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I’ve seen a lot of terrible shorts series, and I usually make it through because they’re relatively short, but I really could not sit through this one. Yes, you’ve got the usual cheesy dialogue, crappy editing, and bad acting, but there there was nothing entertaining or sweet to make up for it. It was just straight up boring.
The characters kept monologuing loudly to themselves in public as a way to give information to the audience or so that someone could conveniently overhear them. The fake fighting was so unconvincing. Like you could very clearly see that they weren’t actually hitting each other. Every problem was solved through mafia-son-nepotism. The kisses were proper kisses, but the actors had no chemistry so it didn’t matter.
Plenty of your usual consent / boundary issues too. Grabbing to prevent them from leaving, pinning each other down violently, and trying to hit each other. Plenty of sexual harassment. James makes Push come in when he’s showering twice, both times getting in his space naked while Push is clearly uncomfortable. He forces him into the shower and gets him wet, makes him wash his hair, tries to make him shower with him, and tries to take off his pants despite repeated “no”s and being physically pushed away. He invites Push to join him in bed in a sexually suggestive way when Push has no choice other than to sleep in the same bed with him. He pretends to be asleep and cuddles Push. He hugs Push from behind and refuses to let go when he says to and is struggling. He non-consensually touches Push and kisses his cheek. And Push tries to kiss James while he thinks he’s in a coma (James was only pretending to be in a coma, but I have no clue why).
The couple was boring, the plot was boring, I wasn’t getting any sweet romantic moments, and everything about the production quality was so jarringly bad. Normally I say go for these short series if you’re bored and can’t find anything better, but I’d say this one isn’t worth your time even then.
The characters kept monologuing loudly to themselves in public as a way to give information to the audience or so that someone could conveniently overhear them. The fake fighting was so unconvincing. Like you could very clearly see that they weren’t actually hitting each other. Every problem was solved through mafia-son-nepotism. The kisses were proper kisses, but the actors had no chemistry so it didn’t matter.
Plenty of your usual consent / boundary issues too. Grabbing to prevent them from leaving, pinning each other down violently, and trying to hit each other. Plenty of sexual harassment. James makes Push come in when he’s showering twice, both times getting in his space naked while Push is clearly uncomfortable. He forces him into the shower and gets him wet, makes him wash his hair, tries to make him shower with him, and tries to take off his pants despite repeated “no”s and being physically pushed away. He invites Push to join him in bed in a sexually suggestive way when Push has no choice other than to sleep in the same bed with him. He pretends to be asleep and cuddles Push. He hugs Push from behind and refuses to let go when he says to and is struggling. He non-consensually touches Push and kisses his cheek. And Push tries to kiss James while he thinks he’s in a coma (James was only pretending to be in a coma, but I have no clue why).
The couple was boring, the plot was boring, I wasn’t getting any sweet romantic moments, and everything about the production quality was so jarringly bad. Normally I say go for these short series if you’re bored and can’t find anything better, but I’d say this one isn’t worth your time even then.
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