Yeah, the race switching goes both ways, and considering the W Siblings, their gender swaps I imagine are pretty well thought out.
I enjoyed the reincarnation angle- or the 'everyone has the possibility to be everyone else depending on their circumstance'.
Idpol wise- I'm pretty into portrayals of anything, depending on the context. Spoilers: I was so so surprised of the Game of Thrones rape controversy (wow, that was half a decade ago). The rape is extraordinarily fucked up in the books, and was considerably more toned down in the show, the portrayal obviously being negative, but also implied- (not explicitly shown onscreen), and yet a lot of people reacted really negatively. The show started with a woman being raped by a husband she was forced to marry- who eventually then loves him...? The idea portraying 'uber villain Ramsay as uber evil' as crossing the line was very odd. I understand as a culture we might have been over rape stories (i know I am) but in a show as a critique of medieval society...? Medieval setting combined with adaptation of books? It's kinda necessary. Especially when you view the show in a broader scope- where a season later Ramsay gets viciously murdered by Sansa- probably leading a lot of viewers to have catharsis, however manufactured.
I'm very into portrayals of women however, I forgive GOT because there's such a variety of women, with a lot of commentary on the limited roles they were allowed to have during medieval adjacent setting.
I'm very pro anti-slut shaming, very pro funny women, very pro bizarre women. I disagree with the idea we should be promoting 'strong female characters' if we're talking literally. I'm not interested in a woman being flawless, i'm more interested in seeing how people cope with problems differently to me (or in ways I agree with)
I saw Network recently, and while I agree with its politics and thought there were great scenes, the two female characters are filling two annoying archetypes. Both academy award winning! Very disappointed. I hope it's an 70's culture thing rather than the writer's views of women.
The problem with the rape scene is that they had already botched up the Cersei/Jaime sex scene at the cathedral, so it looked like rape, and the directors and writers did not do themselves any favors later.
Yeah, the race switching goes both ways, and considering the W Siblings, their gender swaps I imagine are pretty well thought out. I enjoyed the reincarnation angle- or the 'everyone has the possibility to be everyone else depending on their circumstance'.
Idpol wise- I'm pretty into portrayals of anything, depending on the context. Spoilers: I was so so surprised of the Game of Thrones rape controversy (wow, that was half a decade ago). The rape is extraordinarily fucked up in the books, and was considerably more toned down in the show, the portrayal obviously being negative, but also implied- (not explicitly shown onscreen), and yet a lot of people reacted really negatively. The show started with a woman being raped by a husband she was forced to marry- who eventually then loves him...? The idea portraying 'uber villain Ramsay as uber evil' as crossing the line was very odd. I understand as a culture we might have been over rape stories (i know I am) but in a show as a critique of medieval society...? Medieval setting combined with adaptation of books? It's kinda necessary. Especially when you view the show in a broader scope- where a season later Ramsay gets viciously murdered by Sansa- probably leading a lot of viewers to have catharsis, however manufactured.
I'm very into portrayals of women however, I forgive GOT because there's such a variety of women, with a lot of commentary on the limited roles they were allowed to have during medieval adjacent setting. I'm very pro anti-slut shaming, very pro funny women, very pro bizarre women. I disagree with the idea we should be promoting 'strong female characters' if we're talking literally. I'm not interested in a woman being flawless, i'm more interested in seeing how people cope with problems differently to me (or in ways I agree with) I saw Network recently, and while I agree with its politics and thought there were great scenes, the two female characters are filling two annoying archetypes. Both academy award winning! Very disappointed. I hope it's an 70's culture thing rather than the writer's views of women.
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True. The porn was definitely on its way out by S4/5, but the switch might've been too much.
The problem with the rape scene is that they had already botched up the Cersei/Jaime sex scene at the cathedral, so it looked like rape, and the directors and writers did not do themselves any favors later.
Yeah that adaptation is pretty excruciating.