I was just watching Monarch and I had to stop at 30 minutes. I just couldn’t stand the whole family drama. I got an overdose of it, every single shows on Apple TV+ put way too much emphasis on family drama or petty, pointless people issues while not focusing on the main story. Every show is filled with the father that lost his son or daughter or the opposite, the single mom who struggles, the addict to alcohol or drug who gives up, the racism that’s bad for the society or the necessity to show homosexuality or transsexuality but without advancing the plot but just to tick a case (tokenism). On that point, one show managed to really serve the cause: Billions with the character of Taylor Mason.
I’d like to understand how it resonates with the audience: is this really what users want to see? Like if I was a single mom, how would I react to see a single mom struggling? How to watch without feeling a bit voyeuristic?
If I want real and epic family drama, I’d watch Yellowstone with great story and well built characters.
On Apple TV+, it seems that we stay on the surface of these. It feels like character development = accident of life.
Anyone works in the fabric of these shows or has some articles that explain why this is nowadays how a show is made? Don’t they do screen testing or do they just sit on the data collected from all their users?
I’d like to see more representation of characters with disabilities and more Asians, too.
I’d like to understand how it resonates with the audience: is this really what users want to see? Like if I was a single mom, how would I react to see a single mom struggling? How to watch without feeling a bit voyeuristic?
If I want real and epic family drama, I’d watch Yellowstone with great story and well built characters.
On Apple TV+, it seems that we stay on the surface of these. It feels like character development = accident of life.
Anyone works in the fabric of these shows or has some articles that explain why this is nowadays how a show is made? Don’t they do screen testing or do they just sit on the data collected from all their users?
I’d like to see more representation of characters with disabilities and more Asians, too.
