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score 4/10
I wanted to give this show an 8. At first, I thought it might be stupid and it was but I decided to give it a try and it was funny stupid. I enjoyed it the first season and wanted to give it a try just because of all the great reviews but the second to last episode of the first season turned me off. I know everyone thinks this show pushes diversity. Yes, at the expense of less thought about minorities. Eastern Europeans are tired of being portrayed as criminals or evil spies with creepy, fake Russian accents. We're tired of seeing ourselves as criminals or as poor whether in the news or in story. My extended family were brutalized by Nazis so every group has a struggle but that definitely doesn't make Eastern Europeans as a whole the bad guys. I have been struggling with people making fun of my Eastern European last name in high school and what do they name the mean girl at Jane's high school? Kovakovitch.(Not even sure that's a real name. Looked it up too. But what does it matter?) They even threw a mature little joke in there : making the "v" into a "b." Rhymes with bitch. So creative, right? Sure, there are Hispanics. Let's tack in some lesbians too. That would make it better, right? Unfortunately, those are stereotyped too. Jane is the typical Mary Sue to present a new culture to mainstream media. One of the lesbians wrestles. The problem lies in that the show wants to please everybody. You can't have a religious Grandmother Alba who supports Jane if she ever decides to get an abortion. I know a lot of Catholics and this would never be them. It would be nice if there were a way the writers could apologize and change up the script a little but what has been done has been done.
katiesmolkov 12 April 2017
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