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Thoughts on Schitt's Creek? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 years ago by invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net to c/movies@hexbear.net

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I know it's a TV show and this is a movie comm, but I just finished the show and wanted to get some chapo opinions on it. It's got some good bits and I overall enjoyed it. Just feels like it started off pretty strong with Johnny having to start working and then trying to get on unemployment to feed his family. Over time it just seems to give up on that aspect and makes all the characters comfortable petite bourgeoisie that somehow just have infinite money. Then they do the whole venture capitalist bit, but in like a "gentrification is good" way and reveal that the server who everyone treats like shit is actually a secret millionaire that could have solved all the towns financial problems but didn't?

I liked some of the portrayals of sexuality and the complexity of relationships, but the show falls flat when it comes to any sort of social critique of capitalism, which is odd because the setup seems to be exactly that.

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[–] CommieMisha@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (3 children)

My favorite part was when they lost everything in the first episode. But yeah, they did kind of give up on them not having any money, didn't they?

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Same, I was hoping for some re-edication when they got to schitts creek, but instead they just fail upwards until they're allowed back into the bourgeoisie.

[–] CommieMisha@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Even to the very end, they turned their nose up to the working class people of Schitts Creek, instead of getting a better understanding of the conditions of the working class. They still absolutely hated Roland in the end; his working class aesthetic was constantly the butt of the joke.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

The last joke was Roland getting a new truck, but actually not and he was just borrowing it, and Johnny telling Stevie to do a turndown in room 2 while he gets driven off to the airport.

Like even by petite bourgeois standards, HE DIDN'T EVEN OWN THE MOTEL. IT WAS ALL STEVIE'S, BUT SHE'S STILL DOING MEANIAL LABOR WHILE HE JETS OFF TO NEW YORK. Like what the fuck, he didn't even do anything, he just finally found one member of the bourgeoisie that hadn't completely abandoned him.