Heated Rivalry review from Brasilian journalist Isabela Boscov.
Gonna leave some of my fav quotes down below ⤵️
"By the 20 minute mark of the 1st episode, I thought to myself I should stop; but not because I didn't like, quite the opposite, I wanted to savor it for as long as possible."
"...and what he (Jacob) wanted? To make the most truthful and inebriating queer love story ever told."
"...one of the things I love about the show is Jacob didn't waste time with the usual 'will they, won't they' trope. They will and they will do it right away."
"...they meet up once every few months and obviously the show has to go through all these moments, so what else would they do, show them folding socks?" - this is in regards to people talking about the show having too much sex scenes.
"...sex is the way Shane and Ilya can tell each other every thing they can't actually verbalize. And why can't they? Because if they do, they might be at risk of saying words like 'love' and 'passion'. And as far as they can see, there's no way for them to actually live that."
"...the highest point of the show is the casting. Hudson is a very subtle and sensible actor, capable of adding even the slightest nuances always in the right places and in a very passionate way. [...] And even though Ilya is a bit of a whirlwind within himself, Connor never succumbs to overacting. His interpretation showcases all these inner struggles coming to the surface in such a beautiful way."
"The 5th episode is one of the best pieces of television I've seen in the last few years."
