1899
What is lost will be found.
When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 60%
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It works if you fast forward the gay bits.
The story is rather unique: a mind-bending, chilling ghost story of sorts set in Elizabethan Period, on the ocean. Unfortunately most seems to be filmed at night, so it's hard to see what's going on. But the characters are generally compelling and the story is curious enough to want to keep watching. The choice of music is very strange considering it's a period piece, but it serves to keep the audience at an objective distance, the way a Brechtian director might do.
The woke comes from a gay gay gay main character and his arc. There is no sex in the series generally, but there is LOTS of deep kissing and petting sensuality between the only two gay characters.
None from any of the other characters.
So in order to watch this series, I had to constantly fast forward and skip the gay sex romps. The story flows just as fine without them, so you're not missing anything in doing so.
Besides the heavy gay, the occasional feminist rant from the madame aboard gets annoying, but her character is minor, so it's forgettable enough.
There are no political rants, no forced diversity casting, no emasculation. The diversity is there, but in a logical international way. I have no idea what the producers meant by sticking in the gay characters - maybe it was a Netflix checkbox to be filled, since the story is better without them.
Created: 11-24-2022
And of course
And of course lots of semi-naked men and no semi-naked women because… feminism : |
Created: 11-29-2022
