Known across the pond asThe Great British Bake-Off, the appeal of the wildly popular reality TV series—most seasons of which are now available on Netflix—is its refusal to go in for dramatic contrivances. Against Fox’s Gordon Ramsay-hosted properties,Chopped, and evenTop Chef, with their...
The second season begins with the aftermath of the Ninja's battle with the Serpentine. After defeating the Great Devourer, Lord Garmadon has treacherously fled and deserted Wu and the Ninja with the Golden Weapons, now plotting against them and putting his evil plans of conquering the city in...
I love the sex positive vibe with zero sex shaming for girls or boys. Most shows only say sex is ok for guys. Also the tropes of kids having jobs and financial aid, and others having everything handed to them is really realistic. This feels like a lot of people I knew in college a...
Misunderstandings are among my most hated tropes. It's bad enough when a misunderstanding is caused by a third party, which happens here, but worse when a lead character instigates it against his love interest, which also happens here. It's especially exasperating when a character denies his ...
a couple on a backpacking trip trying to salvage their relationship, who stumble upon the mysteriously cheerful town of Schmigadoon. As it turns out, the community is stuck in a Golden Age-era musical populated with all the tropes you would expect, including the handsome rogue, the farmer's...
t funny, too: stacked with animal puns to balance out the darkness, it's a singularly unique brew sure to go down as a definitive animated series for its complexity of emotion. And if you aren’t convinced, go watch “Free Churro” and come back to us — we’ll have tissues at the...
A modern-day Western with a neo-noir sensibility, Justified stars Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, a quick-draw U.S. Marshal who enforces justice in the lawless backwoods of his Kentucky hometown. The series infuses traditional Western tropes with dark humor, complex characters, and riveting...
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Viswanathan is mesmerizing as the lead in Hala, commanding the screen and adding resonance to what Baig calls a "universal story" that's much more than a rehash of teen tropes. "I didn't have those stories growing up, for myself, and so I really wanted that for, like, the teenage ...
Squid Game plays on the concept of class division as a catalyst for violence, satirizing reality television by having 456 contestants duke it out in a series of child-friendly games with deadly twists. It definitely leans on tropes first established by Battle Royale (which itself inspired The ...