Netflix Sandman, and Calliope
Aug. 19th, 2022 11:17![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aubergionWatching the Calliope bonus episode made me laugh so much because I could just feel that there were some very specific digs coming out from people who knew a lot about the writing and showrunning process.
Madoc's on Reddit and Twitter and Instagram and Twitter (but not Tumblr or Tiktok or Youtube - who decided what social media he was into?), he's pointedly seeking out streaming opportunities and is compared to JK Rowling, he's still calling himself a feminist writer like in the 80s but now he's ALSO engaging in casting tokenism. Like, having him call for a cast & crew of 50% women & people of color while right in front of Calliope who is locked up in his house (and is not exactly paper-white herself.) feels like a blisteringly pointed shot at the industry. Raising diversity for brownie points without actually reducing abusive practices or in this case literal sexual abuse (They dodge around it a lot in the TV show - IDK if I would fully be aware Madoc was also a rapist if it was happening if I had not read the comics). I think "Ric" Madoc does think he's an antiracist and a feminist though. Arthur Darvill sells that really well.
And not related to any of the above, it's really trippy to stop every five minutes and go "I know that actor!"
Madoc's on Reddit and Twitter and Instagram and Twitter (but not Tumblr or Tiktok or Youtube - who decided what social media he was into?), he's pointedly seeking out streaming opportunities and is compared to JK Rowling, he's still calling himself a feminist writer like in the 80s but now he's ALSO engaging in casting tokenism. Like, having him call for a cast & crew of 50% women & people of color while right in front of Calliope who is locked up in his house (and is not exactly paper-white herself.) feels like a blisteringly pointed shot at the industry. Raising diversity for brownie points without actually reducing abusive practices or in this case literal sexual abuse (They dodge around it a lot in the TV show - IDK if I would fully be aware Madoc was also a rapist if it was happening if I had not read the comics). I think "Ric" Madoc does think he's an antiracist and a feminist though. Arthur Darvill sells that really well.
And not related to any of the above, it's really trippy to stop every five minutes and go "I know that actor!"