Ripley on Netflix

[Anonymous]

Stop bragging about reading Highsmith. She was a notorious anti-Semite. I mean, really, really loathed Jews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop bragging about reading Highsmith. She was a notorious anti-Semite. I mean, really, really loathed Jews.

+1

In addition to being a hardcore antisemite, she was obviously mentally ill and considered by her friends to be a very difficult person…basically an a-hole.

She has been described by those who know her as a misogynist.

She famously took a giant head of lettuce covered with live snails to a cocktail party.

In short: she was loony tunes…and mean. That’s how her friends described her.

She was also privileged. Wellesley grad who traveled as she wrote. Pissed away money because she was an alcoholic.

Nothing noble about her. Like, literally nothing.

[Anonymous]

The actor playing Freddie was born a girl and seemingly hasn’t had any surgery. They only announced they are non-binary and gender fluid in the last several years.

They appear to be anorexic, hence somewhat flat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop bragging about reading Highsmith. She was a notorious anti-Semite. I mean, really, really loathed Jews.

+1

In addition to being a hardcore antisemite, she was obviously mentally ill and considered by her friends to be a very difficult person…basically an a-hole.

She has been described by those who know her as a misogynist.

She famously took a giant head of lettuce covered with live snails to a cocktail party.

In short: she was loony tunes…and mean. That’s how her friends described her.

She was also privileged. Wellesley grad who traveled as she wrote. Pissed away money because she was an alcoholic.

Nothing noble about her. Like, literally nothing.

you don't have to live a good life to write excellent books. in fact, I think it helps if you don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The actor playing Freddie was born a girl and seemingly hasn’t had any surgery. They only announced they are non-binary and gender fluid in the last several years.

They appear to be anorexic, hence somewhat flat.

you sound weirdly obsessed. leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The actor playing Freddie was born a girl and seemingly hasn’t had any surgery. They only announced they are non-binary and gender fluid in the last several years.

They appear to be anorexic, hence somewhat flat.

you sound weirdly obsessed. leave it alone.

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It’s what I observed while watching the series and googling who the actor was playing Freddy. So like, 1 minute of research?

Nepo baby with some issues. Bizarre casting. Anyway…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The actor playing Freddie was born a girl and seemingly hasn’t had any surgery. They only announced they are non-binary and gender fluid in the last several years.

They appear to be anorexic, hence somewhat flat.

you sound weirdly obsessed. leave it alone.

?

It’s what I observed while watching the series and googling who the actor was playing Freddy. So like, 1 minute of research?

Nepo baby with some issues. Bizarre casting. Anyway…

Yeah, time to leave it alone PP you're starting to sound offensive.

[Anonymous]

Definitely being set up for a Season 2, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely being set up for a Season 2, right?

its been described as a "limited series" so that was a reveal / revelation at the end, not a cliffhanger in the conventional way a 2nd season would pick up on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop bragging about reading Highsmith. She was a notorious anti-Semite. I mean, really, really loathed Jews.

+1

In addition to being a hardcore antisemite, she was obviously mentally ill and considered by her friends to be a very difficult person…basically an a-hole.

She has been described by those who know her as a misogynist.

She famously took a giant head of lettuce covered with live snails to a cocktail party.

In short: she was loony tunes…and mean. That’s how her friends described her.

She was also privileged. Wellesley grad who traveled as she wrote. Pissed away money because she was an alcoholic.

Nothing noble about her. Like, literally nothing.

Meh. I'm a privileged Jewish Wellesley grad and I still love her books. Would I want to hang out with her? Probably not. But damn, she's an amazing writer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the very few people who has read each and every one of the Ripley novels. I also loved the movie, even though it took very different turns from the book. So I was thrilled to see there was going to be this series…

Unwatchable. 100% unwatchable. Long, slow, boring, no need for the black and white, miscast, wrong tone, trying to shoehorn in diversity in a way that serves absolutely no one and does nothing for the plot. It’s a no. So disappointed.

The diversity was a big bizarre misstep.

Zero chance Dickie and Marge would pal around with a non-binary gal who dresses like a man. Zero chance that character would exist anywhere IRL as a Brit in Italy in the 1960s. (Talk about a nepo-baby…it’s Sting’s kid and they were given a role that just didn’t make sense).

And what are the odds of a successful private eye catering to white people domestically and abroad who is black?

Tokenism. Distracting, unrealistic tokenism.

Zero chance.

Plenty of women in the early 60's wore men's clothing, especially at Wellesley and Vassar and Bennington and those young women went to Italy and Europe all the time. My mother did it. It's you who are deciding this is "tokenism" and couldn't possibly exist. Who are you to make such decisions? Are you a historian of gender?

NP. Of course you are direct about the fashion and I’m sure many took on masculine sounding nicknames as well, but highly doubt that those women were being referred to casually with a masculine pronoun the way Freddie is when discussed by others. Gender expression has obviously been varied throughout history but that just wasn’t happening in those social circles at that time and it’s not offensive to observe that. At the same time I don’t know that we were supposed to think Freddie was a non-binary character. I just thought this was a non-binary person cast as a man, full stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The actor playing Freddie was born a girl and seemingly hasn’t had any surgery. They only announced they are non-binary and gender fluid in the last several years.

They appear to be anorexic, hence somewhat flat.

That's Sting's kid - thought they were really good in the role

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely being set up for a Season 2, right?

its been described as a "limited series" so that was a reveal / revelation at the end, not a cliffhanger in the conventional way a 2nd season would pick up on

I hope there isn't a season 2 - this ended perfectly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the very few people who has read each and every one of the Ripley novels. I also loved the movie, even though it took very different turns from the book. So I was thrilled to see there was going to be this series…

Unwatchable. 100% unwatchable. Long, slow, boring, no need for the black and white, miscast, wrong tone, trying to shoehorn in diversity in a way that serves absolutely no one and does nothing for the plot. It’s a no. So disappointed.

The diversity was a big bizarre misstep.

Zero chance Dickie and Marge would pal around with a non-binary gal who dresses like a man. Zero chance that character would exist anywhere IRL as a Brit in Italy in the 1960s. (Talk about a nepo-baby…it’s Sting’s kid and they were given a role that just didn’t make sense).

And what are the odds of a successful private eye catering to white people domestically and abroad who is black?

Tokenism. Distracting, unrealistic tokenism.

Zero chance.

Plenty of women in the early 60's wore men's clothing, especially at Wellesley and Vassar and Bennington and those young women went to Italy and Europe all the time. My mother did it. It's you who are deciding this is "tokenism" and couldn't possibly exist. Who are you to make such decisions? Are you a historian of gender?

NP. Of course you are direct about the fashion and I’m sure many took on masculine sounding nicknames as well, but highly doubt that those women were being referred to casually with a masculine pronoun the way Freddie is when discussed by others. Gender expression has obviously been varied throughout history but that just wasn’t happening in those social circles at that time and it’s not offensive to observe that. At the same time I don’t know that we were supposed to think Freddie was a non-binary character. I just thought this was a non-binary person cast as a man, full stop.

+1
The character was a man, Freddy. Not a non-binary person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the very few people who has read each and every one of the Ripley novels. I also loved the movie, even though it took very different turns from the book. So I was thrilled to see there was going to be this series…

Unwatchable. 100% unwatchable. Long, slow, boring, no need for the black and white, miscast, wrong tone, trying to shoehorn in diversity in a way that serves absolutely no one and does nothing for the plot. It’s a no. So disappointed.

The diversity was a big bizarre misstep.

Zero chance Dickie and Marge would pal around with a non-binary gal who dresses like a man. Zero chance that character would exist anywhere IRL as a Brit in Italy in the 1960s. (Talk about a nepo-baby…it’s Sting’s kid and they were given a role that just didn’t make sense).

And what are the odds of a successful private eye catering to white people domestically and abroad who is black?

Tokenism. Distracting, unrealistic tokenism.

Zero chance.

Plenty of women in the early 60's wore men's clothing, especially at Wellesley and Vassar and Bennington and those young women went to Italy and Europe all the time. My mother did it. It's you who are deciding this is "tokenism" and couldn't possibly exist. Who are you to make such decisions? Are you a historian of gender?

NP. Of course you are direct about the fashion and I’m sure many took on masculine sounding nicknames as well, but highly doubt that those women were being referred to casually with a masculine pronoun the way Freddie is when discussed by others. Gender expression has obviously been varied throughout history but that just wasn’t happening in those social circles at that time and it’s not offensive to observe that. At the same time I don’t know that we were supposed to think Freddie was a non-binary character. I just thought this was a non-binary person cast as a man, full stop.

+1
The character was a man, Freddy. Not a non-binary person.

no one cares, except you.