Warning: Sense8 spoilers ahead! It’s not every day you find a brown woman portrayed with actual nuance on mainstream television. This is part of a representation problem encountered by almost every ethnic/marginalised minority on-screen – a problem steeped in incompleteness, narrowness and stereotypes. But the recently-cancelled (alas!) Netflix show Sense8, a series that has been
With a subtle tap on your screen, a versatile world of daring storytelling comes to life. That’s what Netflix is to most of its subscribers. Setting the stakes high is Netflix’s everyday procedure. Being the most talked about on-demand service does, however, have drawbacks. Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has spoken out on the company’s success
Riverdale started off strong, the initial hype before the show even aired was substantial, everyone was talking about this brand new teenage drama show. This was because the show had so much potential, and despite all the original Archie comic fans being sceptical as to how well the show would mirror the comics and the characters inside
The Get Down (2016) was a Netflix show that centered around black and Hispanic youth in the 1970’s. It followed Ezekiel Figuero (Justice Smith) and his friends as they try to become successful musicians in the Bronx, while dealing with other outside sources of chaos. The show tackled many issues, such as race, sexuality, drugs, gangs
The Get Down beautifully demonstrated the lives of people of color in the 70s Bronx, New York. It passionately shone a spotlight on what it is to live in a white world. What it is to use music, especially hip hop, in an environment infested by gangs, street violence and drugs. It painted a picture
On April 28, 2017, Dear White People began streaming on Netflix. This series, based off of the 2014 film with the same name, is about the blatant racism and microaggressions that black students at a predominately white institute are forced to face. This struggle comes to a boil when a group of white students host
Whether you want more or less of it, everyone knows that there’s a lack of LGBTQ+ representation in TV shows. If you turn on the TV there will most likely be a straight couple in whatever is being shown. However, there’s a very small chance you’ll find a queer couple and if you do, they
If you’ve been on social media at all in the last week, you’ve most likely heard of the internet’s new obsession: 13 Reasons Why. Executive produced by Selena Gomez, the Netflix series follows Clay Jensen as he listens to tapes left by his former classmate, Hannah Baker, as she reveals to her classmates why she
When I read about someone doing a Death Note live action remake last year, I was afraid. I never had much confidence in remakes of my favorite animes and cartoons, especially after the disaster that was the Last Airbender. As I was reading the article, I was confused when I read that Light Yagami (now
