Five out of six episodes in the books. Thus far? Virtually every major character is both white and male. No gay shit. No girl boss shit. Positive portrayals of men and masculinity. Minimal or no millennial writing. The show appears to be unapologetically targeting the traditional male audience. It's a complete 180 from the last decade of feminized DEI trash.
How did this get approved??
More seriously: yes, this is undoubtedly the "reconciliation" phase of the leftist takeover. We're expected to come crawling back to Hollywood because they've been magnanimous enough to offer us a few scraps of quality targeted entertainment.
But look at the bright side: imagine how miserable these woke executives and producers must have been reading scripts and watching dailies that featured almost no women, minorities, or gays lol
Forgot to add: the show is universally beloved online. Gee, I wonder why...
I am torn on it because it's been a breath of fresh air but at the same time they make light of masculine issues and make a mockery of traditional male power fantasies.
Dunks "has honor left westeros?" speech had me almost driven to tears, only to have it jump cut to like a dude farting and instantly take me out of it.
Yes, I know those are the subversive jokes GRRM likes. Still the Prince coming in to ride with Dunk saved the moment