tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904411846518028465.post8442958675150427069..comments2023-07-16T22:32:18.940+09:30Comments on cellar door. we might as well be a symphony.: Popular - If I don’t laugh, I’ll scream, you know? cathy leaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105494192400149730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904411846518028465.post-59242132852827253322013-02-16T08:14:49.100+10:302013-02-16T08:14:49.100+10:30The internet ♥The internet ♥<br>cathy leaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105494192400149730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904411846518028465.post-49223411881936754282013-02-12T10:42:16.235+10:302013-02-12T10:42:16.235+10:30Gah! I'd love to get into detail but my lack o...Gah! I'd love to get into detail but my lack of vocabulary is starting to threaten my patience, hahaha. But I definetly see your point.<br><br>Also... If ten years ago someone had told me that I would be discussing these kind of topics with an austrian girl BECAUSE OF POPULAR... <br><br>God bless you, internet.Julipyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898526665386597302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904411846518028465.post-36248808214232523142013-02-12T01:40:09.561+10:302013-02-12T01:40:09.561+10:30You make we wish I spoke Spanish!I actually agree ...You make we wish I spoke Spanish!<br><br>I actually agree with you, I do like the ending because it isn't a cliché. I was definitely expecting a different ending, and very likely because we've seen it all before so many times. <br><br>And I should have explained my issues with "It Gets Better" in more detail, I realize now. I'd argue that it's not pessimism necessarily. To me it seems incredibly accommodating somehow to conservatives to say that things will change over time (that attitudes will change over time, that systematic discrimination will grow less severe) and as you grow older, you'll be able to make choices to be in a better situation (move away, meet different people. I'm not saying that this isn't happening - of course there's progress, institutions become more inclusive etc - but there's still the fact that up to 40 percent of homeless youth in the US are LGBT? And kids are still bullied and beaten to death for being gay. I'm not a proponent of violence but as necessary as a message of hope might be, what I profoundly miss is an expression of how utterly unbelievably terrible and unfair and angering these conditions are. And maybe I am cynical, but it feels to me like <i>It Gets Better</i> (the campaign itself - the videos) is deliberately designed to be as inoffensive and non-threatening as possible to attract celebrities, which is a valid choice but also miles away from what I'd imagine would have helped me if I hadn't been as fortunate in my surroundings. Does that make any sense? <br><br>I'm going to miss writing about the show, and reading your comments! Plus these last two episodes were such a weird way of ending the story...cathy leaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105494192400149730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904411846518028465.post-67010850464967263022013-02-09T10:39:50.643+10:302013-02-09T10:39:50.643+10:30"I can’t shake the feeling that Popular has t..."I can’t shake the feeling that Popular has the tools to do better, and this is also a missed opportunity."<br><br>I remember thinking the same after watching this episode last summer. First of all, I think I hadn't watched it ever before and I was a little bit shocked. It impressed me how the show dealed so directly with the topic. But then...the approach was kind of superfluous. As you said it could have been better.<br><br>(Or worse... you just have to watch Glee and see how melodramatic these things can get)<br><br> And you have a point. It would have been interesting to add Nicole Julian to the mix. Even Mary Cherry... (I can't help it, I would make a whole tv series for her)<br><br>"I love that this horrible experience isn’t used for a sweet resolution where everyone feels a little stronger and a little better because of all the things they learned"<br><br>I love it too. But not because I considerer it more realistic. I "liked" this ending because it wasn't a cliché. <br><br>And for the first time I have to disagree with you.<br><br>"“It” doesn’t get better. This is such a cynical message to give to kids who are stuck in impossible situations"<br><br>It's horrible to think that. But the truth is... I understand your point but I don't want to agree. You can't let the pessimism win. You can't just accept that there are situations in which you can't do anything. There must be hope in a better future. If not, people would stop fighting for these causes. Agh... I hate to deal with serious topics when I'm not speaking spanish. I can't write good arguments. I quit!<br><br>(And, once again, great review!)<br><br>(And also... Ron Swanson! I've recently started to watch Parks & Recration! :D)Julipyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898526665386597302noreply@blogger.com