Okay, I know, we're all absolutely ready, have our clipboards with notes and the blackboard with pictures, threads and theories that make Kim Theerapanyakun's look like a damn kids' game board to go completely all in with the analysis again.
But here I ask for a brief pause to honor what a fiercely good job the actors have done for this series.
Seriously, my examples of this are endless. Of course, probably the most obvious, the many smut-scenes. It takes a lot to allow that level of trust and professionalism to become so intimate with not just one but multiple acting partners.
What I particularly love is that so far none of the sex scenes or general hot scenes have been "just sex". In each one you could see what was going on inside the characters.
You could see Soong's hesitation, the moment when he ignored his own preferences in order to please others and the emotions that built up bit by bit, First's joyful anticipation of finally being able to live out his fantasies and his urge to go further.
Zouey's hesitation, alternating with moments in which he tries to rise above himself, Teena's way in which he first tries to put on a show, only to fall for Zouey after all.
Nont's microexpressions, every time he's near Prom, the fear, the determination, at the same time the lust and tension.
Jump almost willingly throwing himself into Porsche's clutches, kneeling and showing himself submissive, but just waiting to be more deeply involved with Porsche...
The individual examples are endless, and truly insane.
Secondly, the intensity with which the actors prepared for the roles. At this point, I'd like to mention the Playboy actors in particular.
The actor from Teena said in an interview that the weight loss and training had presented him with enormous challenges. There were days when he didn't have enough energy to go to the gym or even lift a weight because of his diet.
Again, guys, the bodies we see don't come naturally. To be able to see a six-pack, the water balance in the body has to be extremely low. And the total body fat percentage must be between 13 and 6%. I'll leave the math to you, but as a spoiler, that's pretty damn low.
Third, the acting in general, not just in the nc scenes.
For example, the friendship between Captain, Zouey, First and Porsche, our pampered gang of the privileged.
I love their scenes together, not because I think their friendship is flawless and great, but because it feels real to me. I like seeing how they interact and how their actions and consequences affect each other.
There are many roles in Playboyy and yet none of them feel like a repetition of another already existing role. The characters are different, different written and different brought to life by the actors.
Every character has their own depth, their own characteristics, goals, motivations, abysses and things they are prepared to sacrifice.
Anyway, these people put a hell of a lot of work into this series and with every new episode I'm left speechless as to how the hell they managed to pull off scenes like this in front of a team of I don't know how many people.
Okay, I can't go on for very long here and I invite everyone to do so. There's so much hate for so many shows and things right now, so let's enjoy some stuff that's just really awesome:)
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Wish I could shake Stephen Amell by the shoulders and scream "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING???"
I was going to put this in someone else's tags but I decided to just make my own post.
If you don't know, Stephen Amell recently made a statement saying that he supports his union, but he doesn't support the strike calling it "myopic" and "a reductive negotiating tactic" which, as many have already said, is fucking rich. How you gonna say that you support the union but not their like, most powerful method of negotiating. (source).
This is the stupidest crock of bullshit I've ever heard in my life. If you don't like the strike, fine. Keep your mouth fucking shut. To go in front of an entire crowd of people and actively undermine the stance of the union which has given you your rights is actually stupid on a planetary level. We are at such a tenuous position optically as it is, with the studios pushing to the public that WE are ruining their favorite shows and movies. Imagine looking at that narrative and deciding to make it worse. AND FOR WHAT. WHAT DID THIS DO???
Also, by the way, of fucking course you don't think the strike is necessary if you're booking like crazy!! He's on network television!! He probably gets good residuals and can afford health insurance!! I hope this helps illustrate to ya'll that this strike is not the wealthy a-listers asking for another 5 bajillion dollars pretty please, in fact some of the upper crust apparently doesn't care if the rest of us wither away into husks!!
BUT AT LEAST MOST OF THEM ARE SMART ENOUGH TO STAY FUCKING SILENT!!!
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