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03-26-2015, 06:18 PM
http://flavorwire.com/511226/a-eulogy-for-looking-the-first-tv-show-about-gay-boredom
By Moze Halperin on Mar 26, 2015 11:15am
It can take a while for the right chemicals (dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin) to commingle to make you feel attached to someone — or to the creepily convincing simulacral someones that are today’s naturalistic television characters. One of the reasons why realistically portraying flawed — often annoying — characters in the serial format has been so successful is because of the slow-burning nature of falling in love with people who may kind of irk you. If you’re stuck with somewhat sucky TV characters long enough, they, like a stable, if mismatched and unpleasant, partner, become an indelible part of your being — especially if the show they exist in features them bearing their souls. And butts. That is, until HBO kills that show, as they’ve done with Andrew Haigh’s Looking. …
By Moze Halperin on Mar 26, 2015 11:15am
It can take a while for the right chemicals (dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin) to commingle to make you feel attached to someone — or to the creepily convincing simulacral someones that are today’s naturalistic television characters. One of the reasons why realistically portraying flawed — often annoying — characters in the serial format has been so successful is because of the slow-burning nature of falling in love with people who may kind of irk you. If you’re stuck with somewhat sucky TV characters long enough, they, like a stable, if mismatched and unpleasant, partner, become an indelible part of your being — especially if the show they exist in features them bearing their souls. And butts. That is, until HBO kills that show, as they’ve done with Andrew Haigh’s Looking. …