strawgal

Binge watched eight eps last night, its one of the best thing I have watched for a long time. The handling of female charecters makes it relatable, non of the tropes of women being stupid or hysterically emotional,
The stand up is not that bad, I didn't expect it to be as funny as it was, so far no theme of the Asian parents which seems to be a commen one in Asian stand up
Unfortuately how women are treated by men, often like they have a brain pea, and the man in the relationship being seen as the rational and capable one still rings true. I buy everything in our home, including buying and selling the home, go and buy anthing and they still want to talk to the man, you verbally have to hit them over the head with a bat before they get who is making the choices.

Its not really as advertised, you start of with the light stuff, and then it gets heavy and complicted, I would say its a thinking watch. I liked it but I like complicated.

I just found it irriating, it has all the things I hate where they make the female look like an idiot,

Available, no risk of pregnancy and you can play football or PlayStation for hours together.

Do you not find the depiction of girls/women in most of these dramas what ever genre annoying. They are usually totally self absorbed, live in a sort of fan fiction in their head about their 'love' interest, will not take no for an answer, deceptive, manipulative or the odd 'hero' female is supposed to put up or shut up to be seen as worthy to be 'saved' or loved.
When you find out a women has actually been the script writer I despair, its like the only sort of female characters are a bitch, witch or have severe mental health problems and they are only plot devices. Both of the FL in this, surprise, one has MH problems and the other is deluded or desperate.

My biggest gripe is non of the males are depicted as having feminine traits, not all boys/men behave like straight guys. My daughters male friends from the age of twelve the had the same interests as her, horse riding seems to attract men with what is seen as feminine traits, only one has a guy as a partner, In most of these dramas feminine is seen as a bad thing in a male, usually the character has all the spiteful attributes usually reserved for female characters or seen as weak.
Being seen as a 'tom boy' not such a bad attribute because you can either disguise your self as a nerd, slightly higher up the acceptability tree, or
change into the standard vision of femininity.
I skim female plots just because they are so poorly written, they make angry.

I think in that age group and in that situation you are discovering your emotions and sexuality, its not about just being 'gay', or not.

I have watched a a lot of 'school' drama's over the last two years and I think this captures perfectly how uncertain you feel at that age. You are trying to fit in, starting to make choices and are often fighting your parents for what you want, even if you are not quite sure what you want.
I used to work in a school with this age group and for some school is their only safe space, but some have trouble fitting in, and what your peer group think of you is a huge thing because they have often known you for years and you feel your not allowed to become something different. They think they know you but you have changed, both physically and in how you think.
The good thing is if when you leave school and move away for uni or work, you can find space to reshape your life, and school life a distant memory
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In the UK the people that picked over like this is the RF, and MSM encourages it for click bait. I think most UK actors and artists do not give a FF, Hugh Grant is a prime example. K, J and T actors unfortuately do not earn enough money from acting and rely on product endorsements so bad publicity is a real threat to their earnings,
I think the only way unfortuately is the law, the so called fans have no self control and live in a fantasy land in their head.

I have put off watching for as long as can, I had and afternoon to my self so I could have a cry in peace.

I think of my family, divorce, babies born outside marriage, were all things of shame not to be spoken of, up to the 1960's. If you were an unmarried mother your baby was often taken, and you could end up in 'hospital' workhouse.
My mother has a still birth and even that was a secret

Well if it is , I haven't watch QAF for a long time, I remember it as funny in parts. For anyone who is interested Viscious is now on Netflix, old{er) gay couple sharp comedy, filmed in front of an audience, outakes which are almost funnier than the script, on Ytube.

Its a good watch but almost in tone a film of two halves. Great action and humour at the start, and a commentary on what evil looks like, towards the end.
Ethan Juan, I had never seen him in anything else, has charm and screen presence, which is must in a story that is told from a villian's POV.

I have just finnished ep 9, and what I can not get my head around is no one really cares where she is or what she is doing. She could be dead in a ditch, and all they care about is how it affects them, which ever personality she is living as. Small glimmer in 2ML, but still self involved,
As reporters, where, what and why, ML goes to see the doctor, and says nothing, as far as we are shown, that she has gone off the radar. Suicide risk?? Its all about how it affects him basically, is it my fault? Stateing the blooming obvious, and the doctoe show no proffesional curiosty, open leading questions, why are you here, what do you want to atcheive?
Oh, and WTF do they show the younger women talking in staccato cliiped baby voices, like if you are young you are despirate to get any attentsion in the work place, and will settle for a loveless relationship.
Saying all this I love it.
The old ladies are just users/groomers, toxic.

This was our Saturday night movie, and was great, I would not felt I had over paid if I had seen it in the cinema, it would have looked even better on a big sceen, perhaps we need a bigger telly.

No convuluted plot which made sense, a female with a role who thank god is not a love interest, great action scenes and fighting. A few uck moments , but not that gory.
The producers and directors skill showed, and all the acting great often casting outside their normal type cast. Nice to see two actors not playing a dad, again.
It would be interesting to know what it cost against the recent Disney flops.

What a great surprise, its got a proper plot, and some good action sequences.
Mark never ceases to amaze me in how he manages to transform himself.

I prefered season two, so far. Its a bit more gritty, Season one seemed to have that hazy glow of perfect past that you seen often in historical drama, too clean and pretty,
After watching The Frog, the plot seems pretty simple to me.

Loads of disease are life limiting, but with lifestyle changes and medication you can have a longer life. Heat disease and diabetes are common but untreated can kill you, my dad died at fifty five from heart disease, they just do not get the headlines like cancer.
What I can not understand is why he gets abuse for doing his job well, a villian is what makes many dramas so watchable. A villian that is close to real life, is the best sort.

International Monetary Fund https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/IMF-at-a-Glance

If you like a hefty dose of sarcasm, the reviews are out for the new Scorsese film.
“Unspeakable dialogue that should have remained unspoken.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUMKMeYUP14

You obviously have a very specific citeria, me, I am a drama ominvore. I will just about watch anything, try and digest and appreciate the good bits, and leave on the side of plate anything that looks a bit suspect, and file it for reference. Some of most well regarded actors still alive can be in a dud, but the actual performance may be good one, or you get a great script and story, but the acting,setting and costume are a bit meh.
Stories are retold, glammed up for the audience of the day, and passed on, when you get to a certain age you have seen just about every plot twenty times.
https://www.autocrit.com/7-stories-world/
The last time I was surprised by a plot twist, The Sixth Sense, the most you can expect is did it entertain, or make you think, and if its not for you, there will be another long and be intrepretated with different ideas.
I think the last original idea I read was I Robot, basically a dective story written in 1950, because at that time AI seemed a fantasy, and the idea that a machine could be programmed with 'ethics' , the thee laws of robotics, mind bending. Nearly every SiFi story since has its roots in the ideas in these books, although the the results are often completely different.
I think I will give anything a try as long as they , 'do not lose the bunny', (Con Air 1997, not everyones taste, but it enertains)