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I actually only answered three questions; I'm putting two under a cut because spoilers for all three seasons.
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And that's where the spoilers end, although now we're getting into slight Parks and Rec spoilers.
Which TV show do you like better, "The Good Place" or "Parks and Recreation"?
I like both, but for very different reasons. I like that for all it's a comedy, The Good Place asks serious questions and has serious stakes. On the other hand, I kind of like the more vanilla, warm fuzziness of Parks and Rec. It's fun to rewatch. Especially if I've had a bad day.
The only problem I have with it is that certain aspects of the show are more awkward now. Tom's character in particular did not age well. Pre-#YesAllWomen, pre-#MeToo, the innocent pervert trope was a lot more bearable. I think it's cringier now because we've begun to examine how real Toms are actually problematic. So there's that. The other thing is that the time jump to 2017 in season seven is... bittersweet. I didn't even love it at the time, and I think part of me didn't love it because I KNEW it was going to end up being terribly ironic in some way. I couldn't have known how ironic, but I had reservations. I've re-watched the season, and... it's fine, I basically just have it in my head that it's a lovely parallel universe where Trump lost, but it's definitely the Greg Pikitis in the room.
It helps that Parks and Rec doesn't seem to take place in our reality anyway. Pawnee manages to change in size as the plot demands, so clearly there's some sort of parallel universe magic going on. ;)
Conversely, The Good Place actually helped me through a bad time related to current events. No spoilers, but there's a point in season three, "Jeremy Bearimy," where the characters are at an impasse. I was going through a bit of an existential crisis, and that episode was everything I needed. If I ever meet Michael Schur, I owe him all the thanks in the world.
Still, I love both shows, and they're comforting in their own way. The Good Place makes me think about how we can better our moral compasses by examining our perceptions of people and ourselves. Parks and Rec has Leslie Fucking Knope. Win-win!
( Read more... )
And that's where the spoilers end, although now we're getting into slight Parks and Rec spoilers.
Which TV show do you like better, "The Good Place" or "Parks and Recreation"?
I like both, but for very different reasons. I like that for all it's a comedy, The Good Place asks serious questions and has serious stakes. On the other hand, I kind of like the more vanilla, warm fuzziness of Parks and Rec. It's fun to rewatch. Especially if I've had a bad day.
The only problem I have with it is that certain aspects of the show are more awkward now. Tom's character in particular did not age well. Pre-#YesAllWomen, pre-#MeToo, the innocent pervert trope was a lot more bearable. I think it's cringier now because we've begun to examine how real Toms are actually problematic. So there's that. The other thing is that the time jump to 2017 in season seven is... bittersweet. I didn't even love it at the time, and I think part of me didn't love it because I KNEW it was going to end up being terribly ironic in some way. I couldn't have known how ironic, but I had reservations. I've re-watched the season, and... it's fine, I basically just have it in my head that it's a lovely parallel universe where Trump lost, but it's definitely the Greg Pikitis in the room.
It helps that Parks and Rec doesn't seem to take place in our reality anyway. Pawnee manages to change in size as the plot demands, so clearly there's some sort of parallel universe magic going on. ;)
Conversely, The Good Place actually helped me through a bad time related to current events. No spoilers, but there's a point in season three, "Jeremy Bearimy," where the characters are at an impasse. I was going through a bit of an existential crisis, and that episode was everything I needed. If I ever meet Michael Schur, I owe him all the thanks in the world.
Still, I love both shows, and they're comforting in their own way. The Good Place makes me think about how we can better our moral compasses by examining our perceptions of people and ourselves. Parks and Rec has Leslie Fucking Knope. Win-win!
