Food TV shows that you may not be watching but should be
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Mr. Argumentor
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I don't like it for much the same reason I don't like GOT. I watch TV to escape, not to be reminded of how shitty the world and its people are.
that being said, nothing about shameless is realistic or logically sound. but it's still hilarious in the same way as death of stalin. I love a dark comedy.
Was @ no one in particular, last few pages in general .
Mr. Argumentor
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Wife loves it, she semi-binged 3 or 4 seasons and it just got so depressing seeing Frank fuck over anyone and everyone over and over again.
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I'm not sure how you grew up, but it's way too close to how some of my friends grew up for me to agree with that 100%
nukes
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Are rape victims supposed to alter the anatomy of their rapists, or report the behavior?
Or leave?
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Nope. You said JWB raped her daily. This implies zero consent on LBs part. Neither is acceptable.
In a marriage, some consentual sex is implied as an expectation. Let's say a few times per month. If he was raping her daily then both parties brought baggage to the table (more him than her) but at the end of the day, both parties are violent criminals.
the overall realism is there but the little episode-to-episode story arcs don't make that much sense a lot of the time. big big leaps.
but yea, it is in the bleakest corner of humour/drama on tv for sure. kind of why I expected it to be lazier in the writing than it turned out to be. it's surprising how little it comes off laughing at them and how empathetic a lot of the scenarios are framed.
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single-episode spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't watched
i'm only halfway through S1, but the episode where they steal an old lady with alzheimer's from a nursing home to fool social security workers who were already suspicious of the whole situation comes to mind.
no ID asked for, no investigative work of any sort despite bringing in a federal agent on purpose to investigate. the lady was even reported missing from the nursing home and was on the TV news broadcast when she was returned.
so yea, the social security fraud is realistic, but the whole episode that revolved around stealing an old lady for the scam was not. but it was still hilarious.
On subject. I don't consider her a criminal. Given the nature of their abusive relationship, I think she reached the end of her rope both mentally and physically and snapped. Maybe she figured if she cut it off the abuse would end.
I think once he started beating her and raping her consent was off the table. Giving someone your wallet at gun-point isn't the same as giving someone your wallet so they can pay for pizza. And give your wallet back. Giving up the v-jay at threat of violence isn't consent. People who can't agree/compromise on a frequency without violence should part. IMHO. YMMV I'm totally against physical, mental or verbal abuse in personal relationships.
...just slip out the back, JAck. Make a new plan, Stan.
Right. Even if it happens once. The abuse and rape take all consent out if it. Now she's just a victim living with her attacker.
And this goes back to a time when people in authority still thought a man can't rape his wife. I doubt she got much help or support.
Mr. Argumentor
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What I had to suspend belief on was that they'd report her missing, but I had bad experiences with nursing homes and my grandparents. I get the idea, though.