On 4/8/2020 at 5:43 PM, iMonrey said:
Ironically, this mini doc made a big issue out of something the show itself tried not to make an issue at all. I get it, the importance of the impact this show had on the LGBTQ community, but it was just weird they spent so much time on this issue when the show tried to make it a non-issue.
I finally took the time to watch Season 6 after a complete rewatch of the series, and then I watched the Farewell doc, so this is pretty fresh.
I think the emphasis was because of the impact it had on the LGBTQ community. Yes, it was not an issue on the show, but that's what made it so important and gave it the biggest impact.
I'm a POC, and sometimes it's SO HARD to find media that features people like me, without it somehow turning into an 'issue' movie, book, TV show, or whatever. I know that there is a lot more than there used to be, but there are still a lot of 'struggle stories', which is what one of the people speaking in the doc brought up. It's so exhausting to only see portrayals of yourself/your culture as something strewn with roadblocks you need to overcome on the off chance you might be able to live a happy, fulfilled life.
It was a little weird that Chris Elliot was hardly mentioned - I just remember one of the blooper scenes he was in. I wonder what the viewer feedback was on his role through the seasons, because his character was so gross in the first season, and got better, but was still an annoyance. His portrayal could have been toned down a lot.
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