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2/10
So angry
12 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Jill, amber and Paul are extremely difficult to watch. I get that people like them exist in this world but do we really need to promote and enable them. I was such a promising show but these distasteful behaviours were forced to my viewership through the hook. They could easily provide few rules to make this abt survival not social experiment and regulate the game. They could also put in a little more effort in casting to improve the quality and integrity of contestants. More Javier, Brian kind of people please.

Reviews tend to criticise the two girls, which I do agree, but I think Paul is at the same level. He first betrayed his delta team without talking to them, after a key bonding moment reading the leaving guys letter. Then after he joined Charlie and ran into Jill, he shared intel with her to further sabotage his ex teammates, and Javier. He made a pac with Jill and pushed out Javier. He has family and kids and feels ok to justify these treatcherous behaviours.

I'm just relieved that m the people who were bullied to leave looked safe and well - but the fact some contestants stole and bullied to inflict harms on them, risking them to hyperthermia over the night, is disturbing...Argggggg.....
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6/10
Thought provoking on core issue however extremely poor writing of Demi Moore's character
4 September 2021
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Enjoyed very strong acting and the build up of the courtroom drama.

The sexism the female character had to go through and how she made several mistakes and did not really contributing to the case moving forward are infuriating. She initially really wanted the case but very quickly seems to settle with the fact that Tom Cruise's character is a much better and well deserved lawyer than her on this case with very little evidence. During a key moment when they didn't have enough time and evidence to win the case, instead to put her passion into work she asked TC's character out for dinner...how much they dumb down her character feels very dated (it was released in 1992 after all).

The Connell also appears to be not that smart at all, and not sure why he didn't intervene much earlier in the process to create more blocks for the case given his power. The guy who killed himself - why can't he testify first so he can at least bring the truth out...
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