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It is true that many shows only "find their feet" and "come into their own" after starting, typically in the second season. This is IMHO true of H&CF. It is
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
It is true that many shows only "find their feet" and "come into their own" after starting, typically in the second season.
This is IMHO true of H&CF.
It is also true that part of this was the pivot to foreground the female characters (1)
The idea that the show was "ruined" by not portraying them as just "hot chick" and "wife" is a) extremely gross and b) a statement that's really only about the person making it.
1) https://slate.com/culture/2015/05/amcs-halt-and-catch-fire-season-2-review-how-it-pivoted-to-become-a-different-better-show.html https://slate.com/culture/2015/05/amcs-halt-and-catch-fire-s...
- yucky 4y agoIt does a disservice to the people that actually were there at the forefront making shit happen. All so we can "check some boxes".
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe people at the forefront making it happen weren't really like Joe or Gordon, gender and jobs aside. From the first episode both of them had a lot of dramatized character traits.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoRight, it's a TV drama, and should be judged on those terms. And IMHO, succeeds on them, even when it was was a non-obvious turn. The characters are superb.
- yucky 4y agoWhy do you say "gender aside" though? I suspect if the real players were women, turning them into men for TV might be looked at negatively. How is this different?
- Apocryphon 4y agoI suspect the differences between Joe, Gordon, and co., and the actual people behind the PC revolution as captured by Silicon Cowboys, go far beyond differences in demographics or check-box traits, to their fundamental personalities themselves. Focusing on such superficial traits is a red herring.
- yucky 4y agoSo gender doesn't matter until it does. Got it.
- Apocryphon 4y agoHey, you're the one who brought it up.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoIt's basically writing prompts for culture-war mad-libs. Ways to start a fight. You should not regard it as serious discourse.