She’s a sexy firecracker though |
| Zion is a mf SNACK! |
She kinda reminds me of Pieper Perabo. |
+2 The way it deals with race really ruins the show. Also they should really watch insecure and take notes on how to portray a masculine, sexy Asian male character...Molly’s bf was so yummy. |
| It is campy and silly and over the top, but it deals with some very subtle race issues. I'm not exactly biracial but am light skinned black. The scene where she's doing makeup with her friends but they don't have the right color for her was exactly the type of thing that happened to me. Also the scene at the sleepover when the chaperone messed up her hair as well as fielding the 'what are you' questions. My 43 year old ass really appreciates this kind of representation on TV. My kids are not yet teens but I'm kind of studying this to prepare for that phase |
The thing is I’m a 42 year old female of South Asian descent and we have had the same issues. From make-up, to being called ‘exotic’, to people wanting to touch my long, black hair, to feeling like a total outsider in a black and white world. Yet, while they try to make the show seem diverse by casting different race groups, they make it out to look like all the other races don’t get discriminated or stereotyped as if they all fit in seamlessly in Black/White America. |
I do agree with this, I think they touched on it somewhat because Ginny and Hunter (that is his name right) got into a big argument. He pointed out that she isn't the only one who experiences racism. |
|
Spoiler!
So where were Ginny and Austin going at the end? And why would Georgia ever get involved with a politician knowing the scrutiny she’d be under? |
NP but yes. I was a relatively tame kid but my younger sister and her friends were doing coke, shrooms, drinking, smoking weed and having sex from ~15-16 onwards. This was a wealthy UMC school and they all went on to go to decent colleges. Of her friend group from that time there are a bunch of lawyers, PhDs, a couple physicians, a high school psychologist, a fairly successful actress, a few in consulting and finance, and all of them are well-adjusted and self sufficient adults. When our brother was doing his degree in finance at a top school the cocaine use was out of control among his crew. They are all successful. |
|
“Indifference is the best revenge”
Best line from the series. |
|
I just posted in the Moxie thread saying I mixed up the plots while watching both the movie and this series. I can't believe netflix only rated this 14 - some of there R/18 stuff is much much kid friendlier than this.
I'm on the fence about letting dd14 watch, there's a lot going on and general character themes that I really didn't like. Though some of it is important and unfortunately accurate. |
I agree that they had no chemistry. I couldn't understand why he was considered cool when he was so corny. The tap dancing bit was mortifying. But Ginny and Marcus were fire. They looked like teen love. They looked at each other the way I felt at that age with my first love - and trust me, I can remember! |
| I love those fteajsc |
They were supposed to have no chemistry. I thought the show was very realistic in terms of teens. I taught HS recently. |
|
I don’t think I watched the same show. I did not get gay vibes from the Asian boyfriend at all. He just seemed normal while everyone around him was a complete mess.
|