TV Show Reviews

I have seen ’13 Reasons Why’ a month after its release date, tho, I was indeed excited to binge the show since it has Selena Gomez in the producer’s seat and the show is based off a book, as a reader anything that has to do with books get me all pumped up.
13 Reasons Why has a lot to divulge, the steam of the show itself emphasizes salient issues such as sexual assault, homosexuality, bullying, suicide, mental illness. The show has a profusion of leitmotifs to talk about and also, all the necessary resources to execute the idea and theme, but to my dismay, the show felt flat and lacked the depth and maturity to tackle such prominent issues. I am chagrined by the fact this show used suicide and mental health impediment as the plot device to gain profit. The efforts seem very futile to me. 13 Reasons Why ended up being another teen-drama show. Yes, Hannah explicitly mentioned what shoved her off the ledge but the building up to her mental ebbing state was forlorn, the writers and directors could’ve done so much better with a plotline they had in their hands. I have many grievances with 13 Reasons Why, since, season2 is inevitable it only makes sense to me to mention the points I don’t appreciate in the show. 13 Reasons Why has gotten many eulogizes, primely from the younger audiences, the revelation hasn’t come yet about the show, so I may as well do it.

Let me just put it there, 13 Reasons Why tackles a dark and dour issue but this doesn’t mean the show gets a green light to depict anything as the director and producers please. This political-correctness cant suppress the fact 13 Reasons Why glorifies suicide and delineates suicide is the only option to get revenge on your bullies and assaulter.

My initial reactions upon finishing the show were same as everyone else who’d seen 13 Reasons Why. I wept copious amount of times. I had pestered others to watch the show. I even panegyrized 13 Reasons Why incessantly, but as the times passes I begun to scrutinize the show and to my revelation, the show is nothing but one problematic heap.

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It is pretty much evident that I spend quite a lot of time in front of my TV to behold the greatness that is Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu, this is where I dwell. I browse to discover new shows to binge and induce my brain with creativity and view the panorama of ideas. TV Series can convey unprecedented notions to display. Basically, you can binge a show for entertainment or ingenuity, it is all about preferences. I am a visual art enthusiast, I am not a critic so I won’t be analyzing or scrutinizing any show here but what I can do is recommend some amazingly crafted Tv shows to binge.

I praise this show all the time. If you haven’t seen this show yet, then you need to watch this impeccable and unparallel show as soon as you can, I praise this show all the time. The show has subtexts, metaphors, and symbolism to the prevailing circumstances in the world. Regardless of what other people say about this being dark and brutal. The realistic depiction of oppression and misogyny in the show makes it authentic and surreal. The show is about Offred aka June Osborn who is forced to take up handmaid duties, in this dystopian society women are barren as their fertility rate started ebbing way due to excessive wars and the resulting chemical fallout, to bear children higher authority hires handmaids basically women with working ovaries, the head of the family torments the handmaid for a child.

The show pleasantly surprised me, never could I ever for the life of me would’ve guessed that I’d love a show as much as I adored The Bold Type. Let’s be honest, the trailer for the show is crappy and it should be revoked. The show presents 3 incredibly resilient and independent women navigating their lives in New York whilst working for a fashion magazine, honestly this show offers much more than the old predictive “the devil wears Prada’ rip off, because it is not a rip off, it is an original and most empowering show I have ever seen, the show deals with feminist issues and unyoke us all, not just women but all being. The show presents ideas and topics to discuss. In and all, you ought to watch this show. The show rubbed a great impression on me and I highly recommend this show. I certainly can’t wait to watch season 2, to educate myself more about the salient topics.

Oh, wait, unless you have been living under a rock like Patrick from SpongeBob you should know what Stranger Things is. It is a phenomenal and most riveting show to bless the planet Earth, to say the least, it created a movement of fandom hysteria. I binged the entire 2 seasons in 3 days, that is to say, the show is hella addictive, the show is filled with action and thrill, it will keep you on the edge. It is a sci-fi, I am not really the type of person who is into sci-fi but there’s always a gateway door, for sci-fi it was Stranger Things for me. The show is all about the other dimension and aliens and characters you can’t help but fall in love with.

I watched the show in a blip, I didn’t expect anything exceptional out of the show but I am glad to be wrong. I have only seen nothing but positive reviews about the show. The show’s line up itself can get a grown man pumped up, we are talking about Shailene Woodly, Reese Witherspoon, Zoë Kravitz, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott and Meryl Streep is joining the cast for season 2. The cinematography to the soundtrack everything about BIG LITTLE LIES is immaculate, unparalleled. The show plays with your head, it is a thriller genre, the show is addicting, I got completely engrossed in the world of Monterey. The performances in the show are exemplary, no wonder they bagged all the awards in their category, they all did their best. The show also highlights issues like sexual assault, abuse, bullying, empowerment, INSPIRES us to be more invigorating, kind, resilient.

Hands down to the best show on the face of Earth. You need to watch Black Mirror, the show is all about technology and the threats it could have. It is an anthology series so you don’t need to watch it chronologically, the episodes aren’t connected to each other, they all stand on their own. Black Mirror literally divulges the dark side of technology to the world, it mirrors the reality back to us, the reality that we all have long been ignoring. Technology is a boon, but there’s always a flip side, hence, technology can be a bane to us, how far has it gone, how should this go, are we using technology in the right way, can a technology does more harm to us than good. I simply couldn’t sleep after finishing an episode of black mirror. It isn’t a binge-worthy show, you should watch an episode and ponder about it, each and every episode of Black Mirror is disturbingly beautiful

If you have a recommendation for me then drop them down in the comment section and if you would like to discuss the shows mentioned above then the comment section is the place for you. 🙂