Been seeing it a lot lately, wondering if there are any good takedowns of the concept.
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The second season of umbrella academy was one of the most blatantly woke bait-and-switches I've ever experienced. The first season was like a behind-the-music documentary about a dysfunctional team of retired child superheroes. Then they used time travel to turn the second season into a multi-arc history lecture about intersectional oppression. The white people of the south are cartoon caricatures of racism, the lesbian who destroys her family to fuck a trans girl is a hero, the tragicly doomed romance is literally super gay, and the new most powerful character is obviously a woman of color. I suffered through it for the story of Five, which is genuinely compelling thanks to a legitimately great performance. I will probably give season 3 about two episodes to ditch the socjus.
Yes, that's what I'm getting out of it. I like Five and Pogo, and that's about it now.
Oh, and don't forget they also had to slip a fucking retard kid in there, too.