pjmaciak.bsky.social
TV Critic @ The New Republic // DAD: A POP HISTORY (Plume 2027) // utility infielder @ Wash U in STL // pjmaciak.substack.com 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sixers
👤 Joined on 01 Temmuz 2023
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@pjmaciak.bsky.socialIda's just an ordinary girl who's decided to be a twin. Winnie is also Ida. Ida-Ida is her twin, Winnie-Winnie. Together, they fight crime, and are also the same person. Was she a twin well was she.
Show Post"they [these showrunners] were careless people"
Show Postright like this was one of the best things about A New Hope! Making things explicit and specific was, famously, Bad
Show PostRecently presented on Andor as in dialogue with peak prestige tv / Cassian as antihero. Great observations here - I’ve also had similar experiences of student response in teaching the show!
Show PostCassian is a frustrating protagonist! I have a suspicion that modern audiences believe stories ought to be didactic and plotty (I think about the popularity of first person genre lit) and so one about a coward who refuses to take action for a whole season might confound them.
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