Elementary 102 discussion post

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

Elementary 102 'While You Were Sleeping' just finished airing.

What did you think?

Spoilers for the episode in comments.

Comments

[ms-mmelissa.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda tired of the detective-show trope of White Guy Hero is foiled by either a prissy woman detective or a by-the-book POC detective, he's proven to be right at the end, and the woman/POC comes begging his forgiveness for ever doubting a white man.

I've just started watching Fringe and I swear I have this comment ringing in my ears every episode. It's amazing how relevant it is. The main cast is mostly white and all the guest star poc seem to have paper thin characterization and exist only to be criticized by a certain (white, male) lead who chastises them for having such narrow views. It's kind of gross, tbh.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Bleah. As I keep saying when I bring this up, you know something's racist if white people notice it.