I really wanted to like this show. The music and the shots of Brooklyn are beautiful and the topics that this show focuses on such as racism, polyamory, and feminism are so important. However, Nola is such a frustrating character to care about. She keeps talking about how these men keep trying to control or define her but she continues to have relationships with them. And they could make the same argument about her. She is the one with the structure rules that the men in her life have to get on board with if they want to be with her. The other frustrating part is how everyone loves her when she is so selfish. Mars left one of Nolas friends to be with Nola and Nola doesn't even feel bad about it. She'll even talk about Mars with her friend even though it clearly still bothers her. She's so focused on living her truth that she takes other people for granted. And what's even more confusing is that the people in her life stick around for it. I could understand if she was charismatic, but she's not, so what are the people in her life getting out of having a relationship with her?
Review of She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It
(2017–2019)
Self-righteous and self-centered main character and weak male characters
17 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers