Tuesday, February 25, 2014

True Detective and Women

As I briefly mentioned yesterday, I’m obsessing over True Detective the same way everyone with HBO is. I don’t need to tell you why it’s so great, you’ve either already heard or already written it off, I assume. I watched the first five episodes in fairly quick succession, and I was ready to bestow the mantle of “Better Than Breaking Bad” on it, when it was pointed out that some people feel that it’s depiction of women is less than great. It’s always a bad feeling when I find out something I like is found questionable, as if I am guilty by association. Instead of repeating what I’ve read or defending the show, I’ll just link to these two articles. The first by Emily Nussbaum from the New Yorker, the second from Britt Hayes at Screen Crush. I think both make valid points, but I especially like Hayes’ piece. Of course, I would, because it puts me at ease and validates my thoughts that just because women are treated poorly on the show, it doesn’t mean they’re treated poorly by the show. I still wonder though. I mean, I think I know what the makers of True Detective are trying to say, but are there still a  bunch of jerks out there who think the depiction of tough guys and submissive women is cool, and something to aspire to? What do you think?

Monday, February 24, 2014

"This place is like someone's memory of a town, and the memory is fading."


I’m so bad at keeping up with this. Rest assured, I am watching just as much TV as usual, the stuff I’m watching just isn’t easy and fun to write or talk about. Except True Detective, which is a goddamn masterpiece. Unfortunately I didn’t start watching until it was a few weeks in, or else I would have probably wanted to post about it. I’m sure there will be a True Detective post eventually.


I’m not making any promises, but I’m going to try and post a little more, especially with Game of Thrones, Veep and Mad Men(!) returning. I think I’ll do it a little different, and probably just write a few thoughts and supply some links to recaps and articles from other sites. It’s all about the comments section anyways, right?

So is anyone out there? What have you been watching?