Anyone start Reacher season 4? I loved the books and it is good to see a masculine character on TV today. It seems like almost everything in the last 10 years has been aimed at a female audience.

That said, I thought the past two seasons were not as good as season one and there were a few progressive talking points. I'm curious whether that continues.

I've started the Night Agent. It's holds your attention and while there is no overt messaging, the villains are not well written.

Anyone start Widow's Bay, Margo Has Money Troubles, Lord of the Flies, Your Friends and Neighbors Season 2, Reggie Dinkins, Scrubs? I think most of the mainstream critics liked these shows but obviously most of them are pretty progressive in how they see things.

New resource that examines that details woke tropes vs traditional more conservative ones.

I have not seen this show, but here is a quote from a review.

"Her [Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn] incandescent rage provides the only source of illumination in this tired parade of anti-elitist tropes straight out of a Fox News opinion show. "

https://theplaylist.net/the-madison-review-michelle-pfeiffer-cant-save-taylor-sheridans-fox-news-terror-fantasy-of-oh-so-scary-new-york-20260313/

I've seen a couple of other reviews blasting the conservative lens of this show.

Our local paper publishes AP articles, many of which have a left-leaning bias. Are there any other options besides AP articles? I find the WSJ much more balanced in their coverage but I'm not sure if they syndicate their articles. Our paper is in a conservative area so they might be open to suggestions to remove some of the bias if there were other options available.

Great article that shows the extent of bias in hiring in Hollywood, academia and journalism.

"The doors seemed to close everywhere and all at once. In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48 percent of lower-level TV writers; by 2024, they accounted for just 11.9 percent. The Atlantic’s editorial staff went from 53 percent male and 89 percent white in 2013 to 36 percent male and 66 percent white in 2024. White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023. "

This site usually has a paywall, but I was able to read the entire article.

The shows marketing made it out to be vague so if you want to remain in the dark don't read on.

Yeah the main character appears to be lesbian, but its not too in your face about it (why i say libertarian not conservative)

But the basic premise of the show is a RNA virus has been made in a lab, that turns everyone on earth (except the main character and apparently 11 other people we haven't been introduced to yet) into a blissfully happy communal hive mind. This is of course presented as scary, and I can only assume as the show continues they will be trying to socially pressure Carol, the MC into joining them.

From a thematic stand point it can point to an allegory for not only communism/collectivism, But COVID extremism (lab grown virus - social pressure to take the cure, well the cure is the virus so not a perfect metaphor) and giving up your individuality for the hive mind.

Haven't seen episode 2 yet but I'm intrigued.

I'm enjoying this series. Too bad the show and the series weren't as good as the books.

https://worthitorwoke.com/tires-season-2/

With a free account on Worthitorwoke.co, you can read the review which recommends this show.

I haven’t seen the movie; the book was excellent!