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sasha_featherMy friend Things With Wings said that she is only watching shows that have a) no cops /no copaganda, and b) interesting, significant queer characters. I have been thinking about this a lot as a general base line of expectation for shows.
Not all of my shows quite meet this criteria, but many of them do, and I'm glad there is so much good TV to watch. It's really been a lifeline to me lately. Personally I am fine with making exceptions but I am finding it useful to use this framework as a way to think about and evaluate media, sort of like how the Bechdel test operates as a framework. I enjoy plenty of things that don't pass the Bechdel test but it's useful.
Shows I'd recommend that fit these criteria:
This Is Going to Hurt (British medical drama);
Lizzo's Watch out for the Big Grrls;
What We Do in the Shadows;
Everything's Gonna Be Okay;
Abbott Elementary;
The Umbrella Academy;
Black Sails;
Our Flag Means Death;
Rūrangi;
Feel Good (Mae Martin's show, Netflix);
Sex Education (Netlflix).
This is just recent TV shows; most queer movies pass.
What other shows fit?
Not all of my shows quite meet this criteria, but many of them do, and I'm glad there is so much good TV to watch. It's really been a lifeline to me lately. Personally I am fine with making exceptions but I am finding it useful to use this framework as a way to think about and evaluate media, sort of like how the Bechdel test operates as a framework. I enjoy plenty of things that don't pass the Bechdel test but it's useful.
Shows I'd recommend that fit these criteria:
This Is Going to Hurt (British medical drama);
Lizzo's Watch out for the Big Grrls;
What We Do in the Shadows;
Everything's Gonna Be Okay;
Abbott Elementary;
The Umbrella Academy;
Black Sails;
Our Flag Means Death;
Rūrangi;
Feel Good (Mae Martin's show, Netflix);
Sex Education (Netlflix).
This is just recent TV shows; most queer movies pass.
What other shows fit?
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Date: 2022-10-08 12:19 pm (UTC)Interestingly, some reality/game shows fit, like Great British Bakeoff and Blown Away.
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Date: 2022-10-09 02:28 am (UTC)Yes you are right about reality shows. Some of them can be like, this particular season, or skip this episode, and the format makes it easy to do that.
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Date: 2022-10-09 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-20 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-10 07:17 pm (UTC)I'm kind of on the fence about Killjoys -- I think an argument could be made that they're all space cops, and thus it's copaganda, but on the other hand the show is deeply suspicious of authority.
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Date: 2022-10-20 08:14 pm (UTC)