“Let me say up front: I love their personalities, and it’s clear these are 3 smart ladies with a lot of smarts and good chemistry.
So why only 3 stars?
Tl;dr- it’s fun when you want them to rip apart a problematic movie or show; but, much like CinemaSins, don’t expect them to warmly lift up media you like.
Longer explanation: the hosts have a tendency to review media for what they wish it was, rather than what it is.
For example: as soon as they started reviewing the FX/Hulu series Mrs America, they started by saying they would’ve preferred a show on the Combahee River Collective, or other movements that weren’t predominantly upper class white women.
And while I get that criticism, they used it as the main criteria for the show, rather than evaluating its stated goals and how well it executed them, which is what most reviewers tend to do.
In closing: I know Anita Sarkeesian has gotten a LOT of harassment and bad faith criticism. This is intended to be good faith criticism and not harassment, because as the hosts continually remind us: we should criticize stuff we love.”
Bluez Rok via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/29/21