Maybe I’m a sucker with bad taste but lately I have been really into meeting tv shows where they are and I’m having a much nicer time. Like basically a show is only bad to me if it’s not fun and not compelling. Like it has to be shockingly bad AND unenjoyable for me to complain. But like I’m not going to call something like pretty little liars bad just because it’s a bit silly and some of the storylines are not ones I would have gone with because it’s fun! And I enjoy watching it! Like I see so much Posting that’s like ‘wow the writers of [show] have no idea what they’re doing’ and it’s like well it’s their job. And obviously you can be bad at your job but I think it’s worth questioning like is this writing bad or do I not like it. Especially because a lot of the time I find that criticism of tv shows is like, people being upset that there is conflict or tension. Maybe you don’t like that a couple broke up or a character died but that doesn’t make it bad writing necessarily. Or like when people are like wow the dialogue in this show is so unrealistic and it’s like well maybe that’s the point. The dialogue in succession is unrealistic but it’s incredibly effective and entertaining and people wouldn’t criticise it on those grounds the same way they might criticise the writing on a teen drama. Idk. I worry that I’m like lowering my standards for what makes ‘good’ tv but I think actually I’m just more attuned to what a show is trying to achieve and judging it based on whether or not it’s succeeding at what it set out to do and whether or not I like what it set to do. Rather than like expecting everything to be pitch perfect prestige television. And I’m having a much better time!
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