Our Style Is Wild And You Know You Can't Tame Us: GLOW on Netflix

sorry to sow confusion

anyway this whole digression has a bit of irony to it but no spoilers yet

I need to catch up, might binge a few tonight hopefully :D

oh, my gosh - that episode 5 cold open

Last season was so intense/perfect that I didn't know if this show had new, more interesting places to go - but season 2 is killing it.

Watching the first ep of S2 now and they're in the mall, big "Blockbuster Video" logo on the wall.

Thought that seemed kind of early for Blockbuster to be a big chain video rental company, and I was right. They started in Dallas and they didn't really begin spreading like a virus until 1988-89.

lol

This show is fun and good but yeah its v fast and loose w period details

definitely. the “period details” are for atmosphere & feel rather than any kind of accuracy

as they say in The Castle, it’s just the vibe of the thing

Episode 8, you guys

episode 8 is chefkiss.jpg, i kinda want an entire season done that way

binged all 10 episodes now and s2 is a real triumph, i’d happily watch it all again - such a great balance of comedy and drama. and the wrestling is pretty good too!

poor bash’s storyline broke my heart :(

Couldn't stop watching and now I have no more episodes left! Finale is a million hoots and the ending is lovely.

Looking forward to reviving this up

Time magazine mostly rated this well but noted the secondary characters storylines were mostly too truncated and without depth. haven't watched it yet to determine that but sure this is a good season, quality show

ok i finished s2 and omg that was so great

finale was hilarious - staging was hilar

episode 8 is chefkiss.jpg, i kinda want an entire season done that way

^ this

the argument btw debbie & ruth in the hospital was so raw & great, i love how they both dig up all
the messy complicated emotions & express them so well

betty gilpin crushed it this season. her edgy manic exhaustion was awesome

overall just feel so uplifted & happy, the show just lights me up from within it sounds corny but it’s true!!! i love it. Gives me genuine delight to watch, makes me feel so many emotions with quality wrestling & laughs.

This fuckin show <3

excellent cameos in the beginning of ep10

Nice interview with Kia Stevens, who plays Tamme: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/7/3/17527216/kia-stevens-glow-season-two

So about her spotlight episode: it definitely addresses the racial stereotypes that's a part of wrestling (which IIRC the first season doesn't dig into), but doesn't really settle the issue for better or for worse (also a reflection of how wrestling works IRL).

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What did seem anachronistic was how the crowd started turning on LB in favor of WQ, which kinda idealizes the reaction a rasslin audience might have to seeing someone being demeaned so badly. (At least AFAICR -- I don't remember any examples where a gimmick steps over a line so egregiously that the crowd reacts against it.)
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Very few shows confer such joy, such glee - even when they're dark or unpleasant.

I'm a little nervous about what next season will bring, but this was wonderful.

It's a show that loves its characters; I'm not sure how to say what I'm trying to say.

If I had to single out any single character's storyline this season, it might be everything involving Justine; if I had to pick a favorite episode, it's probably a toss up between episode 4 or episode 8.

When I think through these seasons, though, and try to settle on a favorite MOMENT from the whole thing it comes down to: Bash just before he's going to be a ringside announcer for the first time (from S1E10). He's been waiting his whole damn life to do this and it's happening, finally.

Bash’s legit delight during every minute of the battle royale was one of my favorite things. The things they do to show you how much he loves wrestling really pay off.

And Raymond otm: while i find the stories are a little bit underwritten at times, the show’s love for the characters is unmistakeable and I dunno if I would trade that. It feels more, idk, nourishing? I hate that word but that’s what popped into my head.

This show is like the decent stuff in OITNB (multi ethnic ensemble female cast) x 10 and w out any of that show’s egregious baggage, just really enjoyable and occasionally genuinely moving. Kia tearing up after those “get a job” chants was too real.

Also tons of lolz

“Hello cameraman”
“Hello star-who’s-name-i-havent-bothered-to-learn”

The more I think about this the more I like it. There’s not really any false notes or wrong beats in the pacing or anything.

otm

my other favorite joke so far is wolf-woman describing Cheers as "a show about an invisible woman named Vera"

lol yeah I actually laughed out loud at that one when it registered.

https://78.media.tumblr.com/233b2c1c64491bd7af427d752c0d674c/tumblr_pbbbgx90Sr1vnflrjo1_500.jpg

also this because it's the best

https://78.media.tumblr.com/f0cd045237632c0956e0f0de3d6159e1/tumblr_pb6x8xBAdT1qgojgxo3_500.gif

sorry this is the last one i promise

https://78.media.tumblr.com/c6eee0c70a0c19ddfba67176b8e591b7/tumblr_pb64ttruce1qbxa5so2_500.gif
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So much love for this series. An underlying theme that culminated in the final show was how much better they got a selling the moves in the ring, culminating in Liberty Belle vs the Lumberjackson. I’m not sure if that was intentional or just as a result of the actors getting better at it going through the series but it seem right nonetheless.

lol I should rewatch the whole thing just to spot the reactions of people in the background

finished this over the weekend, couple things:

- was kinda bummed that there is a will they/won't they dynamic developing between Ruth and Sam.
- Bash's situation not being spelled out or given much exposition *because he has no one to talk to* makes his arc even more of a bummer

also (and this is minor, I will not mind if it is handwaved away) how does going to Vegas solve the IP ownership problem? Like, wouldn't the TV station will still be entitled to a cut (and, I would assume, control) over any production using those characters, even if it's not on TV...?

yeah bash’s story is so quietly devastating - he’s turned out to be a character of unexpected depth and pathos

not super-keen on the will-they-won’t-they ruth/sam angle either by one thing it does highlight is that marc maron has turned into a reasonable actor after the painfully amateurish performances of he first season of maron

I think they already handwaved it away, the tv network guy said "but you can do a live show!" (for some reason).

Don't see why they would need a tv director though.

I think the will they/won't they between Sam and Ruth exists solely in Sam's head.

Bash's situation not being spelled out or given much exposition *because he has no one to talk to*

Yeah, Glowbot was severely sidelined this season.

Almost done with season 2. I am totally in the minority here but I am only just starting to warm up to Betty Gilpin. I thought she was badly miscast at first. Maybe because of her sting in Masters of Sex. I dunno.

whaaaat

oh and also also

I did *not* recognize Annabella Sciorra ... until she opened her mouth. Love her in p much anything so her showing up was a great surprise.

I feel like they went out of their way to make her pretty unrecognizable too - big hair, bulky clothing etc.

I didn't realize Rosalie was Annabella Sciorra until just now. Definitely unrecognizable.

And what an unbelievably perfect episode/ending that was ("The Good Twin").

WHAT

holy shit, it is!

err, annabella sciorra I mean

they actually do kinda look like a plausible family

https://78.media.tumblr.com/dfc7592b9c45b0553f57c0bb78cb0e54/tumblr_p2gh2mPqJ51vnflrjo1_500.jpg

she also turns up in Luke Cage, apparently? Looking more like you might expect her to

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/4/4f/Rosalie_Carbone.png/revision/latest?cb=20180618124738

xpost Yeah, I am only now getting into Debbie's 80s soap opera/wooden vibe. The 80s were a weird time.