At Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-3-women-romance-2000660935
I feel the article has some merit, but I also feel it's grasping at straws a bit.
A lot of what it describes in terms of story weakness can be attributed to the just general writing.. and as the article acknowledges it's a large female cast, so women are going to get the brunt of that story weakness. Not knowing what to do with the female cast is a result of that storytelling not I would say as a result of them being female. M'Benga is equally neglected, for example.
He takes aim at the relationship stuff, and I do agree with that. There's too much of it and Chapel is out of one then into another - but I put that down to more of an obsession in using Chapel rather than her being a plot device for men.
"Even Una and Uhura couldn’t escape this heteronormative focusing either" and terms like that just annoy me as most people are heterosexual... there's almost this shame bestowed upon a show because a small group of people aren't swinging every which way sexually.
He also takes aim at Batel being a plot device for the male Pike but Pike is the main actor. It's no difference to people like Vash, who are there to serve the main character's plot not their own.
I feel like I'm now criticising a lot... but actually it's not a bad article. I think the author is right about a lot of the show's story weaknesses. I'm just not sure gender is the source of the issue.
I feel the article has some merit, but I also feel it's grasping at straws a bit.
A lot of what it describes in terms of story weakness can be attributed to the just general writing.. and as the article acknowledges it's a large female cast, so women are going to get the brunt of that story weakness. Not knowing what to do with the female cast is a result of that storytelling not I would say as a result of them being female. M'Benga is equally neglected, for example.
He takes aim at the relationship stuff, and I do agree with that. There's too much of it and Chapel is out of one then into another - but I put that down to more of an obsession in using Chapel rather than her being a plot device for men.
"Even Una and Uhura couldn’t escape this heteronormative focusing either" and terms like that just annoy me as most people are heterosexual... there's almost this shame bestowed upon a show because a small group of people aren't swinging every which way sexually.
He also takes aim at Batel being a plot device for the male Pike but Pike is the main actor. It's no difference to people like Vash, who are there to serve the main character's plot not their own.
I feel like I'm now criticising a lot... but actually it's not a bad article. I think the author is right about a lot of the show's story weaknesses. I'm just not sure gender is the source of the issue.
