This Is Us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shoot me down if you must, but every time they show the entrance (inside) of Kate's house, I'm thrown into a 90210 vibe. I feel so utterly certain that it's Brandon and Brenda Walsh's house. It seems so unlikely, yet so identical!

Ha! I remembered your comment during the latest episode and kept my eye out for it. You're right, it's got that same vibe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

That black woman at the pool was such a snot to Rebecca. Why did she feel the need to humiliate Rebecca, simply because Rebecca was the white adoptive mom of a black child? She could have kindly offered advice re: the rash on Randall's neck, but instead she chose to loudly patronize Rebecca simply because Rebecca hadn't run right over to the black families and introduced Randall. WTF? I was really glad Rebecca went back and schooled that know-it-all.

Of course, we know they'll become friends regardless, but the whole scene made me mad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

I was getting nervous about how the show would handle the Snow White scenes. I was nervous it would be 'eventful.' And it all made sense at the end, when he said how it was so uneventful for his daughter. Because that was their goal. To raise them, in some ways, to not see anything there. That's awesome! But he knows there's still something there, in the way the older generation was reacting. It's an interesting generational-racial discussion. And three generations reacting to events all differently (the way Randall and William reacted differently to the security guard).

I just was glad they handled it 'inside' the head. It means more to me that way. Because so much of racial stuff that happens is in the head. It's REAL but it isn't lived-out as much as it's thought about. I'm not summarizing all racial tension here, just the kind you see in a rich suburb / less action, more talk.

And the speech in the pants store, ending with "now try on the flat panel pleated kacki's I think they'll look nice on you." I love him. I just love this show.

"Flat front, slim cut pants." Try saying that three times fast!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Felt too much like Parenthood. Too predictable, trying too hard to be different.

I stopped mid-way into the first episode and deleted it.

Should I give it another try?

I've watched all the episodes so far and kind of feel the same way. I like it, and at times it really strikes a chord with me, but there are some predictable moments. Also, the dad (Milo V.) seems to over-cheese all his scenes. Which is too bad because I loved him as Jess on Gilmore Girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

That black woman at the pool was such a snot to Rebecca. Why did she feel the need to humiliate Rebecca, simply because Rebecca was the white adoptive mom of a black child? She could have kindly offered advice re: the rash on Randall's neck, but instead she chose to loudly patronize Rebecca simply because Rebecca hadn't run right over to the black families and introduced Randall. WTF? I was really glad Rebecca went back and schooled that know-it-all.

Of course, we know they'll become friends regardless, but the whole scene made me mad.

I agree. It was over the top. I don't like the idea that someone who is selflessly raising another person's child being ridiculed over something like the child's hair.

[Anonymous]

One thing I like about this show is actually how I relate to child Kate. I was an overweight child and my mother was similar to Kate's. She wants what is best for her daughter but I think she does more harm than good. She makes her daughter feel ashamed for how she is. I think you can take a different approach that will not make it so obvious to the 8 year old that she needs to be healthier. Like making the whole family eat a healthy breakfast. Having the whole family partake in exercise (bike ride, play outside, etc) I don't think the mom is wrong for wanting the daughter to be healthier but she goes about it the wrong way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Felt too much like Parenthood. Too predictable, trying too hard to be different.

I stopped mid-way into the first episode and deleted it.

Should I give it another try?

Probably not. I loved Parenthood and really like This is Us.

[Anonymous]

I really like the show but for some reason I keep getting this 1970s vibe from it which isn't the era the flashbacks with the kids are supposed to be. There's something about the hippie clothes the parents wear, the pucca shell necklace. Maybe it's the way the flashbacks are filmed.

[Anonymous]

I got through the first 10 minutes of this. That's all I could stomach. How cliche can a show get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like the show but for some reason I keep getting this 1970s vibe from it which isn't the era the flashbacks with the kids are supposed to be. There's something about the hippie clothes the parents wear, the pucca shell necklace. Maybe it's the way the flashbacks are filmed.

Yeah, in 1988, when the kids were 8, it would have been big hair galore. But, I saw no big hair.

[Anonymous]

The show starts in 1979, but I do think the styles are a few years out of date.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really like the show but for some reason I keep getting this 1970s vibe from it which isn't the era the flashbacks with the kids are supposed to be. There's something about the hippie clothes the parents wear, the pucca shell necklace. Maybe it's the way the flashbacks are filmed.

Yeah, in 1988, when the kids were 8, it would have been big hair galore. But, I saw no big hair.

ITA. When I heard Escape Club's, "Wild, Wild, West", in the background at the pool in the last episode, I became confused. Then I realized that the music actually rejected the correct year but the clothes and styles were still screaming 1981. It's off for those of us who distinctly remember the 80's.

[Anonymous]

Crap- not "rejected" should have been "reflected "

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

That black woman at the pool was such a snot to Rebecca. Why did she feel the need to humiliate Rebecca, simply because Rebecca was the white adoptive mom of a black child? She could have kindly offered advice re: the rash on Randall's neck, but instead she chose to loudly patronize Rebecca simply because Rebecca hadn't run right over to the black families and introduced Randall. WTF? I was really glad Rebecca went back and schooled that know-it-all.

Of course, we know they'll become friends regardless, but the whole scene made me mad.

I agree. It was over the top. I don't like the idea that someone who is selflessly raising another person's child being ridiculed over something like the child's hair.

Agree with both PPs. That scene made me so mad. I have to say, I'm really liking Mandy Moore as an actress. Very believable!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman.

That black woman at the pool was such a snot to Rebecca. Why did she feel the need to humiliate Rebecca, simply because Rebecca was the white adoptive mom of a black child? She could have kindly offered advice re: the rash on Randall's neck, but instead she chose to loudly patronize Rebecca simply because Rebecca hadn't run right over to the black families and introduced Randall. WTF? I was really glad Rebecca went back and schooled that know-it-all.

Of course, we know they'll become friends regardless, but the whole scene made me mad.

Looks like Rebecca got schooled.