Crazy ex girlfriend really put themselves out there with having a female protagonist. A female protagonist that dosent have the body of a supermodel. A mentally ill female protagonist. A female protagonist that is explicitly a bad person yet is treated with sympathy AND held responsible for her actions at the same time. A female protagonist that is a more fair and accurate portrayal of mental illness then most men with mental illness in media are. A female protagonist that is allowed to exist as a complicated person and not woman™. A female protagonist that is a parody and a empathetic exploration of a sexist stereotype. they did all of that while also having a mainly POC cast with diverse body types and sexualities that are all treated as actual people and not monoliths of the minority they are representing. And they balanced all that with being consistently funny, entertaining, touching, heartwarming and having really really good music for 4 seasons. WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS SHOW MORE
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Cannot BELIEVE that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend really said, "Here is a female protagonist who is a mess and flawed in a painfully realistic, uncomfortable way, in a way that you cannot distance yourself from or write off, one who will do things that will worry or confuse or even unnerve you, and she is still worthy of love and support and personal peace. She still deserves to be happy and fulfilled because she is a person. And not only does she deserve to recover from everything she's been struggling with, that recovery is POSSIBLE. It's never truly out-of-reach, and it's so, so incredibly worth it for her to keep trying, for all of us to keep trying. Because we're never going to be perfect and we're never going to have it all figured out, and we're probably going to screw up a lot and there will even be times when we're downright unlikeable, but that never means that we can't still be happy."
ANYWAY I HAVE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY NORMAL FEELINGS ABOUT THIS SHOW
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Sometimes I think about how Rachel Bloom said casting Paula was the hardest casting choice they had to make for CXG because there were so many incredibly talented middle-aged actresses and then I get really upset that we're not seeing more of these triple-threat talents on screen.
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Semifinals: Poll 1
Everyone who said the Elle/Phoenix poll was pitting two queens against each other: shut the fuck up /lh. This is the poll deserving of that sentiment.
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Reboot 1x06
Plz watch this show. I burst out laughing at this.
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I am so thankful to CxG for how unabashedly the show embraces cringe. Rebecca is a messed up person, usually in ways that are not "cute", poetic or dark (which I feel like is often how mental illness gets somewhat romanticised in media). Her behavior is so often embarrassing, pathetic, childish and generally cringe-worthy.
And I still love her and root for her, and fully believe that she deserves happiness.
That means so much to me. Because if Rebecca – an embarrassing, pathetic, shameful mess – deserves happiness... then maybe I – an embarrassing, pathetic, shameful mess – do too.
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George showing up at Nathaniel’s be like
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