So, Netflix just released a miniseries yesterday (May 1, 2020) called "Hollywood"
Had not heard or seen anything about it, and when you see the trailer, the basic vibe you get is "Golden Era Hollywood, race relations, sexual tension, etc." What you do not realize from the trailer is:
Now, the whole story is very clearly wish-fulfillment. And frankly, during our current moment, I'm fine with that.
What I'm curious about now, having finished the show, is what would come after it?
Again, there's a suspension of disbelief, and so you just take that into consideration and go from there. I'm fully well aware that the likelihood of what happens in the show would actually have happened, for all the obvious reasons. But, the show having already gone there, I'm curious about what happens afterwards.
What's the long term impact of:
Thoughts?
Had not heard or seen anything about it, and when you see the trailer, the basic vibe you get is "Golden Era Hollywood, race relations, sexual tension, etc." What you do not realize from the trailer is:
The show is actually a soft alternate history. It opens in 1947 Hollywood, and follows a mix of fictional characters and very real characters - including Anna May Wong, Rock Hudon, and Hattie McDaniel. What happens is ultimately a movie being produced with an African American female lead, written by an African American gay writer, that ultimately gets nominate - and wins - several Academy Awards. The show ends very seriously implying that the movie has caused a major shuffle in American values, and that it is kick-starting several civil rights movements decades earlier than OTL - African American; women; and LGBT.
Now, the whole story is very clearly wish-fulfillment. And frankly, during our current moment, I'm fine with that.
What I'm curious about now, having finished the show, is what would come after it?
Again, there's a suspension of disbelief, and so you just take that into consideration and go from there. I'm fully well aware that the likelihood of what happens in the show would actually have happened, for all the obvious reasons. But, the show having already gone there, I'm curious about what happens afterwards.
What's the long term impact of:
An African American actress winning the Oscar for Best Actress in 1948, instead of 2001 as in OTL?
The winner of the 1948 Oscar for best screenplay showing up at the Oscars with his boyfriend, Rock Hudson, and then openly giving credit to him in the speech - referring to his boyfriend, live on air. It's implied in the last scene that this action, in particular, has "sparked something" in other queer people wanting to stop hiding?
Having a woman take over a major studio and becoming a major Hollywood player in 1948?
Thoughts?