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[inmyriadbits]

ethrosdemon has written a very interesting post about Southland, and issues of perception and being a storyteller when you're a woman.

it’s something new...—not a show made by men for women, but a show made by women for everyone (but mostly other women).

Southland isn’t a cop show so much as it is a digital, serialized piece of cinema verite about these certain human beings. I suppose I would compare it to The Hurt Locker, another work called "gritty" by men who then boggle that women were involved in making it. Here, the word "gritty" means that men think women don't comprehend complex emotions/aren't interested in seeing them in media/they're really surprised that women are subtle.

Not just that. Men don’t just boggle that women made it—they boggle because women made the work, and they can relate to it.

Very thought-provoking! I recommend reading. I've already gone and given my two cents, although it turned more into a quarter... *thumbs up*

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OMG JUST WATCHED DERAILED OMG CAN'T TALK GOTTA WATCH 2X01 OMG

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