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oh no, it's cute
I tend to like having TV playing while I work on art/comics pages, usually either something I've seen before (rewatching superhero movies and old sci-fi TV is good for this) or something light and fun that won't require a lot of my attention.
Lately I've been watching a Canadian sitcom, Schitt's Creek, because a post about the show back during Yuletide intrigued me sufficiently to check it out. It can be incredibly cringey in that sitcom kind of way, and most of the characters are basically terrible people in that sitcom way, but then it'll do a sudden 180 swerve into FEELINGS and ... then the middle of season 4 happened to me. I'm a sucker for a good musical episode, okay? And the end of 4x09 is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
Two youtube scenes under the cut. They ARE spoilery but I'm also not sure if this is a show that matters all that much if you're spoiled for. These are clips of key scenes from one of the show's main romances (an M/M one).
Admittedly I'm partly just putting these here because I want to be able to rewatch them whenever I want. I really like it when shows incorporate music into the plot in fun and creative ways, and this was so sweet.
I think all you need to know for context is that this first scene is part of these characters' getting-together relationship arc ...
... and the second scene, from a few episodes later, is their getting-back-together scene after David (dark-haired guy) was kind ofa lot of a jerk. It also helps to know that David is really, really uptight, normally.
BTS side note: the actor who plays David, Daniel Levy, is gay IRL and is also one of the main showrunners (along with his dad, who plays his dad on the show). Which is probably why the gay romance on the show is as well-crafted and foregrounded as it is. It makes me think about how rarely you see an ensemble show like this with both het and queer romance in which the queer one(s) gets the same kind of foregrounding and detail as the het ones do.
Lately I've been watching a Canadian sitcom, Schitt's Creek, because a post about the show back during Yuletide intrigued me sufficiently to check it out. It can be incredibly cringey in that sitcom kind of way, and most of the characters are basically terrible people in that sitcom way, but then it'll do a sudden 180 swerve into FEELINGS and ... then the middle of season 4 happened to me. I'm a sucker for a good musical episode, okay? And the end of 4x09 is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
Two youtube scenes under the cut. They ARE spoilery but I'm also not sure if this is a show that matters all that much if you're spoiled for. These are clips of key scenes from one of the show's main romances (an M/M one).
Admittedly I'm partly just putting these here because I want to be able to rewatch them whenever I want. I really like it when shows incorporate music into the plot in fun and creative ways, and this was so sweet.
I think all you need to know for context is that this first scene is part of these characters' getting-together relationship arc ...
... and the second scene, from a few episodes later, is their getting-back-together scene after David (dark-haired guy) was kind of
BTS side note: the actor who plays David, Daniel Levy, is gay IRL and is also one of the main showrunners (along with his dad, who plays his dad on the show). Which is probably why the gay romance on the show is as well-crafted and foregrounded as it is. It makes me think about how rarely you see an ensemble show like this with both het and queer romance in which the queer one(s) gets the same kind of foregrounding and detail as the het ones do.
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Kinda agree with you on Roland, though. He's still terrible and not cute.
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I just started watching this show because it had been getting improbably good reviews for years and I was surprised by how much I liked it. I do not tend to watch sitcoms. I do tend to flee a mile from anything resembling cringe comedy. I'm still in the first season and I feel actively affectionate toward it; I think it's a brilliant comedic showcase for everyone involved and they're all actually people, even if they are mostly people I would continue to avoid in real life. It makes me happy.
(Eugene Levy was part of my formative childhood imprinting on Splash (1984). I'm glad he's still working, and especially with his children.)
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Same! I'm really not a sitcom person in general; the ones that I do get hooked on tend to be due to getting attached to the characters/ensemble, the way I have with this one. But I find this show very charming and addictive. The actors have a fantastic rapport with each other and, as you say, the characters are very convincing as people. (Well, most of them. I find the locals a little less so, sometimes.)
And having found out enough of the behind-the-scenes to know that it's a family project makes me happy.
I did not know that Eugene Levy was in Splash! Though it's also been absolutely ages since I watched it. I know I've seen him in a number of things, though.
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David is the absolute star of a great ensemble cast. I may have teared up while going "awww" over his relationship with Patrick more than once.
Also, though I'm sad he hasn't shown up recently, it was the first place I saw Tim Rozon, who won my heart in Wynonna Earp.
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