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Apr. 27th, 2014 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sasha_featherPainful cough all day, chest congestion, sore back.
Spoke out loud very little today. Not good for me to not talk like this so I'm going to try and update my journal a little more frequently.
I watched all of "Legit" on Netflix streaming this weekend (13 half hour eps). I liked the disability content; it will give me something to talk about on my WisCon panel re disability and TV. One of the three main characters is a Billy, a guy who has MD, is a wheelchair user, and needs a lot of assistance. In the beginning of the show he's in a nursing home, but comes to live with his brother Steve and their good friend Jim. These guys are all kind of irresponsible 30-somethings who like to have a good time; they drink, use drugs, and Jim sleeps around. They show really lets Billy have a social and sex life, explores themes of autonomy, mortality, and even possible parenthood for Billy. He has friends from his old nursing home, including a recurring character named Rodney, a guy with a developmental disability. In one episode Billy tries internet dating.
The humor on "Legit" is sometimes offensive and won't be for everyone. Jim Jefferies categorizes himself as an offensive, trashy comic and sometimes goes for that joke with the shock value and seeks to make people uncomfortable. (One episode, "Misunderstanding", deals with the fall out of a rape joke gone wrong.) But his show has real heart, and real representation for disabled people. In episode 10, tons of disabled actors are featured when Jim attempts to volunteer at Billy's old nursing home for a day of games. An episode deals with Billy and Steve's mom, who is a hoarder, as the guys confront her and try to get her to clean out her house. This episode didn't seem funny to me, but it did seem real, painful, and it seemed like all the characters were dealing with the crap in their lives in ways that mattered.
I really enjoyed this show. Don't know if they will get a second season but I hope so!
Spoke out loud very little today. Not good for me to not talk like this so I'm going to try and update my journal a little more frequently.
I watched all of "Legit" on Netflix streaming this weekend (13 half hour eps). I liked the disability content; it will give me something to talk about on my WisCon panel re disability and TV. One of the three main characters is a Billy, a guy who has MD, is a wheelchair user, and needs a lot of assistance. In the beginning of the show he's in a nursing home, but comes to live with his brother Steve and their good friend Jim. These guys are all kind of irresponsible 30-somethings who like to have a good time; they drink, use drugs, and Jim sleeps around. They show really lets Billy have a social and sex life, explores themes of autonomy, mortality, and even possible parenthood for Billy. He has friends from his old nursing home, including a recurring character named Rodney, a guy with a developmental disability. In one episode Billy tries internet dating.
The humor on "Legit" is sometimes offensive and won't be for everyone. Jim Jefferies categorizes himself as an offensive, trashy comic and sometimes goes for that joke with the shock value and seeks to make people uncomfortable. (One episode, "Misunderstanding", deals with the fall out of a rape joke gone wrong.) But his show has real heart, and real representation for disabled people. In episode 10, tons of disabled actors are featured when Jim attempts to volunteer at Billy's old nursing home for a day of games. An episode deals with Billy and Steve's mom, who is a hoarder, as the guys confront her and try to get her to clean out her house. This episode didn't seem funny to me, but it did seem real, painful, and it seemed like all the characters were dealing with the crap in their lives in ways that mattered.
I really enjoyed this show. Don't know if they will get a second season but I hope so!
