Skavau@lemm.eeM to Television@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 days agoI am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down111
arrow-up1387arrow-down1external-linkI am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people?www.theguardian.comSkavau@lemm.eeM to Television@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square112linkfedilink
minus-squarewhiskeytango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoNot necessarily. Smart people have interesting lives too. You don’t lose a character arc just because you have more than two brain cells
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours ago“Good people get along and do good things and get credit for it” is not how you make a thrilling drama, lol. I would much rather watch an actor who is a sociopath play a character who is also a sociopath in House of Cards.
minus-squarewhiskeytango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoNo one is saying don’t make thrilling drama. But there’s a wildly successful British baking show that proves wholesome works too. Instead of defaulting to cynicism and worshipping money/power, let’s make some thrilling drama that don’t involve shitty rich people. I bet you watching rich fuckers eat shit would sell very well given the current climate of neo-feudalism
Not necessarily. Smart people have interesting lives too.
You don’t lose a character arc just because you have more than two brain cells
“Good people get along and do good things and get credit for it” is not how you make a thrilling drama, lol. I would much rather watch an actor who is a sociopath play a character who is also a sociopath in House of Cards.
No one is saying don’t make thrilling drama. But there’s a wildly successful British baking show that proves wholesome works too.
Instead of defaulting to cynicism and worshipping money/power, let’s make some thrilling drama that don’t involve shitty rich people.
I bet you watching rich fuckers eat shit would sell very well given the current climate of neo-feudalism