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"it almost feels like they're in the same room, talking to each other" x
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"it almost feels like they're in the same room, talking to each other" x
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I’m thinking about the Skip time jump. Kip and Scott start secretly dating fall of 2013. Kip walks away from Scott in early 2014. But then, June 2017, Scott wins the Stanley Cup. And Kip, his dad George, and Kip’s best friend Elena are in Scott’s complimentary seats to watch the win.
So what happened in that little over 3 year period in between the breakup and Scott initiating hockey stonewall in June 2017?Clearly Kip decided he could live with Scott being closeted and be in a relationship with him anyway. I wonder if Scott maybe unclenched on being 100% closeted. Agreed to be introduced to Kip’s father and closest friends as his secret boyfriend.
Had George Grady over for dinner at his apartment, instead of going to a restaurant for a conventional Meet the Parents scenario. Rather than Scott hanging out with Kip and his friends at a gay bar (where Scott could end up on TMZ), invited Kip’s closest friends to socialize in his apartment.
Because a lot of Kip’s problems in 1.03 don’t seem to be about Scott being closeted to the entire world. His problems are with having to actively lie to his loved ones to maintain total secrecy. With George at the arena in 2017, seems like Scott compromised on total secrecy once they got back together.
It’s implied that Kip was in grad school in Boston between 2104 and 2016. But presumably he would come back to visit his family and friends in New York every so often. And maybe he and Scott eventually got a situationship going.
They would hook up when Kip was in NYC, and then say they wouldn’t do it again. But of course it would happen again. They might also hook up when Scott was in Boston for games. And eventually it turned back into a relationship.
Them living in different cities for two years might have actually helped. It’s a lot easier to have a secret relationship with someone closeted when you live in Boston and he lives in NYC. Because of the long distance, you can’t live together, you can’t spend tons of time together, and can’t routinely socialize as a couple.
And then Kip would’ve gotten his MA in spring/summer 2016. Let’s say he got a job at a museum or gallery in New York, moved back, and promised himself he wouldn’t get involved with Scott again. But ended up breaking that promise very fast. And they compromised. Scott would stay closeted to the world, but to a small, trusted circle, he was Kip’s boyfriend.
That’s my headcanon, anyway.
If you needed any more proof the crew behind Heated Rivalry went all out…
Notice the hotel wall art behind Ilya in episode 5.
That's 1000% a photo of the public housing Choi Hung Estate (彩虹邨) in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 , shot from one side of the rooftop tennis courts.
Which means -
Choi Hung/彩虹 means "rainbow" in Cantonese, so yes they literally snuck a rainbow pride flag into Shane's coming out, "I think I'm gay" scene. 🏳️🌈
2. The courts pictured are encircled on all sides by apartment buildings, which leads to it feeling like a little oasis of calm in a bustling Hong Kong, with the palm trees helping that feeling (how both view the All-star game).
Also there has been lingering tension between residents who just want to play sports with their neighbors vs instagramers/influences who interfere while photo-taking (2018 NY Times article about it here) mirroring how the boys view hockey and each other vs the manufactured rivalry.
3. Speaking of which, Ilya physically moves away from the courts & rainbows (so surface level talk about sports & sexuality which have been looming over him/at the forefront of conversation so far) when he crosses the room to sit next to Shane and discuss their relationship.
4. The closer you look, the more evident it is that the buildings pictured are old public housing (they were built in the 1960s) that have been hanging in there through constant upkeep. So an attractive facade that the public sees with lot of hidden depth and history that peaks through despite best efforts to keep it concealed - remind you of anyone?
5. Also (this is really stretching the metaphor now), but Ilya's complex, uncertain feelings about Russia and his future are mirrored by many HK-ers (like myself) sometimes uneasy feelings about HK identity, which are encapsulated by places like the public housing estate.
If you've ever heard of Hong Kong's can-do Lion Rock spirit, the estate literally sits in the shadow of that titular mountain and (like many similar places) was initially built to house people fleeing the Chinese Civil War, or had nowhere to turn to following the Shek Kip Mei fire. Over 43,000 people call one of the eight 20-story estate buildings home (which was the world’s tallest and densest of it's kind at the time it was built) .
The estate is set to be demolished and redeveloped soon to make way for more urgently needed public housing, so you have this uneasy conflict between hanging on to a familiar past and being confronted with the messy present reality.
You can see more photos of daily life in the estate here , or read more about it's history here, but this video below is a great oral history/short film of the estate that I highly recommend.
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Now I know Heated Rivalry team most likely didn't have all this background knowledge in mind when picking wall art.
But the fact they went out of their way to find something that truly "fit" the scene (and nailed it!) rather than leave the wall blank or put up generic "Tampa Florida photos" is a testament to their care and love of their craft.
Well done! 💕
the setup and the shot
"text me whenever. okay?" // "whatever you need, i'll be here. i'm not going anywhere."
day one of filming
that was day one of shooting. i'm pretty sure that was the second scene we shot before the vegas scene where i crawled to him. but it was also one of our audition scenes. so preparing that was tricky because i'm like, "we're gonna be building a whole-ass, like, four-episode thing before this, and this is our first time working together in a connected scene. so how will this fit?"
🔗: https://www.timidmag.com/features/hudson-williams
