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Series · Netflix · 2022

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Wednesday

38Leave it.

Wit without duty. A sneer is not a character, however well dressed.

Take controlThis scores 38. If you do not want Wednesday in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

Wednesday is popular because contempt, done cleanly, feels like intelligence. It is not. It is a posture, and a boarding-school mystery is there to give the posture a plot. She is brave. She is also a lesson in how easy it is to mistake a sneer for a spine.

Young people already know how to be unimpressed. They do not need a show to coach it. If someone in your house loves her, do not ban the pleasure. Ask what she protects besides her own taste. If the answer is a friend, you have found the part worth praising. If the answer is the outfit, you have found the limit.

Journal

Keep Wednesday in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 38. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Only Murders in the Building

50 instead of 38

Only Murders in the Building is still a comedy show, and it scores 50 instead of 38. What you gain is republic: A building full of neighbors is the closest thing to a polis on this shelf.

The eight

4
Industry
She is competent. The competence is mostly a pose.
3
Household
Family is a gothic joke. Tenderness has to sneak in.
2
Piety
The macabre is the creed. Reverence would ruin the bit.
6
Courage
She does walk toward the monster. Credit where it is due.
3
Republic
School is a backdrop for superiority, not a place owed anything.
4
Temperance
Cruelty is the charm. It is stylish and it is still cruelty.
5
Truth
A mystery requires facts. She is better at those than at mercy.
3
Stewardship
Nothing here is being built for anyone who comes after.

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Series · Netflix · 2020

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Bridgerton

38Leave it.

The end is marriage, which is right. The method is gossip and appetite.

Take controlThis scores 38. If you do not want Bridgerton in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

Courtship aimed at marriage is closer to the standard than a dozen shows that treat a vow as a lifestyle option. Give Bridgerton that. Then take it back, gently. The season it sells is a sport of appetite, scandal, and bodies, and the work of an actual house — money earned, children raised, a name kept — is wallpaper.

It is a confection. Eat a confection on purpose, not as dinner. If you watch it, watch the difference between wanting someone and being fit to keep a life with them. The show knows the difference in flashes and then throws a ball to make you forget. You do not have to forget.

Journal

Keep Bridgerton in the record.