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sasha_feather) wrote2023-08-05 11:47 pm
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this post is mostly about Heartstopper S2
Watched:
The Dragon prince season 5. Netflix.
This is cute and I like some of the imaginative creatures and landscapes.
Heartstopper season 2. Netflix.
I liked this SO much. It's a little slow but that turns out to be a good choice when you have a headache and are doing concussion recovery.
It's just this amazingly sensitive portrayal of queer high school students (or whatever they call them in England, they are about 16). It's an ode to the joys of queer love, inclusive. Inclusive of gay and bi people, ace people, trans people, people of color, etc.
It does focus on the romantic relationship of 2 high school boys, which is a little awkward for me because I identify more with their teachers and parents; this show is not *for* me exactly, but it's healing to watch in that way of speaking to my younger self and wishing I had the language and the stories when I was that age.
I'm so happy it exists. I feel that the show is strongest when it expands outward a bit to the ensemble. But perhaps that is simply because my favorite characters are Mr. Farouk, Isaac, and Elle.
Also! They do some incredible effects of blending comics into the live action.
Cut for spoilers,
In one scene, a closeted character, Ben, stands outside a queer art exhibit. The animated rainbow, like a wave, approaches his feet and waits there for a moment. Ben turns around a leaves, and the rainbow recedes. It's so effective, so heartbreaking and true. This ocean wave, this community, will receive you. But you have to take that step into it.
In another scene, a character fights loudly with her mother, but it's muted, and purple clouds obscure the scene. We don't need to see or hear exactly what is happening; in fact it's better for this audience to have this insulation covering the sharp edges. We know! If we haven't experience this directly, then we have heard about it from others, or we've seen it before on screen. This obscuring was so tactful, so sensitive, so thoughtful. And it's the opposite of what non-queer media has done for ages, the opposite of showing the gay bashing. I can't gush enough about this technique.
also! Some of you will like to know, that at this point, the show is NOT about forgiveness. That may change later of course but right now if you want to see people standing up and saying NO, and NOT forgiving the bullies, then Heartstopper is here for you.
General TV reflections
I am grateful for TV right now, giving me things to think about but not taxing me too much.
I have noticed that I pay a lot of attention to costuming. The trend right now in suits is for them to be so tight that the characters look like if they did a prat fall they would bust right out of their pants.
This is a screen shot from Good Omens 2 where one of the angels is wearing these tight trousers that cut into her butt and show her panty lines. It's hilarious but also why!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2VwBaAXgAA3QKi?format=jpg&name=large
Carhartts are also in fashion, these are work clothes but everyone is wearing them including people on TV (Antoni! on Queer eye!). This makes me happy because they are actually comfortable and well made.
The Dragon prince season 5. Netflix.
This is cute and I like some of the imaginative creatures and landscapes.
Heartstopper season 2. Netflix.
I liked this SO much. It's a little slow but that turns out to be a good choice when you have a headache and are doing concussion recovery.
It's just this amazingly sensitive portrayal of queer high school students (or whatever they call them in England, they are about 16). It's an ode to the joys of queer love, inclusive. Inclusive of gay and bi people, ace people, trans people, people of color, etc.
It does focus on the romantic relationship of 2 high school boys, which is a little awkward for me because I identify more with their teachers and parents; this show is not *for* me exactly, but it's healing to watch in that way of speaking to my younger self and wishing I had the language and the stories when I was that age.
I'm so happy it exists. I feel that the show is strongest when it expands outward a bit to the ensemble. But perhaps that is simply because my favorite characters are Mr. Farouk, Isaac, and Elle.
Also! They do some incredible effects of blending comics into the live action.
Cut for spoilers,
In one scene, a closeted character, Ben, stands outside a queer art exhibit. The animated rainbow, like a wave, approaches his feet and waits there for a moment. Ben turns around a leaves, and the rainbow recedes. It's so effective, so heartbreaking and true. This ocean wave, this community, will receive you. But you have to take that step into it.
In another scene, a character fights loudly with her mother, but it's muted, and purple clouds obscure the scene. We don't need to see or hear exactly what is happening; in fact it's better for this audience to have this insulation covering the sharp edges. We know! If we haven't experience this directly, then we have heard about it from others, or we've seen it before on screen. This obscuring was so tactful, so sensitive, so thoughtful. And it's the opposite of what non-queer media has done for ages, the opposite of showing the gay bashing. I can't gush enough about this technique.
also! Some of you will like to know, that at this point, the show is NOT about forgiveness. That may change later of course but right now if you want to see people standing up and saying NO, and NOT forgiving the bullies, then Heartstopper is here for you.
General TV reflections
I am grateful for TV right now, giving me things to think about but not taxing me too much.
I have noticed that I pay a lot of attention to costuming. The trend right now in suits is for them to be so tight that the characters look like if they did a prat fall they would bust right out of their pants.
This is a screen shot from Good Omens 2 where one of the angels is wearing these tight trousers that cut into her butt and show her panty lines. It's hilarious but also why!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2VwBaAXgAA3QKi?format=jpg&name=large
Carhartts are also in fashion, these are work clothes but everyone is wearing them including people on TV (Antoni! on Queer eye!). This makes me happy because they are actually comfortable and well made.
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Oh the rainbow and purple cloud safety content is brilliant, and also so appropriate given Heartstopper's origin as a webcomic
(short-term memory issues: as I was writing this post, I misremembered the title as "Heartbreak." Never use such a common word as a title: quacking it yielding millions of nothing.)
Carhartts as fashion blows my mind, but that's how the west coast dockworkers and miners felt when Levi Strauss dungarees became objects desired by people outside the trades.
(Autocorrect tried to change "trades" to "grads" which was certainly A Choice.)