Shane McCutcheon | Season 3

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Shane McCutcheon | Season 3
Young Joaquin Phoenix. Yes please
Coming here to find you and kissing you in front of an entire club full of people is the easiest thing I have done in my life.Â
Omar and Ander in Elite season 2
Ander's Internalized Homophobia
Internalized Homophobia is essentially self-loathing and self-censorship, related to oneâs sexual orientation. Almost all wlw and mlm have likely experienced it. With what we saw of Anderâs and Omarâs relationship in season 1, it would appear Omar is the one who suffers more from internalized homophobia. However, season 2 presented what I already suspected. Omarâs internalized homophobia is more attached to his familial expectations, by leaving that environment, he quickly adapted and began to express himself in a more âgayâ way. While he definitely struggled from internalized homophobia, his was always more of a reaction to his familial pressure and external homophobia.Â
Now letâs get into Ander. While Anderâs general grumpiness of the season can be attributed mostly to learning about Polo and keeping secrets from Guzman, he definitely had issues with Omar, not just as a result of those external issues. Ander knows he is gay. He is not ashamed or afraid for people to know he is gay. Where he struggles is in accepting the more stereotypical feminine gay self-expression. While the show does an excellent job of touching on the gendered expectations in Middle Eastern families, Anderâs story more subtly presents the issues with gender in Spanish speaking societies. Machismo. Machismo is essentially hypermasculinity, strong men who arenât vulnerable. Men who donât wear tiny gold shorts. Men who donât hang out with other men in drag. Men who play sports. Men like Anderâs father. While Ander is okay with being gay, he does not want to be perceived that way. I think it goes much deeper then issues with feminity. He is scared of being vulnerable. Gay men who fit feminine stereotypes are inherently more vulnerable to judgment and violence. This manifests in his dismissiveness of Omarâs attempts to embrace this part of his identity and defensiveness at being called cute feminine names like âhoneyâ.Â
This is why I think their sex scene was so well done and so representative of their relationship healing and Ander starting to confront his own issues. While no position in gay male sex is the feminine one, since theyâre both men, the position Ander took is vulnerable.Â
Ander still has a lot of issues to tackle, many of them outside of his sexuality (GUZMAN AND POLO!!) but I think it was really interesting to see how his sexuality will manifest itself as he grows into a more confident man, willing to, like his boyfriend, throw away archaic strict gender structure.Â
âLet me face the sound and fury Let me face hurricanesâ
joana reassuring her girl
âEverything is so fucked up right now.â
babes (âĄâżâĄâż)
Not to praise Ludo too much, but if thereâs one thing Iâll always give him credit for is that when Federico went to audition and played Gio he saw right away he should be Martino. Because itâs not an obvious conclusion at all - Fede and Tarjei have very different vibes, which would make their characters quite different from the outset and change the whole dynamic of the season (in the main cast, in fact, I think Martino is the most distant from his og counterpart than any of the others). And it was a bold choice, considering Isak is so widely loved and the protagonist whose season brought the most attention to Skam and thatâs probably going to be the most scrutinized by fans. But something about Federico made Ludo think he could carry that story really well - and Isakâs season for me has the best character arc and writing in the og, which is a large part of the its appeal and why I think I ended up loving it in Skam Italia as well.Â
Because Ludo ended up being absolutely right, despite Federicoâs own fears about not doing the story justice. In early interviews he mentions heâs more similar to Gio as a person, which probably still stands, yet despite his own life experiences being removed from Martinoâs (maybe because of it) he managed to throw himself into the role and give an incredibly sensitive and warm and rich performance. A testament to his talent and how seriously he takes his job, of course, but also you can see how the role challenged and changed him. He was always well-spoken but in season 2 interviews he seems to have matured years in months: heâs so eloquent about the importance of the character and his story in Italy today, talks about Martino with such affection and always mentions how making the season expanded his worldview and made him more aware of what others go through. I canât imagine anyone else playing Martino, and I love that this story that has legions of fans for various reasons also had a huge impact on the actor himself in this remake.Â
idk if you've ever talked about it, but how do you feel about the whole "lack of tension" critique that had been going around in the beginning?
Hey! I think everyone looks for different things in fiction. If the story or the couple wasnât compelling for someone, thatâs their reaction and end of story. People should be able to like or not like whatever they want based on entirely subjective criteria.
That said, calling it a lack of tension is just innacurate.
Thereâs been plenty of tension. Martino spent 6 episodes hiding his sexuality and a new relationship from his family and closest friends. He discovers his crush has a girlfriend in episode 2 and spends the next episode wondering if he imagined the whole thing. Thereâs an almost kiss at the end of episode 3 and episode 4 is a build-up to finishing it. He fights with his friends in episode 5, spends two weeks isolated and the next two episodes thinking Nicoâs back with Maddalena, not knowing what to think of their time together. Episode 8 is, well, episode 8. And episode 9 starts with Maddalena telling him it was all a lie (which he sort of believes until the final clip) and discovering that Nico has a disorder that he doesnât understand. Add to that his conflicts with his mother and father, his fight with Filippo, Eva calling him out on his bullshit, the whole affair with Emma and the fact he was outed by her and her brother to the whole school. Â
The differences in relation to the og are basically the lack of the religious theme, Martino being more willing to pursue his feelings, and the fact that Nico and Marti are a lot more at ease with each other from the start and mutually aware of their attraction and intentions. And, of course, La grotta was less tense because there wasnât the looming threat of a suicide attempt.Â
So at most we can say thereâs less tension in Skam Italia because of all this - but that doesnât make it an inferior form of storytelling, just a different kind of story and relationship. Isak and Even have a lot more awkwardness and hesitancy in the first four episodes, and I loved that but I also loved the immediate connection and ease between Marti and Nico. The Romeo and Juliet theme throughout the og made everybody really nervous largely because we didnât know how it was going to end and that changes everything. I mean, I was sure everything would work out because of the type of story they were telling, but still! We didnât know what the next clip would be like and that was nerve-wracking. We have to remember weâre seeing the show through the lenses of people who know the og. If you show this season to someone who doesnât know anything about the story, I doubt theyâll say there wasnât tension.Â
Also, because the show takes place in a country a lot more homophobic than Norway (as indicated by Filippo in his speech and reinforced by Marti in the final clip) I think itâs lovely to have a relationship that isnât fraught with doubt in terms of mutual attraction, that Martino doesnât hesitate to pursue Nico and that they (mostly) donât face rejection by their family and friends, but that what stands in the way are Nicoâs fear of hurting Marti and reluctance to be open about his disorder and ultimately lose him, and Martiâs tendency to put his foot in his mouth and hurt people he loves. Not that homophobia isnât an issue, because Martiâs fear of coming out to the people in his life permeates a good portion of the season, but as far as Marti and Nico are concerned it isnât the main hurdle in their relationship - which makes it a story about two boys who fall in love and grow and learn together. And by having complex characters who go through this massive personal development unrelated to their sexuality you make a same-sex relationship incredibly relatable and help normalize it, which is really great everywhere but specially in a very homophobic society.
So if there wasnât enough tension to keep someone invested and the story didnât cater to their expectations, thatâs fine by me. I just donât think it was a mistake on their part rather than a very conscious choice to keep some things and remove others.Â
little did isak and even know.. there would be another isak and even in a parallel universe where their outfits just switched color.
Do you have this kind of courage, Martino? I donât think you do. Not yet.
personally, I donât mind that we didnât get the I saw you the first day at school. A line like this doesnât always work (with me). I often find it too much of a clichĂŠ. But hey, perhaps they had that talk later who knows. I donât mind that it wasnât said, because it wasnât that important to me in the og and because I donât think it really was/is relevant for martino and niccolòâs story i dunno just my personal take on it. they arenât isak x even. they are martino x niccolò. their dynamic is different and different people have different dynamics. it doesnât always have to be like that anyways in order to portray a wonderful story about two people falling in love.
i feel like their storyline was more about honesty and trust, and in the end, i think it was shown how much theyâve opened up about that and truly let those attributes guide them. letâs not forget their ride was also about understanding (especially marti) and acceptance (especially nico).
martino found love, because he understood that nicoâs mental health was not a hindrance to nicoâs genuine love for him. niccolò found love, because he accepted that people could and would truly love him despite his mental health. both were afraid not to be seen. what iâm meaning to say is that they found a love that could last, because they chose to confide in each other. they chose to be honest with each other and they chose to put trust in one another. which doesnât mean they werenât heavily fond of each other or already in love before they came clean. love - both platonic or romantic - is hard work at times, too. itâs the constant reassurance of feelings which only comes through, if people tell each other whatâs in their hearts.
sometimes itâs not easy to trust, because we are afraid of deception or may it, because we are afraid to lose someone. and so we distance ourselves in order to protect ourselves from any more heartbreak. and isnât it wonderful, how a boy like martino, who was so afraid not be loved back genuinly, found someone who loved him back just the way he hoped? and that a boy like niccolò, who was afraid not to be accepted the way he his, was truly accepted in the end? that martino actually loved him back, too?
weâve experienced this season through martinoâs eyes who struggled to identify himself. he didnât tell the truth at the beginning. like he said I told a lot of lies to many people. he also didnât trust his feelings. tried to hide his true identity. only as he started to understand that he is who he is, and that his identity is nothing to be ashamed of and absolutely has no need to be changed in order to please him or/and the people around him, he began to accept himself more and more. nico helped him understand that as well as his friends. both relationships had its ups and down, mostly because martino wasnât honest with himself nor with them.
i didnât need for martino to be told that nico saw him the first day of school. is it nice to be told something like that? absolutely. personally, i think whatâs even better or equally worth is that the people in martiâs life did in fact see him. all the time. they were worried about him constantly and even for him. marti understood that at the end of the season. as audience we saw marti at the beginning of the season and so did the people around him. it was marti who didnât see (it).
i think skam italia has created a beautiful storyline in another timeline or parallel universe - however you want it. in the end, i do believe nico saw him from the start and so did marti. it doesnât matter to me if it was on the first day of school or not. the radio meeting started at the beginning of the school year and thatâs where they met. itâs basically when martiâs season starts. itâs the beginning of their journey if you will. itâs their non ti ho mai visto - Iâve never seen you before. you see? âIâve never seen you before. but now I do. now I see you.â
so, actually skam italia showed us the whole I saw you the first day of school without having a character say the line. we, the audience, saw it. and i believe marti came to the same realization.
at the end of the season, marti said sono io. if thatâs true, then marti x nico siamo noi. itâs martiâs story (thatâs me) and itâs the story of marti x nico (thatâs us). they both saw each other from the beginning, but now that they know each otherâs hearts, they truly see each other.
marti doesnât have to pretend anymore. his life isnât fake anymore. it doesnât matter whether the line happened or not, because marti choose to see (whatâs truly important) and he can just be himself now. thatâs what matters in the end, doesnât it?
We have our ups and downs, but you know, itâs so beautiful when everything is fine that even when itâs not⌠you just deal with it. Even if it could end.
invece adesso⌠che ne so, magari a scuola mi prendono in giro, se esco mi rischio le botte, però almeno⌠sono io.
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what should you do⌠you should be there for him.
but I canât get over the whole panettone bit? martino looks at nico and is just like HEY BABE DO YOU WANT SOME HOLIDAY NOURISHMENT? out of fucking nowhere and nicoâs all sure :D i love u and would say yes to anything :D and martiâs all ;) here you go ;) iâm the best at keeping my man fed ;))) and nico takes a bite but doesnât finish chewing because heâs looked at marti for 5 seconds and his head naturally tilts for a kiss? so marti leans in like a magnet and they have the cutest peck??? and then, oh boy, this is the kicker, they just go: bacio al panettone? bacio al panettone! in the happiest lil voices like that time they were âokay? okay! okay? okay!â OKAY FOUR TIMES THAT WAS THE OPPOSITE OF OKAY ACTUALLY and then thereâs this second of indecision when nicoâs moving the panettone back and forth like shit what do i do eat or kiss? and of course they KISS AGAIN!!! what the FUCK!!! go back to the christmas commercial you came from and leave me ALOOOOOOOOOONE