I’m enjoying this show the most when I don’t read online opinions about it. I recognize the irony of me commenting this but it really is one of those shows that’s bogged down by so much online discourse.
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Mindestiny2 days ago
+3
Yep, the article is spot on in its criticism, but *dear god* don't mention any of it yourself on the internet. This comment section is going to be an absolute shitshow in short order.
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ThatDamnRocketRacoon2 days ago
+4
It's all totally fair criticism. I love the show immensely, but sometimes there's some eyerolling.
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Wazula232 days ago
+1
Is there any show that isn't true of? I'm happy to just enjoy a good thing.
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Chataboutgames2 days ago
+9
Honestly a really good article about how people view shows and how that impacts the experience, and how arguments about what a show is doing hardens those perceptions such that people start viewing the show through a particular lense.
But more than anything, it's a good highlight about how people can selectively dismiss or defend a show be selectively applying definition principles like "realism" or "good TV," because saying "I just like it" online is boring.
Maybe the AV Club doesn't suck anymore.
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riegspsych3252 days ago
+2
I miss when AV Club didn’t talk down to its own readers but they still occasionally put out some great articles
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Chataboutgames2 days ago
+9
I just miss the earlier internet culture of recap "reviews." It very much scratched the itch of coming somewhere like Listnook to discuss/reflect on shows as they were going on, but far less unhinged than listnook sow subs.
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slylock2152 days ago
-9
Unfortunately not, took only a couple of google searches to find out that their parents parents parent company is Clear Channel Media's owner (with 1 other).
Sadly, all of these rags are owned by giant conglomerates
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Cyrano_Knows2 days ago
+4
***The Pitt is the Schrödinger’s cat of TV dramas***
ME: or is it... ?
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Carnavaliaa2 days ago
+6
I’m not usually the kind to talk about media literacy but I swear reading the online discourse around this show makes me want to claw my eyes out.
It feels we reached a point where we need narrator spelling out morals like in children’s fable because some people seems incapable to understand that a good character can do bad things sometimes.
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Luci-Noir1 day ago
-1
Or maybe you should just deal with other people’s opinions? This is such a generic and condescending insult to anyone people don’t agree with.
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Carnavaliaa23 hr ago
+2
There’s a world of difference between a difference of opinions and simply lacking basic media literacy. For example, If someone tells me Breaking Bad is the worst show in the planet because “Walter White is a bit of a meanie”, they’d be allowed to think this way but that doesn’t mean I’d have to think their opinion is even close to a valid one.
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Luci-Noir21 hr ago
-2
Oh how they must just endure!
F****** SPARE ME.
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Trenbolone-Papi218 hr ago
+1
You need to calm down
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Wazula232 days ago
+6
To be honest I barely noticed most of the inaccuracies or inconsistencies pointed out in the article, and the so-called "mystery box" elements didn't bug me at all.
I'm happy to call this show excellent, full stop.
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cratesandbarrels2 days ago
+2
The “inventive and traditional” part is what I find most compelling about this series. Case-of-the-week television has become a much-maligned genre ever since streaming exploded, but there is still room there for excellent storytelling, and statistics still show it is more accessible to the average viewer worldwide.
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catnip_varnish2 days ago
-1
This article really helped me pin down part of why I found this show so underwhelming. The dissonance is one of the most annoying parts of the show for me
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Wazula232 days ago
+2
What kind to dissonance?
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lannisterdwarf2 days ago
-1
did you read the article
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Wazula232 days ago
+2
Yes. I'm wondering what specific complaint theyre referencing. There are several in the article
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catnip_varnish1 day ago
The tonal dissonance as described in the article between the whole gritty realism attempt and then the interpersonal melodrama and forced preachy dialogue ripped out of an afterschool special. It was really jarring for me when there was like a scene with a guy's leg half ripped off and one of the doctors stares into the camera and says something like "This is what happens a historically underserved population has to rely on an underresourced inequitable healthcare system" or some shit
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Luci-Noir1 day ago
-1
Dissonance is just a generic insult Listnookors use when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
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catnip_varnish1 day ago
+1
It's a TV show not the Quran
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Luci-Noir1 day ago
+1
Yes?
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Trenbolone-Papi218 hr ago
+1
People nowadays watch show just to rag on them
How miserable to live your life that way
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