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GeneralTonic t1_iy98pj7 wrote

Yeah, no problem. Serious dramas continue to depict the ugly sides of humanity, including sexism and racism. You hit the nail on the head right here:

>... the show's omnipresent humanity and wisdom make it impossible to see it as endorsing any of the -isms on display.

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rosencrantz2016 OP t1_iy9xu4p wrote

I think you're probably right. I still think it'd be hard to make Deadwood without the show making rather starker and more overt contemporary judgements on the characters. But tbh maybe it's that David Milch was unique, not that he alone was allowed to make the show he did.

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