As per the title, are there any feature or TV length productions from 2019 to the present that you think are diamonds in the rough? Any that truly put good writing and characterization first and don't have any woke gender or anti-populism/Republican nonsense?
If they do have any political leanings, are they at least not so preachy or heavy handed about it?
I think the discussions on this site about the overwhelming proliferation of heavily left leaning politics in pop culture are compelling.
However, I thought it would be cool to highlight the gems that break free of that nonsense and bring the depth and creativity back to these mediums.
It'd be nice to show people examples of good works out there so that they know they're not alone in just wanting good entertainment and know that it's still possible. Even if said works don't quite have mainstream popularity.
So I'd love to see what examples of good TV shows or movies free of wokeness or are at least not overly political you can think of.
I'd actually like to recommend a competition show: Forged in Fire. Blacksmiths forging blades in extremely limited periods of time and having them tested.
Any of the Discovery/Food Network competition shows are still reasonably safe. One exception is Worst Cooks In America, which featured a tranny with really bad HRT voice who kept talking about kinky sex during the show.
Oh man that show got 27 seasons lmao. Are you talking about this person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Burrell ?
No, there was a worst cook on the show, I forgot the name but it was a few years ago. It's a shame because I liked the show but my policy is that once a troon or pronoun person shows up on a non-news show, the show is dead to me.
Sounds like a good policy. Not my type of show, but I do like a lot of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. That and Carnival Eats are my favorite "comfort shows", just something nice to turn on and watch for a little bit.
Seconded.
It's very formulaic. And the COVID era episodes where they make contestants wear masks in the forge but the judges don't piss me off.
But otherwise it's pretty decent.
Actually, being completely honest, I haven't seen anything post-Wil. What I have access to only seems to have eight seasons, before Wil left.