tv review
Female-centric TV reviews; television series that depict women doing everything a man can do, and then some.
Becoming Elizabeth Episode #3
What Happened in Episode 3: Be Silent and Learn Catherine Parr discovers that she is pregnant. I will spare you the medieval method used to detect pregnancy via urine. It's disgusting. Catherine is dismayed. She believes that both she and the child will die during childbirth.
Karen WalcottPublished about a month ago in Viva
Netflix Loses Paid Users For the First Time in a Decade
Shareholders expected Netflix to hit subscriber growth of 2.7 million in Q1 of 2022. So, when the company announced that it had lost 200,000 subscribers — the first decline in paid users since late 2011 — and warned of further problems ahead, the feeling in the room must have been less ‘Netflix and Chill,’ and more ‘ Netflix and OMFG it’s over.’
lupu alexandraPublished 2 months ago in Viva
Women in Television are Getting Messier, and that's a Good Thing
I love a good antihero. If the success of shows like "Breaking Bad" is any indication, I'm not alone. We love to cheer on a flawed character. We find ourselves rooting for characters like Walter White, whose actions progress from illegal to downright immoral and evil, at times. We can empathize with a villain's backstory, and understand how they became who they are.
Maria WallischPublished 4 months ago in Viva
Bridgerton Season 2
Sigh, and a rather long one at that. Oh, there is much to unpack about Bridgerton Season 2 and one thing’s for certain, I cannot wait to see Season 3! I’m known for doing an English accent or two but besides the Monarchy and the society therein, comes a truly universal story of tragic love and other things… Without giving too much away because I really want you to see it, let’s get into the undercurrent themes of this brilliant show.
Trigger Warning
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 I started watching The Handmaid’s Tale over the quarantine in 2020. It was me and two other actors, one of us had already seen it and suggested it. We binged it all day and overnight some nights. We chose characters that we would’ve reacted similarly to… We gasped at the hypocrisy and patriarchy but nothing hit home quite like Season 4, which I just finished two days ago.
Young Adult Fiction Can Perpetuate Unhealthy Beliefs
When I was in the seventh grade, the hit television series Pretty Little Liars starring Lucy Hale and Shay Mitchell finally made its grand debut on Netflix. The older girls at my school had been raving about the books by Sara Shepard for years, so we were excited to see what all the hype was about.
Ilana QuinnPublished 8 months ago in Viva
Sitcoms and The Use of Satire to Demonstrate Gender Issues
Sitcoms are one of the most entertaining tv series, especially in the US, as they expose topics that are not usually talked about in a household, like sexism and racial issues. The Big Bang Theory and The Mindy Project are two sitcoms where gender and power struggle, especially for women, is presented passively in a humorous way. We can relate to sitcoms on a deeper level since they're not just there to entertain us, but with the use of satire, important issues are touched upon in a way that doesn't make it uncomfortable to most people. Both series represent the struggle that women experience regarding how smart and how capable they are. From Penny that is not portrayed as intelligent or smart compared to her 'genius' male friends, to Mindy aspiring to be a successful doctor in a male-dominated field.
Natalie G.Published 10 months ago in Viva
Brilliant, Beautiful & (Hardly Ever) Seen on TV
Where are all the smart, pretty female lead characters on television sitcoms? As a woman, and as a woman of colour, and as an intelligent woman of colour, that’s something I always wanted to know. I begin this with a disclaimer, I’ve not watched everything on television (I mean, I did have a life). All I know I know is what I’ve seen and what I grew up with. And I know I didn’t like it.
I May Destroy Myself
Note: This post contains spoilers for I May Destroy You. If you haven’t seen the series, you might want to sit this one or go binge-watch it before reading.
My Childhood Hero
I am a huge fan of a large variety of fantasy worlds, but the fantasy world that had the greatest impact on me was one that I discovered through an old, obscure television series that I saw when I was a child. The series was a fantasy/adventure series called The Secrets of Isis. The fantasy world that existed in the series was so impactful because it gave me, as a young girl, a strong, powerful, intelligent role model to look up to. I actually have trouble finding other people who are familiar with The Secrets of Isis, but it was a very important part of my early years.
Dawn SaloisPublished 11 months ago in Viva
Top 10 Dorothy Episodes Of The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. One of the things I loved about the show was the ladies’ different personalities.
Carol CassadaPublished about a year ago in VivaHow To Make Sex And The City Appeal To A Younger Audience
If there is one show that makes me think of older Millennials and younger Gen X'ers, it's Sex and the City. It's the first time since The Golden Girls where four female characters talked openly about their sex lives.
Alfie JanePublished about a year ago in Viva
