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How To Get Away With Murder
Sep. 29th, 2014 09:54 amHas anyone else seen this show yet? Because I've been basically freaking out over how good it is for the entire weekend. Anyone who knows me, knows that equal representation in mainstream media is a Big Thing for me. I was raised a feminist, I am queer, I suffer from mental health disorders, and I'm mixed race, and even now, at the tender age of 33, I can count the number of TV characters that represent me on one hand, and still have fingers left over to swear at all the heteronormativity. But this show? Yeah, How To Get Away With Murder is like a visual template on how representation works.
The first episode managed to break some kind of premiere episode viewership numbers record, and after watching it with my jaw on the floor, I can see why. So far this show has given me: an even mix of white characters and POCs; interacial couples; female characters not just there to look pretty or drive the male character's narrative; queer characters with queer sex happening; straight sex where the female wasn't hypersexualised for the male gaze, and WOCs in professional positions. Oh, and Alfie Enoch, who as we all know, played Dean Thomas in the HP films as one of the main characters.
The writer of the show, Peter Nowalk, has assured us that the queer sex wasn't just a gimick for the premiere, and will be seen sporadically through the show, because he believes that it's a part of life, and that the reason why people can get uncomfortable with it is because we just don't see it often enough. This is something I have said many times, what with life imitating art, and all that jazz, so I am backing this dude all the way. I think he might be my new favourite person.
Oh, and it has a murder mystery! Those are always fun, right?
Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen it, I urge you to do so, even if legal dramas aren't usually your cup of tea. Because we need to let this show know that they're doing representation right, and let other shows know it too, so that hopefully they pull their thumbs out their heteronormative asses and get on board the equality train.
Come and tell me what you think if you've seen it, or even if you haven't! <3
The first episode managed to break some kind of premiere episode viewership numbers record, and after watching it with my jaw on the floor, I can see why. So far this show has given me: an even mix of white characters and POCs; interacial couples; female characters not just there to look pretty or drive the male character's narrative; queer characters with queer sex happening; straight sex where the female wasn't hypersexualised for the male gaze, and WOCs in professional positions. Oh, and Alfie Enoch, who as we all know, played Dean Thomas in the HP films as one of the main characters.
The writer of the show, Peter Nowalk, has assured us that the queer sex wasn't just a gimick for the premiere, and will be seen sporadically through the show, because he believes that it's a part of life, and that the reason why people can get uncomfortable with it is because we just don't see it often enough. This is something I have said many times, what with life imitating art, and all that jazz, so I am backing this dude all the way. I think he might be my new favourite person.
Oh, and it has a murder mystery! Those are always fun, right?
Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen it, I urge you to do so, even if legal dramas aren't usually your cup of tea. Because we need to let this show know that they're doing representation right, and let other shows know it too, so that hopefully they pull their thumbs out their heteronormative asses and get on board the equality train.
Come and tell me what you think if you've seen it, or even if you haven't! <3
