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soft-persephone · 8 months

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Minx Season 2 episode 8……..

I am so happy for Joyce, Tina, Shel, Richie, and Bambs…. But oh my god oh my god oh my god!

Like no warning??? Tina and Doug are just done? Just like that? I don’t get nothing else?

And with Constance?

I want to say it was a moment of weakness and vulnerability of losing Tina but having a “win.” That now that his money is up! Now that he’s in his bag and he’s got the biggest deal of his life, that he might as well with the woman that gave it to him.

And clearly he likes any type of strong woman…

But deep down.. I know it’s not true.

Bambi gets to help out Shelly’s husband while she goes off with her lover. They are separating so that’s fine. Good for both of them.

Are we supposedly building up to a Shelly x Bambi x Richard? (I forgot mr Dentist man’s name😬)

If so dope, if not, still dope.

Love Richie telling Joyce to fuck off.

I knew we were getting a minx family moment at the end but fuck,,, I didn’t know Doug wouldn’t be there.

Joyce fianally following her gut and taking a stand. She should have been speaking up for herself, but I understand the “complexity” of the situation.

Tina being out as soon as Constance said “women like us” is such a mood. She’s never been more relatable to me. (She always is, but I just love it when it’s turned up to 1000x)

However, I knew there would come a time where Doug without a doubt would choose money over Tina and everyone else, and somehow it still hurts to see it happen.

So this stupid heartbreak is on me! I’m the fucking clown here, and it hurts worse because of it!!

No matter what happenes I have always been on Tina’s side.

Baby girl is still going to Paris to do the damn thing, so I am not that upset.

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aflawedfashion · 9 months

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Minx 2x06 | This is Our Zig

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fillingthescrapbook · 6 months

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Let's Talk About: Minx and the need for more episodes per season.

Before we begin, I want to say: I need a third season of this show. A longer one that the second season's eight-episode order. Hollywood needs a reminder that filler episodes didn't mean nothing happens in the show. Filler episodes were necessary because, while the main plot is spinning wheels, we're getting character growth and relationship developments. And that was one of the things missing in this season of Minx.

Now, I don't remember the reason I started watching Minx. The trailer was intriguing enough that I decided to give it a try. I quickly fell in love with the iridescent Idara Victor, Jessica Lowe, and Oscar Montoya--and even though I don't remember a lot of the nitty gritty of what happened in Season 1, I remember rooting for the three--and Lennon Parham's Shelly, by the end of it and wanting to know what happens next.

The cast of this show is spectacular. The writing though... The writing was serviceable. It's not until this second season that I'm coming out as a fan of the show writers.

While the first season was mostly a hero journey for main character Joyce Prigger (the outstanding Ophelia Lovibond), the second season had a more nuanced arc in how it tackles success. Yes: success. Instead of throwing another wrench into the world of Minx, the writers decided to zag and let the characters be celebrated. And in that celebration, they were able to uncover a bigger issue: the politics of gender equality.

In season two, the show adds a new character: Constance is a billionaire who supports the arts, feminism, and is pushing the characters into reaching the zenith of their dreams. The only one who is a little put-down by Constance's handling of business is Don (Jake Johnson) because he's used to being the top dog. But even he can't argue that she has helped him achieve success he only dreamed of before.

With the characters thriving and getting the good life, Constance begins to introduce compromise in to their world. She begins to sow a divide by giving the characters what they want--while essentially taking away the most important thing they got in the first season: each other.

The show asks each character what it takes for them to bend their values. What are they willing to compromise to continue the good life they're currently enjoying?

Now, I do understand why some people would think this second season was more superficial than the first. In letting the characters succeed, it does feel like nothing bigger is happening for the most part. Because the trials they're facing aren't do-or-die. The characters aren't always in danger of losing everything.

But, if we're going to be honest: isn't that how we lose everything in real life? Bit by bit. Day by day. Life is good until suddenly it's not. And that's the magic of Minx's sophomore season.

The writers plotted the downfall well. If we go through the season again, we will see where the writers are foreshadowing the sacrifice each character will have to make. And it is amazing work.

Unfortunately, because the show only had eight episodes to work with--all the focus on delivering a satisfying story took out something that made the first season magical: the way each character progressed from episode to episode.

Season 2 gave everyone better storylines. Unfortunately, because there's a distinct lack of screen time to share, those storylines didn't get room to breathe. Most of them had to progress in between scenes and off-camera:

Idara Victor's Tina had a powerful arc of realizing her place in the world, of needing to choose herself--and yet, most of her processing happened in scenes that were already servicing Don's A-plot or B-plot, or while the main arc is place-setting, or while Shelly is having a moment for her character arc.

But at least her storyline gets to inch along from episode to episode. Oscar Montoya's Richie, while having a poignant endpoint for his character arc, didn't really have a clear path from point a to point b. He gets pulled into being every kind of supporting player before finally getting his moment to shine.

And then there's Jessica Lowe's Bambi. Her storyline is edged from episode two to episode six--and is only allowed release...in the final moments of episode seven. And while she does get somewhere in the finale, it also feels like it's just a lot more edging.

So, yeah: the plots and the character arcs are better and more powerful... they just suffered a lot from the lack of time. I'm not saying the show needs to expand from being a half-hour dramedy... but maybe having more episodes to let the plots and the characters breathe would do the show good.

Because goodness knows: this show is amazing. But it'll have a hard time firing all its bullets if we subtract cylinders from the barrel of its gun.

#let's talk about #minx #tv talk #delayed posting because of the strike

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spoilertv · 11 months

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#SpoilerTV

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beharyonguriop · 2 years

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I loved Minx but I have a few negatives points .

The main character has the Piper Chapman Syndrome (OITNB). She is annoying. But she gets better in the end.

The show revolves a bit too much around Joyce and Doug. It's criminal when the secondary characters (Tina, Shelly, Bambi and Richie) are excellent.

Fake 🍆

Finally, God knows how much I love Doug and Tina, but Tina needs to think about herself and kick Doug's 🍑 more.

⚠️ spoilers⚠️

I really hope there will be a season 2. I want to know what will happen for Shelly and Bambi. Tina's future. If Joyce and Doug are going to work together again. Flashbacks about Tina and Doug friendship/collaboration. They have worked together for 10 years. How a white man and a black woman decided to work together in pornographic publishing in 1962 ?

#minx hbo #tina lewis #doug renetti #Bambi minx #Richie minx #Shelly minx #joyce prigger #idara victor #jake johnson #ophelia lovibond #jessica lowe #lennon parham #oscar montoya

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soft-persephone · 8 months

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Minx Season 2 Episode 7

(I apologize in advance for how long this is. However, I included markers by character.)

We have had two seasons of this show and even though there’s one more episode left, I’m gonna go ahead and call it it…..

One thing about Minx, the last three episodes are always going to be the best! This show climaxes like no other show I’ve watched before.

But my jaw is simply on the floor, more so than last week.

I always knew Constance was up to something, but as satisfying as being right is, at what cost!

I am in emotional turmoil!

But I’m moving too fast. I’ll come back to that later.

The mommy murder opening was insane!

But Doug and his bird? Hilarious.

No one takes nonsense as seriously as Jake Johnson does. I will always love that about him.

I’m guessing he has no name because everyone just calls him bird or the bird, but in my mind his name is Petey. It’s just a very birdy name.

Richie

Richie’s story arch is tied to his creativity and how he uses Minx to explore that. It’s not just his creativity, but an expression of himself, his sexuality, and his queerness.

At Bottom Dollar, Richie had complete creative control. Joyce didn’t care what these pictures looked like as long as she could write whatever articles she wanted.

But after their success and fame, Joyce is pushing back. She’s pushing more and more to have a say into the magazine. It is very much her magazine so she can do that, but she has a repertoire with Richie. He’s not some random employee, but a friend who’s been there since she started.

There is a right and wrong way to go about things.

Constance tells her about the rumor of gay readers and Joyce relents even though she believes that all kinds of people have the right to be buying and engaging in their magazine. However, Joyce respects and admires Constance, so she’ll be more open to doing what she suggests. If this idea was presented by literally anyone else, we would have gotten the regular Joyce Prigger pushback.

But back to Richie, he takes this opportunity to do what he wants. He does the bathhouse shoot. And I am proud of him for going after what he wants even though this is only going to result in backlash and a fight.

But that’s why we love this show!

The best scenes happen when these characters aren’t exactly on the same page, but we want them to be.

They all have the same goal of wanting to be a part of this magazine and wanting it to work for their careers and personal and professional desires. They can either do it together, or start stabbing each other in the back or disrespecting each other a long the way, like they’ve been doing all throughout season 2.

And when Richie takes away all of the Minx people and goes back into a creative space that probably shows why he probably picked up his camera in the first place, we finally see a glimpse into why he’s been acting the way he has. (If it hasn’t been obvious to some. This show has a lot of subtlety)

And the moment in the end when he photographs the police raid? Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

Shelly and Bambi

Shelly’s character arc has definitely been throwing me through a loop.

Clearly she can’t just cheat on her husband. She’s doubling down and recommitting to him, and then they became swingers?

Just what exactly is going on?

But her decision to come out to her husband completely??

What’s gonna happen now?!?!

Are they gonna get a divorcee? Is he going to be her beard? Is she gonna move to that college Joyce went to and be with professor Miram?

But overall the conversation she has with Bambi was one of the best scenes this episode.

It gives us more insight into Bambi than we’ve had so far and it’s amazing!

Bambi is such a dynamic character!

She’s fun and flirty and her one liners never fail to make me laugh, but it’s very easy to create an idea of who she is than actually dive into the character she actually might be, and the show playing with that idea that we have as an audience and showcasing that in this moment through Shelly is Brilliant!

I love good writing!😭

Because I don’t think we know a lot about Bambi either! All we know is that her and Shelly being together would mean a lot to us as an audience.

Shelly decided on her own that Bambi isn’t a good idea, and in her own way, maybe she’s right.

But it’s not fair to act like Bambi doesn’t have just as many feelings and thoughts about what happened between them.

Joyce and Constance

I’m not gonna lie.

I haven’t fully understood Joyce’s journey this season.

So she’s full of herself now? Is that supposed to be it?

However, I will do my best to bring out something. However, no one please hesitate to tell me off if you thought of something else! I really wanna talk to other people!!!

Joyce has always been a little insecure.

It was her biggest battle in season one. She chose to publish herself through a porn magazine and she couldn’t really handle the backlash or anything that came with it.

But in season two, she’s okay with it, but it’s starting to bleed into other factors of her life.

There are more eyes on her than before, and she now probably in a very deep down secret place, believes being unknown and overlooked was better.

There are more eyes on her than ever. She’s in Rolling Stone. People know who she is, but Joyce doesn’t actually know who she is or who she wants to be. She has idea of that, but her insecurity of herself, leaves her grasping at straws.

When Constance tells her to make sure the magazine isn’t too gay, she immediately ignored her own thoughts and desires out of some respect and admiration, but if it was Doug, she might not have let that happen. She would have pushed back.

When Constance Tells her she’s in control and every decision is hers, she doesn’t push back on Constance giving Tina the job even though she gave it to Doug. It’s safe to assume (maybe? Probably?), that Constance has only given Joyce an illusion of control.

However, if that’s true, it only works because she thinks Constance is her mentor.

And she is!

It’s beautiful to see a successful woman take Joyce under her wing. I don’t think there was any maliciousness or cold hearted business at play when it comes to their relationship.

I think Constance doesn’t want to see what happened to her happen to Joyce, but Constance doesn’t understand the friendship between all these people. She doesn’t understand that they have a bond that used to mean something to each other! That they still have in some ways! It’s just not as strong. Success, money, and fame have left them all a little distant, but I think in the finale, they will all reconnect with that bond and each other.

So when they have that final conversation by the fire, I think it finally sinks in for Joyce (or maybe not completely, but at least a little, ) that Constance might not know everything. That she might not be what she wanted from a mentor.

That she can’t rely on other people’s opinion of her and stand on her own ground a little.

Maybe this in addition to the conversation with her sister and that moment on the plane ,after she hooks up with that guy, will finally help Joyce come to terms with herself and stop relying on outward praise and attention from others.

Doug and Tina

Doug is on the Scneid!!

He said so himself.

It’s been loss after loss after loss.

Constance has taken almost everything from him, and even then she goes for literally everything.

She’s dissolving Bottom Dollar and she might take away Minx altogether!

His life’s work and his first golden ticket!

He confronts Tina and wow do they have a conversation…

Tina has been his secretary for 10 years! She helped him build Bottlm Dollar from the ground up!

And what does she have to show for it?

Nothing.

But a year and a few months with Constance (I’m making up the time skip. I didn’t do the actual math or go back and look at the episodes to figure it out, but let’s pretend!☺️)

And she has the biggest promotion of her life! She gets to go to Europe!

Doug is losing his entire life and the girl.

He might be able to stomach losing his job. He is a natural born hustler. He will dust himself off from this loss and find his next moneymaker. Lord knows this wouldn’t be his first time doing it.

But he can’t lose Tina too. Because she is everything. She gives his life the meaning. Tina is what is actually worth living for.

This will literally leave him with nothing, and it might crush him.

But Tina is getting her first glimpse at everything she’s ever hoped and dreamed for. And as a black woman in the 70s, she has to take it. That’s a no brainer!

After this episode I can’t help to think, that this offer from Constance is her thing. It’s what she’s been working her life towards.

However, she’s always wanted it during those ten years with Doug. She wanted him to give her that shiny life changing offer.

The only promotion he’s given her was to spite Joyce after she walked out on Minx after the talk show.

While she loves Doug, she can’t exactly trust him to put her first.

She’s broken her back, supported him when she knows he’s wrong, and given everything to make sure his thing works out.

But he can’t stand to see the tables turned for once.

I love Tina and Doug, I love the scenes where they smile at each other and they’re happy, where you can’t help but to think of all the ways they love each other.

However, there is something about angst that truly makes them come alive.

Idara and Jake bring out so much more from these two characters when they fight, and I want to see more!

I really hope the next episode doesn’t patch things up with a bandage and big bright bow and give us a 100% happy ending.

I want bottom dollar to be okay, and I want them to get the reigns of Minx from Constance. I also really want the relationship between Tina and Doug to build itself up to the couple they can be.

They are not on the same page. (I’ll make a post about that by itself later.)

This episode was truly something special. Everyone had their acting hats on and they were also in their bag!

I can’t wait to see how episode 8 somehow tops this one.

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