of the first season of Private Practice, Lynette Rice of Entertainment Weekly described Charlotte as the show's "Tough-as-nails hospital administrator who disapproves of Oceanside Wellness' New Age attitude toward medicine."[14] Matt Mitovich of TV Guide stated that a season later, Charlotte seemed "less shrill", observing that: "She originally came across as a character simply designed to be the thorn in everyone else's side. But I think they've worked her in better this season."[15] Strickland agreed with this assessment, commenting: "I think that's what Shonda and the writers always sought for her, without even telling me where it was going. I clearly never saw the Cooper thing coming. I knew from what I had learned of Shonda's writing for Grey's that I would eventually get some justification for why I'm a kick in the pants. It's wonderful to have layers get peeled off. She's a Southern girl, and us Southern folks tend to have a lot of Southern gothic strangeness behind us."[15]
Part of Charlotte's evolving characterization in the second season revolved around her relationship with Cooper. The season placed greater focus on the characters' love lives and the subsequent pressure placed on their personal and professional relationships. Rhimes explained: "I look at this sort of like a family business. I wanted the stories to challenge the family and how they deal with one another."[16] Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it opined that the relationship between Charlotte and Cooper was interesting as it "came out of left field", something which Strickland agreed with, stating: "it just goes to show that life is very unpredictable, I think. The truth is that people end up in the most unlikely situations. You can be around someone for years and not know you have chemistry with them. Charlotte and Cooper have been in this professional environment, never knowing that they have a similar proclivity, if you will. And where that’s leading is really just wonderful. I’m really thrilled."[17] The season also saw Charlotte in more of a central role, as the show's main protagonist Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) spent more time working at St. Ambrose Hospital. Walsh assessed that: "All the doctors at Oceanside Wellness need Charlotte, and yet they resent needing her, because she's a pain in the ass to deal with."[18] With regards to the development of Charlotte and Cooper's relationship in the show's third season, Strickland has said: "I think I'm perfectly well-placed with Cooper. Other characters are going to have more of a triangle than me and Violet."[19] By the sixth season, executive producer Barbie Kligman said the pairing was "real" while Walsh said it was "one of the best relationships", citing the example of Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton in Friday Night Lights, and that it was rare to see that on television. Strickland described her character's relationship with Cooper as "honest" and "steadfast".[20]
Reception[edit]
Isabelle Carreau of TV Squad is critical of Charlotte's character. In October 2007, she noted that of 306 respondents to a TV Squad poll on viewers' favorite Private Practice character, only one had selected Charlotte. Following the episode "In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole", she opined: "I'm not sure that this somewhat Charlotte-centric Private Practice episode will have viewers relate more with the character."[21] She wrote that she was indifferent towards Charlotte, and saw her as more of a recurring than regular character, whose lack of screen time made her hard to relate to.[21] When Charlotte slept with Cooper in "In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm", Carreau opined: "I'm not sure I like the port Cooper found in his storm and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone thinking this [...] It's clear they are trying to make Charlotte more meaningful but for me, it's too little too late."[22] She wrote that Charlotte was as poorly introduced as unpopular Lost characters Nikki and Paulo, and suggested that the relationship had the potential to ruin Cooper, who was in her opinion the show's best character. Carreau would have preferred for Cooper's online date to turn out to be Violet. She did find Charlotte's nickname of "CanYouHandleMe441" interesting, and noted that: "It sure shows a side of her that we didn't know existed."[22] When Charlotte was fired from her position as Director of Pacific Wellcare, Carreau wrote: "Someone finally told Charlotte that she doesn't have a heart. Okay, she does have one but it must be made of stone or ice or something similar."[23]
Andrea Reiher of Zap2it called the scene in "Nothing to Fear" which saw Charlotte dress in white lingerie and a veil after proposing to a hesitant Cooper "creepy".[24] When Cooper declined Charlotte's request that he move in with her in favor of moving in with Violet, Reiher questioned: "Why did Cooper have to tell Charlotte? Why couldn't he have just said yes to her and told Violet things were off? If he really loves Charlotte, why wouldn't he do that?"[25] Fellow Zap2it writer Kiley McMichael agreed: "Cooper is an idiot. Truly. He says he wants this real future with Charlotte, but doesn't act like it. Best friends or not, there's no need for him to move in with Violet now that she's pregnant. She's not debilitated."[26] When Charlotte slept with Archer in retaliation, McMichael noted: "[her] tough as nails exterior is crumbling, which is sad, because that's what made her interesting. Now she's just flawed."[27] Reiher was critical of Charlotte in the episode which followed, commenting that she took an opposing stance to Cooper at work: "Because she's a giant turd. Man, I dislike her."[28] She further recapped: "Cooper tries to reconcile with Charlotte and she gets mad at him for loving her, even though she's a horrible, horrible woman. I side with Charlotte. She sucks, don't love her Cooper! Love Violet! Instead, he grabs her in a hug and she cries and they kiss and I vomit in my mouth a little. Sorry but... I hate Charlotte."[28]
In another negative review, Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times wrote that the female characters in Private Practice "collectively offer one of the most depressing portrayals of the female condition since The Bell Jar."[29] Mid-season two, Jon Caramancia for the Los Angeles Times opined: "That Charlotte has become the axis around which most of this show's intrigue revolves only highlights how thin the central characters have become and how many of the show's initial charms have been neutered. The vivid sexual confusion between Violet Turner (Amy Brenneman) and Cooper Freedman (Paul Adelstein) has been completely sacrificed so that Cooper could play out his ridiculous affair with Charlotte, whose character has resisted all attempts at softening—sea changes in hair, makeup and wardrobe be damned."[30]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Keck, William (September 20, 2007). "For Kate Walsh, 'Practice' makes perfect". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
^ Jump up to: a b c Sal Calleros (writer), Mark Tinker (director) (2009-01-15). "Homeward Bound". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 12. ABC.
Jump up ^ Jenna Bans (writer), David Solomon (director) (2007-10-31). "In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole". Private Practice. Season 1. Episode 6. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Dr. Charlotte King". ABC. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Lauren Schmidt (writer), Mark Tinker (director) (2007-11-21). "In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm". Private Practice. Season 1. Episode 8. ABC.
Jump up ^ Jon Cowan and Robert L. Rovner (writers), James Frawley (director) (2008-11-26). "Tempting Faith". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 7. ABC.
Jump up ^ Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter (writer), Jeff Melman (director) (2008-12-10). "Know When to Fold". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 9. ABC.
Jump up ^ Mike Ostrowski (writer), Steve Gomer (director) (2009-02-05). "Acceptance". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 15. ABC.
Jump up ^ Steve Blackman (writer), Michael Zinberg (director) (2009-02-19). "Wait and See". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 17. ABC.
Jump up ^ Jon Cowan & Robert Rovner (writers), Michael Zinberg (director) (2009-04-30). "Yours, Mine and Ours". Private Practice. Season 2. Episode 22. ABC.
Jump up ^ Kathy McCormick (writer), Steve Gomer (director) (2009-10-29). "Strange Bedfellows". Private Practice. Season 3. Episode 5. ABC.
Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael (July 11, 2007). "Breaking Grey's/Private Practice Casting News!". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
^ Jump up to: a b c Meltzer Zepeda, Dana (September 21, 2007). "Private Practice Preview: Hail to the New Chief (of Staff)". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Rice, Lynette (September 7, 2007). "Meet the doctors of Private Practice". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
^ Jump up to: a b Mitovich, Matt (October 29, 2008). "Private Practice's KaDee Strickland Shares Her Sexy Secrets". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Keveney, Bill (September 5, 2008). "ABC's 'Private Practice' injecting romance, intrigue". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Ghosh, Korbi; Roffman, Marisa (August 14, 2008). "The Stars of 'Private Practice' Speak Scoop". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (October 22, 2008). "Private Practice: Kate Walsh Dishes on What's Ahead". E! Online. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (August 3, 2009). "Spoiler Chat: Is Eric Getting His Fangs Into Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood?". E! Online. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Sandra (January 17, 2013). "'Private Pratice [sic]' series finale set diary: EP and Kate Walsh pay tribute to CharCoop -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b Carreau, Isabelle (October 31, 2007). "Private Practice: In Which Charlotte Goes Down The Rabbit Hole". TV Squad. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
^ Jump up to: a b Carreau, Isabelle (November 22, 2007). "Private Practice: In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm". TV Squad. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Carreau, Isabelle (May 1, 2009). "Private Practice: Yours, Mine & Ours (season finale)". TV Squad. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Jump up ^ Reiher, Andrea (January 22, 2009). "'Private Practice': Joel Grey's Emmy reel". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
Jump up ^ Reiher, Andrea (January 30, 2009). "'Private Practice': No one wants Violet's baby". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
Jump up ^ McMichael, Kiley (February 5, 2009). "'Private Practice': It's not a tumor!". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
Jump up ^ McMichael, Kiley (February 19, 2009). "'Private Practice': One begins where the other ends". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
^ Jump up to: a b Reiher, Andrea (March 12, 2009). "'Private Practice': Addison Chooses Not to Sleep with a Married Man. Yay!". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
Jump up ^ Stanley, Alessandra (September 26, 2007). "New Series: Women Test Mettle, and Metal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
Jump up ^ Caramancia, Jon (January 4, 2009). "'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Private Practice' are adrift". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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