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"I tend to be a sucker for great sitcoms. Not good sitcoms. Great ones. This is, of course, a matter of taste, but I know when I&amp;amp;#8217;ve found something great when I watch it repeatedly (or, in the case of Arrested Development, when I buy the DVDs and watch them on repeat, constantly). I&amp;amp;#8217;m writing about The New Girl as such a sitcom, but with an added bonus: it help explains what men don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand about women. The premise of The New Girl is simple: a recently-dumped Jess (the irrepressible queen of Twee, Zooey Deschanel) finds three guy roommates on Craigslist and moves in, and worlds collide. But what could have been a clich&amp;amp;eacute; and stupid sitcom (this was doubtful, considering its author, Elizabeth Meriwether, who&amp;amp;#8217;s script &amp;amp;#8220;F*ck Buddies&amp;amp;#8221; was still charming as No Strings Attached after being pressed through the Hollywood machine) ends up being enlightening. Here are three ways Jess helps is understand just what we don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand about women: 1. She Sings. Jess sings constantly, often narrating her actions, even if just to herself. Men don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand that most women, if not all of them, have a creative impulse. And a performative impulse. Jess helps us understand that the picture you drew us for our birthday is much more important than the iPod we were hinting at. 2. She sees her ex-boyfriend as a &amp;amp;#8220;wizard.&amp;amp;#8221; Even though Jess&amp;amp;#8217;s ex cheated on her, she is still on love with him, or parts of him, especially his hair. This is something guys can never quite grasp: how you can still be attracted to someone who mistreated you? But Jess does a great job of explaining the lack of logic in it all: &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s like he&amp;amp;#8217;s a wizard.&amp;amp;#8221; 3. She can be one of the guys. Many guys don&amp;amp;#8217;t see women as potential friends. This isn&amp;amp;#8217;t all guys, but plenty of them. Let&amp;amp;#8217;s ignore Zooey Deschanel&amp;amp;#8217;s infinte cuteness for a second. Jess can hang. She&amp;amp;#8217;s funny, clever and smart. And she had model friends. Not the point. But kind of the point. Cool girls have cool friends. And before you know it, you have a crew. Have you seen The New Girl? What have sitcoms taught you about guys, if anything? Have a question about Dating, Relationships, or Sex for Single John? Submit it here. Can be totally Anonymous! More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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