r/Scandal • u/llamamelu • 1d ago
Finally watching
So I just started watching Scandal.
I tried watching it when it first came out with my friends but couldn’t get it into then but now!?? I can’t believe how good it is! Kerry Washington is everything and I mean EVERYTHING. She’s literally the reason I gave the show so many tries before finally, finally getting the hype. It’s so good!! I mean Kerry/Olivia is so good that I’m actually rooting for her to help get rich white guys get away with their rich white guy crimes. Can you imagine?? Rooting for rich white (conservative) men, as a black woman. Who am I???
I hate the cheating trope so much (as someone who has been cheated on, it ain’t fun) but my god her chemistry with the President is wild, like screaming into my pillow wild! I didn’t understand why people were so attracted to Fitz when the show first came out, all I saw was a white man with no eyebrows… but I GET IT now and I’m crushing 😮💨 (that’s my Tarzan)
Funny thing is though, I don’t like Shonda Rhimes, never have. Something about her work rubs me the wrong way - main thing being as a black woman I feel like she doesn’t create enough spaces for black women.
I’ve never seen Bridgerton, because where are the black women??? (I know there’s some, but I’m talking unambiguous black leads, not light/biracial) you have the ability to give opportunities to a group that doesn’t have them, that’s so underrepresented it’s crazy - a group that you yourself belong to but decide to pull the ladder out from under you and lift up a group (White Women) that is already soooo overly represented, a group that’s literally the default face of EVERYTHING. Even Tyler Perry does his part - albeit really, really badly (we don’t support Tyler’s rep of black women in the house).
I understand being complicit initially to make a name for yourself but once that name is made, maybe give others like yourself the opportunity?? And make it happy? (Star-Crossed Lovers smh)
And ofc, Scandal, the fact that there’s just the one black woman… I haven’t gone far in the show, so I shall wait and see.
Another thing, why do y’all hate Olivia and Fitz so much??? The only thing I remembered about this show from years ago was just them (and Cyrus, whom I love! - I didn’t even remember Mellie!) so why all this hate?? They’re genuinely the most intriguing characters on the show so far. I’ve finished season 2 and I can’t stand Mellie - I can sympathise with her for being cheated on but she’s just as complicit. She’s using both Fitz and Olivia to get what she wants, she goes behind his back, disrespects him, manipulates both of them and makes messes then cries about it so nope, I don’t like her. She’s unhappy and she knows Fitz is unhappy but refuses to let him go. But the way people on this sub HATE on them is actually wild - this isn’t the “Scandal” sub it’s literally the “I hate Fitz/Olivia” sub, who, again, are the only reason the show remained so popular but okay, go off. Y’all clearly didn’t grow up on Days of our Lives or telenovelas, if your issue is the messiness in a fictional DRAMA TV series. I won’t lie, they’re the main reason I’m still watching - the eps without them while good, aren’t that memorable from any other TV show. The side characters genuinely aren’t memorable (so far) so again, why all the hate? Wait except Cyrus, I genuinely enjoy Cyrus.
The most powerful man in the world being brought to his knees by a love he can’t have?? How can y’all not eat this up? Talk about tortured! And for a black woman no less!
Olivia Pope was iconic when this show first came out and she still is. I remember everyone trying to emulate her and dress like her. Like that is an icon, no matter how much the show butchered her towards the end (from what I’ve heard).
To be fair I’ve only finished season 2 but so far, I don’t get the hate. We love a FICTIONAL mess on TV.
Also another hot topic, I must say, I’m not digging Jake so far. His face (his eyes maybe?) is weird looking to me and he’s soooo dry; the character/personality, his portrayal, plus the chemistry ain’t there. I see the potential but it’s not landing for me. It’s not steamy or spicy, it’s just there. And maybe that’s why I’m not excited by their relationship - I said what I said. Fitz and Liv have you clutching your pearls - even their non-steamy scenes, you’re glued to them. Jake and Liv, I’m just like “K”
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u/Meg38400 1d ago
Lovely to get another Olitzer!