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I watched the first episode of The Good Place. Then, The Politician caught my eye and I can’t stop watching. It’s been dubbed the “High School House of Cards”...about a ruthless, corrupt student election. It’s dark comedy. Definitely weird. It’s about a bunch of very flawed privileged people and a little bit about everything that’s going on today...the allusions are numerous. There have been a couple of disturbing scenes so far, also. I think every character is supposed to be a narcissist or a sociopath except the guy who died in the first episode...and even that’s debatable - maybe one other character. It was pretty obviously intended. These people are mostly awful but a few are strangely endearing. Gwenyth Paltrow is in it, Jessica Lange, Martina Navritalova has a cameo role.
Not as far into it as you. What did you think of the whole Gypsy Rose aspect though? I feel like they went way too far between her story and traits. Made me quite uncomfortable. Comedy of someone's real long-term abuse.The Politician is really good. I'm on the last episode of the season. Bette Midler's been in it for the last episode. She's got a perfect character for herself. Gwenyth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, January Jones (from Madmen) are really good. Ben Platt, the lead, is really good too. It has that quirky 90s early 2000s indie movie feeling - like the Royal Tannenbaums or I Heart Huckabees, mixed with House of Cards (or Game of Throwns if it were in the present, because some of the characters are inexplicably, underhandedly vicious, yet not out of place for the story line) - if I were to try to explain the vibe the best I can. It's like a long wild movie (as some good series can be).
Not as far into it as you. What did you think of the whole Gypsy Rose aspect though? I feel like they went way too far between her story and traits. Made me quite uncomfortable. Comedy of someone's real long-term abuse.
I didn't see the other show and I forgot about that story so it didn't bother me. Also, I don't think it's as much comedy as it is satire - meant to be dark. If there's anything funny it's supposed to be uncomfortably funny (I didn't find that aspect funny, but satirical). One of the points of the characters is they're all (most of them without giving anything away) a little bit sociopathic/ antisocial personality/ borderline personality disordered/ damaged. Some are full on psychopaths. Jessica Lange's character definitely falls somewhere in that cluster of disorders.Not as far into it as you. What did you think of the whole Gypsy Rose aspect though? I feel like they went way too far between her story and traits. Made me quite uncomfortable. Comedy of someone's real long-term abuse.
I don't know what you mean by other show.I didn't see the other show and I forgot about that story so it didn't bother me. Also, I don't think it's as much comedy as it is satire - meant to be dark. If there's anything funny it's supposed to be uncomfortably funny (I didn't find that aspect funny, but satirical). One of the points of the characters is they're all (most of them without giving anything away) a little bit sociopathic/ antisocial personality/ borderline personality disordered/ damaged. Some are full on psychopaths. Jessica Lange's character definitely falls somewhere in that cluster of disorders.
They were not so much making fun of illness as classical comedy and satire has elements of tragedy and focuses on the (sometimes awful) absurdity of human fallibility.
There are so many potentially offensive elements in shows (couldn't even watch Game of Throwns, Breaking Bad could've been making fun of addiction, the growing opioid crisis, or desperate people who can't pay their medical bills. All the mob shows like Sopranos use Italian stereotypes, and they satirize some despicable crimes (Tony Soprano's regular visits to a psychiatrist made comedy out of real mental illness - as if in real life she'd just sit and listen to a high ranking mobster talk about his "work" problems), but they are shows with some element of believability or suspension of disbelief because there are so many potentially offensive elements of humans generally.
I looked up Gypsie Rose Lee/ The Politician, and apparently there was another show on a different network, about her specifically. Patricia Arquette is in it.I don't know what you mean by other show.
Comedy - satire - either way the taking on of a specific example, especially on that is still fairly recent - it was a bit too far for me.
The dark humour aspect could have worked just as well utilizing Munchausen by proxy without it being such a clear connection to a specific instance.
I did enjoy the show otherwise.
Does anyone know why they even changed the original characters....why not just age them with makeup?Watched the first episode of Season 3 of The Crown. The beginning was a great way to introduce the new actress starring as the aging Queen. However, I felt a big difference in the way the queen was portrayed. I'll have to watch more and see if I warm up to the new/old queen.