Oh, also, I really loved the reaction shots, the smirky fondness Steve and Danny show each other, as they each do reprehensible things. In the show, those moments and those looks work as slash subtext moments--we totally love when they look at each other like that, right? Using those reaction shots here is a nice way of acknowledging how much we eroticize that aspect of their dynamic in our own slashy fantasies because the show weaves the violence into their characters and their relationship in that way, textually.
It's like the show is saying, no, don't look over there at the police brutality, look over here at how cute Steve and Danny are being! And we go, okay, yes, WE LOVE STEVE AND DANNY! I have no idea if I'm making sense! But I liked it! Really, well done!!
(And also, I'm totally reading the hell out of H50 fic right now and mostly guilt-free loving the episodes as I watch them, going lalalalala about the things that don't make sense or that actually really suck. It's a happy place show for me! But I agree with and have thought myself about everything you've said in this post and this vid, so I figured I'd take my chance to continue the catharsis, heh. I have no judgment for anyone who watches this show without angsting about all this stuff, though! Have at it!)
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Date: 2011-03-23 10:44 pm (UTC)It's like the show is saying, no, don't look over there at the police brutality, look over here at how cute Steve and Danny are being! And we go, okay, yes, WE LOVE STEVE AND DANNY! I have no idea if I'm making sense! But I liked it! Really, well done!!
(And also, I'm totally reading the hell out of H50 fic right now and mostly guilt-free loving the episodes as I watch them, going lalalalala about the things that don't make sense or that actually really suck. It's a happy place show for me! But I agree with and have thought myself about everything you've said in this post and this vid, so I figured I'd take my chance to continue the catharsis, heh. I have no judgment for anyone who watches this show without angsting about all this stuff, though! Have at it!)