Sports is one of the few places where cis-het men can demonstrate intense emotional displays without shame from their peers and their socialized sex roles.
Rebecca's presentation reminds me of Chrisjen Avasarala's: tall women with glowing hot presence.
This episode is kind of a talker, one of those that it's fun to break down with your friends after the fact, and my interpretations of it are no better than anyone else's. (I also secretly suspect someone will eventually reveal a grand theory that will make me go, "That's what it is!" and I salute that person in advance.) One of the things I find interesting about it is that the surface signifiers are at odds with the emotional story. For instance, this episode uses the classic romantic structure of a long night of searching that finally ends in a joyful reunion, but it's in service of a relationship that still seems quite toxic.
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I didn't expect a football pitch to be a workplace comedy
Date: 2023-05-13 03:16 pm (UTC)...and the show does such a good job with that.
Sports is one of the few places where cis-het men can demonstrate intense emotional displays without shame from their peers and their socialized sex roles.
Rebecca's presentation reminds me of Chrisjen Avasarala's: tall women with glowing hot presence.
Benefits to memory loss: I'd completely forgotten "Beard After Hours," and now I want to rewatch thanks to Linda Holmes' recap