While Phyllis's characterization is pretty arc-like, what makes the show really great is the group portraits.

Ima 2022-04-16 09:01:09

"Ms. America" ​​reproduces the civil political ecology of the feminist and anti-feminist movements in the United States in the 1970s. Various female activists in the liberal and conservative camps have launched a feminist bill for a long time. Ten years of competition. The sense of involvement of ordinary Americans in politics is truly astonishing. But the bill was aborted, and the long-running race ended with conservative success. The series features Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the anti-feminist movement, as the protagonist, but his position is somewhat biased towards the feminist camp. Today, it is also a kind of reflection and criticism of the rising tide of conservatism. Cate Blanchett's performance is unremarkable, her powerful plasticity allows her to create an "anti-hero" role that has never been seen before: strong and weak on the outside, strong in faith and unavoidable in heart Conflict, "Mrs. America" ​​is actually hypocritical and contradictory in nature. This spontaneous political figure seems to perform in front of people every day, and Blanchett is performing her performance to the fullest. While Phyllis's characterization is arc-like, what makes the series really stand out is the group portraits. The women in these political movements are all lively. In addition to the script's setting for each character and the excellence of the actors, this is also related to the structure of the episode. Although "Mrs. America" ​​seems to portray the protagonist Phyllis, in fact, each episode features a certain character as the protagonist, and the structure of the serial has the flavor of a series of dramas, and it also successfully exerts the method of character-driven plot.

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  • Colten 2022-04-24 07:01:27

    Feminist historical drama, don't skip every difficult step that others have taken

  • Henri 2022-04-22 07:02:01

    C+/ Worth 100 episodes. The biggest problem is the sense of separation between the first 7 episodes and the last 2 episodes. The previous group portraits depicting the struggles of various characters have a good effect, but they always focus on the depiction of individual states and do not have a more solid social background. So the last two episodes are pretty weak in trying to tie the conservative women's movement to the rise of neoliberalism -- as if "Reagan" won just because of a Schlafly mailing list? In the end, Schlafly can only be portrayed in a tone of reverse personal heroism. Such characterization is precise but has many limitations, so that the "complexity" of all group struggle strategies is gradually lost in repetition, and the more complex context is gradually disappearing. In addition, if the first seven episodes open up a political imagination that may transcend parliamentary democracy, the last episode reintegrates these rich meanings into the picture of the two-party system. It's understandable, but it does make the idea shrink a lot. BTW would like to attach a perspective of Schlafly's gay son...