I got Wife to watch Glow from the beginning about the start of her two week break. The first season was ten episodes long and the second season was the same, with each episode being about 30 minutes long. Wife might have liked it more than I did, she loves to sit and binge a show for hours on end. I like watching 2-3 episodes a day or night to make it last awhile. Since we were stuck at home, with Boy sick a week ago, this is about all we did.
The show is extremely good, but I think it is just a recipe that works. Kind of like Orange is The New Black. There are a bunch of women that are in a given environment where we get to see them not necessarily be themselves but surviving and then we get the flashback to their real lives and realize these people are more than props for a show, they are real, with their own goings on and goals they are trying to accomplish. The Welfare Queen, a good and decent black woman, with her boy going to Stanford and proud as can be, finally exposes that world to her son when she is recognized out of costume. Her son is at once embarrassed by the nasty stereotype, but proud that her mama does what she does and doesn't let it affect her.
I really like the turn Sam the Director has taken. In the first season, he is constantly using drugs and he doesn't care about the show, he considers it something he must put up with to get his pet project completed. He is also banging one of the wrestlers just because he can. Enter Justine, his daughter from a fling he didn't realize existed and by the 2nd season has her enrolled back in high school, he is acting like a caring father, talking to her about her life choices and consequences. He even pleads with Ruth to help him not fuck it up, when Justine's mom shows up to take her, saying he doesn't want to lose her. The cherry on top for his converted personality is when he is at the strip bar, sees one of his wrestlers on the stage, goes and gives her money and tells her Not to take her clothes off until he leaves. Old Sam would have taken advantage of her.
All the characters grew one way or another, and I like that. Wolf girl accepted that she had fans and wasn't being mocked. The old Betties transformed into radioactive characters, Ruth of course is the background brains of the whole operations. She keeps doing things to keep the show fresh and interesting.
Add to that, the girls are committed and getting better every week, Bash the producer is in constant battle with his mom for more money. Then they add more complexity to the storyline as Bash's butler suddenly dies of pneumonia, which in the 80s was code for HIV/AIDS. He seems like he could be a little gay and that is why he seems worried or he is disgusted for letting a gay guy with HIV into his house. It is not clear, but clearly, he wants to chemically peel any trace of his old friend from his mansion, hiring cleaners and telling them to use bleach and burn everything that might be in his old room.
He seemed genuinely attracted to Machu Pichu in the first season, but at the end does a total weird move that left us confused. Either he is trying to distance himself from Machu Pichu as he might pop up with HIV or he is an a-hole trying to move on and bang another gal.
We really do like the show and the characters, hoping it can stay on the air for a few seasons.
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