We watch because we want to laugh or cry or just to see some bad guys get their asses kicked. The problem with all that kind of highbrow praise is that most folks don’t watch TV shows because they’re “important.” TV is not spinach or spirulina, something we stomach because it’s good for us. As MTV boss McCarthy told Deadline this week, “We love the characters and how the show relates to modern feminism.” It’s that kind of buzz that might ultimately give us a second season. Vanity Fair actually called saving the show “politically urgent.” They tied it to the Women’s March on Washington, President Trump, and US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Words like “important” and “feminist” are tossed around in almost all reviews. The heavy topics and fearlessness with which the characters tackle them turned the series into a media buzz machine. It’s a combination that makes Sweet/Vicious the most enjoyable scripted effort from MTV since Teen Wolf. That’s the basic premise, but this show also manages to be insightful, funny, and even romantic at times. They’re kind of both like Batgirl in that they deliver lessons by way of feet, fists, and, in one memorable scene, a Taser to the crotch. Two women, Jules (Eliza Bennett) and Ophelia (Taylor Dearden), proceed to teach rapists a lesson. Sweet/Vicious is a show about a college campus with a rape problem.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
June 2023
Categories |