Am I the only one who hates the vilification and 2-D portrayal of Linda Tripp? Are they gonna explore her childhood abuse, her inner pain, or are they gonna do what the 90's and aughts did to Britney, Paula, Monica, and countless other women (and have since the dawn of time) and just make them jokes while men continue to be portrayed as complex characters?
It's behind a paywall, but I would appreciate any details someone who can access it provides.
Why are you blaming Sarah Paulson? The portrayal of Linda is dependent on the writing and I think she Paulson is acting well, per usual. Besides, I think the point of this show is to show Monica's perspective more than anyone else's because she produces it and approved the scripts. If she has some animus for how things developed with Linda, I don't blame her.
[Spoiler (click to open)] Tripp’s father was an American soldier when he met her mother, then a teenager, in Germany, where he was stationed. He was unfaithful and physically abusive, and, according to Allison, Tripp received regular beatings. “A raging bully,” is how Tripp later described him. “It is probably a good part of the reason that I could not tolerate the behavior of Bill Clinton, the supreme bully, all those years later,” she wrote in her book, “A Basket of Deplorables.” Eventually her father ran off with another woman, leaving Tripp with no money for college. She attended a secretarial school and at 21 married an army lieutenant. Once they divorced in 1990, Tripp’s career thrived. She got a job in the Bush White House and stayed on for the Clintons. In 1993, she was transferred to the Pentagon, where Lewinsky arrived three years later
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I watched the first 2 episodes so far and i found them pretty boring?? This is the first ive watched a ryan murphy show since the first few seasons of Glee, so i was expecting more? Im seriously falling asleep in each episode. I do like finding out about the backstory of some of the people that i didnt know before, because i was too young when this all happened in the first place. But other than that, im very eh about it. Were the OJ and Versace shows much better? I feel like at least the OJ season won a bunch of acting awards...
In all fairness with any Ryan Murphy show to me the pace is either pedal to the metal or sluggish so you're not wrong I think I just enjoy the break from full season plots going from 0-100 in the first two episodes.
It's definitely dialogue heavy and leans on the performance of the cast.
You'd probably like the OJ show better. It was more fast-paced whereas this season needed to start off with the build-up.
The Versace season was kind of controversial iirc. 90% of the show was a character study on Andrew Phillip Cunanan and his other victims. Versace wasn't really the main focus at all. I thought it was well-made but it was pretty bleak.
I loved episode 3. This show is making me realize how ignorant I am about the Clinton-Lewinsky relationship. I didn't know she was in love with him and it was basically a full-on affair...I thought it was more that they just hooked up a few times. I think the show is really succeeding in making Monica sympathetic.
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Sarah Paulson fucking sucks.
EDIT: (source for her childhood) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/23/magazine/linda-tripp-death.html
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Why are you blaming Sarah Paulson? The portrayal of Linda is dependent on the writing and I think she Paulson is acting well, per usual. Besides, I think the point of this show is to show Monica's perspective more than anyone else's because she produces it and approved the scripts. If she has some animus for how things developed with Linda, I don't blame her.
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[Spoiler (click to open)] Tripp’s father was an American soldier when he met her mother, then a teenager, in Germany, where he was stationed. He was unfaithful and physically abusive, and, according to Allison, Tripp received regular beatings. “A raging bully,” is how Tripp later described him. “It is probably a good part of the reason that I could not tolerate the behavior of Bill Clinton, the supreme bully, all those years later,” she wrote in her book, “A Basket of Deplorables.” Eventually her father ran off with another woman, leaving Tripp with no money for college. She attended a secretarial school and at 21 married an army lieutenant. Once they divorced in 1990, Tripp’s career thrived. She got a job in the Bush White House and stayed on for the Clintons. In 1993, she was transferred to the Pentagon, where Lewinsky arrived three years later ( ... )
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It's definitely dialogue heavy and leans on the performance of the cast.
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The Versace season was kind of controversial iirc. 90% of the show was a character study on Andrew Phillip Cunanan and his other victims. Versace wasn't really the main focus at all. I thought it was well-made but it was pretty bleak.
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