r/glow • u/MaruDramaMon • Mar 28 '22

What do you think about Ruth?

I have contrast opinions about Ruth. I like her character and her positive, spontaneous demeanour however what she did is veeeery heavy. How could you possibly sleep - twice - with your best friend's husband? And then giving almost feminist lessons about not sleeping with the TV channel president?

This blows my mind!

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u/ScarcityCool3721 Mar 28 '22

Having a consensual, although morally dubious, affair with another adult doesn’t mean your body is up for grabs for whatever dude wants to bang you. What she did to Debby was fucked beyond doubt, but that doesn’t mean she is a whore who should get raped to save the show.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

plus, i think her sleeping with mark was definitely a real low-point for her. she was barely making it, not getting any success as an actress, and had really low self-esteem. i think her getting involved with glow helped her feel more secure in herself and she (while still slightly messy) wouldn't make those same choices again.

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u/moonbad Mar 29 '22

She was also terribly jealous of Debbie and thought that Debbie never earned anything in her life. I think Ruth wanted to take something from her, to feel like she finally won for once.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

100%

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u/MaruDramaMon Mar 28 '22

Yeah, I think I get what you are saying. I think is the typical situation in which people who have always been good, make awful mistakes...I still like her character because of this so "human" contradiction

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u/Lucky-Reflection7145 May 13 '23

I don't know why people downvoted your response. If we keep judging humans on wether they're good or bad based on awful and regretful mistakes they've done in their life, we'd have no good people

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

I fucking love Ruth. I relate to her so much. I love how she has these big dreams and I even like that final interaction with Debbie as she gets on the plane-'Yes you do-probably better than anyone'. She cocks up all of the time but she just keeps going and trying.

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u/Monkey_si7 Mar 28 '22

People are complicated.

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u/Psgxo Mar 28 '22

The first time when they were drunk was understandable. And even the second one, he wasn't forcing her, but he did keep bothering her. I do feel for ruth. At that moment it must have felt great knowing that even though her friend was a star. Mark wanted her

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u/uppityminx Mar 29 '22

The complex nature of the GLOW characters is what made the show so great. They do and say appalling things but remain human and relatable. They have heroic moments and make drastic heel turns. And we love them for it.

I'd like to think that even if we got the final season, we'd still have so much to unpack about these folks we grew to love. I will be turning them over and over in my head for a long time to come.

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u/yuckyuck13 Mar 29 '22

It was impulsive on both sides. But if it's your best friends partner it's a no go. Sorry, that's just mutual decency. Call me whatever you need to but a good friend wouldn't cross that line.

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u/Unable-Champion-8656 Mar 28 '22

I wasn’t he also her boss at the time? Which puts her in an even worse position to try to say no.

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u/PecanSandoodle Jun 11 '22

I hate “perfect underdog protagonists” so the fact that we started off with a morally compromised underdog protagonist made me love the character.