How to tell exactly the same tired story once again of a marginalised person that is somehow "special" but does not need or want to work for their dreams because they are already super glamorous?
This is a poor attempt to revive the same trope that ugly Betty and Devil wears Prada and many more have explored successfully in the past. But in this case is just insufferable.
The main character, Marco, is the main problem. I don't think that the actor is bad, but the part is so stereotypical unreal and exaggerated that probably will destroy his short career. He is a combination of the entitlement and annoyance that Emily in Paris has been hated so much for, with the added element of him being an average boy that wears far too much make up and high heels landing an executive assistant job at a cosmetic firm, with no experience more than working part time on a make up counter and wearing makeup?! I know that there may be influencers in the world that survive from that, and every body hates them, so why make this kind of person the centre of a story?
Netflix and in general TV products are making the same mistake again and again, and is believing that character so two dimensional are there just to tick off the box of diversity, without worrying on making the people with real conflicts.
Watching this series is painful, and I really hope that instead of hiring diversity advisors, they start hiring drama and mental health advisors. I am very concerned of the unrealistic message that these kind of shows send to our youth. The message that you are entitled to "success" just by wearing make up and "slay", that anyone with a little more experience who wants to guide you is considered an enemy, and that going around calling people "straight boy" or "white man" is something that is appropriate in the environment we live on.
I only gave the stars because of Kim Catrall, she deserves better, and she looks like she does here best with the terrible material she is working with.
This is a poor attempt to revive the same trope that ugly Betty and Devil wears Prada and many more have explored successfully in the past. But in this case is just insufferable.
The main character, Marco, is the main problem. I don't think that the actor is bad, but the part is so stereotypical unreal and exaggerated that probably will destroy his short career. He is a combination of the entitlement and annoyance that Emily in Paris has been hated so much for, with the added element of him being an average boy that wears far too much make up and high heels landing an executive assistant job at a cosmetic firm, with no experience more than working part time on a make up counter and wearing makeup?! I know that there may be influencers in the world that survive from that, and every body hates them, so why make this kind of person the centre of a story?
Netflix and in general TV products are making the same mistake again and again, and is believing that character so two dimensional are there just to tick off the box of diversity, without worrying on making the people with real conflicts.
Watching this series is painful, and I really hope that instead of hiring diversity advisors, they start hiring drama and mental health advisors. I am very concerned of the unrealistic message that these kind of shows send to our youth. The message that you are entitled to "success" just by wearing make up and "slay", that anyone with a little more experience who wants to guide you is considered an enemy, and that going around calling people "straight boy" or "white man" is something that is appropriate in the environment we live on.
I only gave the stars because of Kim Catrall, she deserves better, and she looks like she does here best with the terrible material she is working with.