I know it’s a TV show and this is a movie comm, but I just finished the show and wanted to get some chapo opinions on it. It’s got some good bits and I overall enjoyed it. Just feels like it started off pretty strong with Johnny having to start working and then trying to get on unemployment to feed his family. Over time it just seems to give up on that aspect and makes all the characters comfortable petite bourgeoisie that somehow just have infinite money. Then they do the whole venture capitalist bit, but in like a “gentrification is good” way and reveal that the server who everyone treats like shit is actually a secret millionaire that could have solved all the towns financial problems but didn’t?
I liked some of the portrayals of sexuality and the complexity of relationships, but the show falls flat when it comes to any sort of social critique of capitalism, which is odd because the setup seems to be exactly that.
It’s obviously not intended as an overtly political show, more of a ‘hey wouldn’t it be wacky if we put this out of touch rich family in a small town?’ kind of thing. That’s why they only lightly touch on themes of bisexuality and wealth disparity. The problem is, if you’re conscious of those things, which probably everyone here is, you can’t watch a show about formerly wealthy people, one of whom is bisexual, living in a relatively low income, unprogressive town and not consider how unrealistic it is.
Overall it has some good bits and the lead roles are generally well acted. I personally don’t need it to be class conscious but I could see it reinforcing some inaccurate worldviews. I tried binging it when I was depressed a while back. Liked it at first but got annoyed with the characters after a couple seasons. Not a good show to be overexposed to.