>I loved the episode...but the commentary that I read/listened
>to multiple times was exactly what I stated. I felt it was
>worth commenting on that because men in general were cool with
>the episode primarily because they found Ji-ah attractive,
>which I felt was a shallow take, and I felt the criticism I
>heard from Black women reflected a more nuanced look at not
>only what happened on screen, but the decisions in how to film
>what happened on screen. I respected that so I shared it.

I would agree w/that if the showrunner wasn't a Black woman...i give Misha Green the benefit of the doubt here in the way she's choosing to tell these stories visually.


>I loved the episode for different reasons. One I feel that in
>world building, when Black writers and filmmakers build worlds
>we don't fall into the myopic lens of only focusing on stories
>within the story that are specific to our culture. Something
>as simple as when the Americans arrive and they are tossing
>leaflets at the Koreans, this was filmed from the perspective
>of the occupied. That was important. We see the intricacies
>of Ji-Ah's relationship with her mother, and the difficulties
>that Ji-ah experiences in someways mirrors Tic's relationship
>with Montrose. This made their relationship more tangible. The
>Korean shaman....that was powerful to see Asian spirituality
>that isn't tied to Buddhism depicted...and of course the
>Kumiho was powerful, and again tying it the cultural mores,
>illuminating in how it played into Ji-Ah's mother yearning for
>respectability in her community. The same abuse, silence and
>struggle regarding patriarchy .....that was the monster in
>Ji-Ah's world.

really great observations and analyses and I agree wholeheartedly...the layers and parallels are just so well thought out.

That was what I saw, and in response, what I
>heard mostly was about how Tic and Ji-Ah were handled
>differently than Tic and Letti.

i hear you. that is a factual surface observation though. i wonder if anyone dug deeper into the why...especially from the perspective of a Black show runner.

if this show were made by someone else, i could definitely see assuming racism or anti Blackness had a hand...

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