Brian FitzpatrickThis piece by Laurie Penny is brilliant and wonderful and made my morning.
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/i-want-to-believe-in-ted-lasso
A few standout quotes from that piece:
"I’m old enough to know that when damaged men let you into their private emotional worlds they often lock you in and expect you to start scrubbing."
"In fact, the entire reason I started watching Ted Lasso was how much the show matters to some of the men I know who struggle to locate themselves in a culture which offers few stories of masculinity they can ethically inhabit."
And more
"Ted Lasso is wish fulfillment fantasy, and part of that, at least for its queer and female viewers, is getting to watch a story where men can escape the straitjacket of masculinity on their own. They don’t need us to undo the buttons for them while dodging the swinging fists."
And the one that left me completely slack-jawed:
"Ted Lasso is a curiously devotional show, even though it never directly invokes Jesus- and a good job, too, as he would have to compete with Ted, another grinning mystic with strange facial hair and daddy issues who spends two seasons teaching twelve lost young men to love one another and believe in miracles."
Wraithe@therealfitz @rmd1023 It is indeed a great article. My fave quote is right at the beginning:
“The Apple hit is a fantasy show where the magic system is healthy masculinity”
“The Apple hit is a fantasy show where the magic system is healthy masculinity”