Misfits 1.01: I love Kelly
Feb. 18th, 2013 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokifanMISFITS REWATCH. I haven't seen it in aaages and I haven't watched past series 2, so time to catch up.
I LOVE YOU CURTIS. All funny and feminist and tall, dark and handsome.
I LOVE YOU KELLY. She is the only remotely positive portrayal of a chav I have ever seen anywhere. (And possibly I'm missing them due to not watching much telly, but I very much doubt it.) She's just so great. I like that it's one of the girls who is the most physically imposing and the most willing to use violence to solve her problems, and sans any physical superpowers. Also, she gets to cry on her own after getting grabbed and threatened by an adult instead of being tuff enuff. And she is definitely a hero: she risks her life to warn the others even when she dislikes them and they judge her. KELLY.
Nathan's mum is the worst mum ever. Seriously, wtf. She CHANGED THE LOCKS and left his stuff outside for him, for the dreadful crime of being a wanker to her boyfriend. And not even in a dramatic way – in a long-term constantly-snide way. A bit of warning would not have gone amiss, at the VERY least.
It is sort of unfortunate that the dude who is so overtaken by his rage that he becomes this grunting, inarticulate murderous monster is a black man.
The Montage of Sad – Barry standing invisible among friends like he's out with people, Curtis watching old tapes of himself winning races, Kelly without her boyfriend, Nathan watching his mum and her boyfriend happy while he's locked out – is terribly affecting, especially Simon's bit. I do find it a bit hilarious that Alisha's part was SHE CAN'T GO OUT TONIGHT. But I suppose they're leaving it for a bit to show the really awful effects of her power.
I love the whole conversation at the end - “what if we're meant to be like superheroes?” - “that kind of thing only happens in America” - being followed by the Hero Shot.
I never usually get the whole 'I want to see people like me onscreen' thing. I mean I understand it but I generally don't feel it myself; even seeing bisexual women whose sexuality is taken seriously is more of a social justice win than something that automatically gets to me. But I remember watching this first episode back in 2009 or so and feeling an utter thrill. Because I just instantly connect to these characters and feel they could be people I know, absolutely, and because it's so pure a feeling – I don't have to adjust it at all, these are kids who sound and talk like friends of mine, like we could've been at the same school when I heard about them getting community service – I do actually really like it.
I LOVE YOU CURTIS. All funny and feminist and tall, dark and handsome.
I LOVE YOU KELLY. She is the only remotely positive portrayal of a chav I have ever seen anywhere. (And possibly I'm missing them due to not watching much telly, but I very much doubt it.) She's just so great. I like that it's one of the girls who is the most physically imposing and the most willing to use violence to solve her problems, and sans any physical superpowers. Also, she gets to cry on her own after getting grabbed and threatened by an adult instead of being tuff enuff. And she is definitely a hero: she risks her life to warn the others even when she dislikes them and they judge her. KELLY.
Nathan's mum is the worst mum ever. Seriously, wtf. She CHANGED THE LOCKS and left his stuff outside for him, for the dreadful crime of being a wanker to her boyfriend. And not even in a dramatic way – in a long-term constantly-snide way. A bit of warning would not have gone amiss, at the VERY least.
It is sort of unfortunate that the dude who is so overtaken by his rage that he becomes this grunting, inarticulate murderous monster is a black man.
The Montage of Sad – Barry standing invisible among friends like he's out with people, Curtis watching old tapes of himself winning races, Kelly without her boyfriend, Nathan watching his mum and her boyfriend happy while he's locked out – is terribly affecting, especially Simon's bit. I do find it a bit hilarious that Alisha's part was SHE CAN'T GO OUT TONIGHT. But I suppose they're leaving it for a bit to show the really awful effects of her power.
I love the whole conversation at the end - “what if we're meant to be like superheroes?” - “that kind of thing only happens in America” - being followed by the Hero Shot.
I never usually get the whole 'I want to see people like me onscreen' thing. I mean I understand it but I generally don't feel it myself; even seeing bisexual women whose sexuality is taken seriously is more of a social justice win than something that automatically gets to me. But I remember watching this first episode back in 2009 or so and feeling an utter thrill. Because I just instantly connect to these characters and feel they could be people I know, absolutely, and because it's so pure a feeling – I don't have to adjust it at all, these are kids who sound and talk like friends of mine, like we could've been at the same school when I heard about them getting community service – I do actually really like it.
