kiowhatta

Well, I really tried and have tried to suspend disbelief and ignore the obvious culturally sensitive casting, but it's just too unrealistic.

Not only are the assassins all gender minorities, their bosses are all little old ladies. Oh, and the entire world's criminal enterprise has been hijacked by a woman.

In which universe is that believable at this point in time?

Please don't get me wrong here: it's not about left or right, it's about leaving overt political messaging out of at least some of what we view rather than saturated.

I don't think it would be possible to parody this series it's so implausible.

Many viewers on here have already pointed out the pro's and cons of the production, dialogue, character development, and storyline, so I'll offer something different.

Is this supposed to portray realism or an alternate universe?

Is it trying to be edgy and funny? I honestly couldn't tell.

I cannot understand why more viewers, regardless of their politics keep standing for this safe, culturally sensitive, formulaic nonsense.

This is just pandering to a cultural trend ( or civic religion).

What's next? Angela Lansbury as a hired assassin, married to Morgan freeman, and Clint Eastwood as the villain with chatty man as her sidekick?

Art is meant to imitate life in this genre, not imitate a political-cultural goal. I do not want to be 'educated', or lectured on cultural sensitivity when choosing to watch a film. That's what documentaries are for.

Balance it out!

I thoroughly enjoyed this series, despite reading some negative reviews about how implausible the plot was at certain points.

What is tiresomely implausible is the predictable formulaic offerings that get churned out 99% of the time.

I'm talking about safe storytelling, and PC, culturally sensitive, safe storytelling on top of that, which means the death of true realism, and the prospect of a veritable surprise in store.

The amount of film and television where either:

The woman overcomes the monster (the man) The minority overcomes the monster (ibid)

In all its forms, even to the point where even teenage girls have become one person armies.

Occasionally it works, like in kick ass, Django unchained and other forms-yet now it is the staple; making viewing feel like more of an enforced form of cultural sensitivity training.

Black doves anyone? Nothing is safe from tyrannical revisionist storytelling in the interests of DEI.

Now, for now anyway, I was ecstatic and had my faith minutely restored in the hope that this kind of fad might be on its way out, though that's not likely anytime soon.

Overall this is a great first season, with well paced suspense, balanced character development, and just enough action to keep it respectable.

I think the casting is fine, which seems to be most reviewers gripe.

The locations and cinematography are superb.

However the triumph in this series comes within final episode, penultimate scene, where I began to lose interest and thought I knew what was coming.

Bravo! Kudos to the creators for having the guts to resist eschewing the usual safe final battle outcome.

I just hope to see more riveting storytelling that doesn't follow the dictates of our current secular religious views, and can watch something with genuine interest.

If you're tired of the same old safe sensitive narrative trite, then this might really restore some hope as it did I.

Prima!