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I been smokin different strands and rewatching to try n catch all the details.
Rewatching Helen and that shyt got me looking at Van like
She straight up told this man Earn that the festival has a history of blackface while smiling profusely
She straight up told this man Earn that the festival has a history of blackface while smiling profusely
I can't call it with this last episode...
There's so much that leads me to believe that Teddy was actually Benny, but then there are somethings that are throwing me off. The misdirection is probably the writing at play but still.
This episode had a lot of conflicting elements implemented in it that foreshadow an overall theme of contradiction and maybe stubbornness? IDK, but I watched it again just now and I'm still wrapping my head around it.
I haven't dug into various boards or forums to read up on theories for this, I just watched it twice and here's what I came up with.
The episode had numerous scenarios where a request was made, and the result was the exact opposite... there were also instances where information was given... then directly contradicted later on.
Examples:
-Teddy asks if Darius would like bottled water or tap water, Darius says bottled... but later on Teddy brings him a glass instead
-Paperboi asks for no fries in the drive-thru, but the dude not only gives them to him, but he gives him extra
-Teddy's spiel about the great fathers he wants to honor in the museum... highly debatable, but some of the names dropped continued this theme of contradiction that I'm referring to, especially Marvin Gaye Sr.
-Teddy implies that he wants to make killing Darius appear as a result of a home invasion, yet he has him handcuff himself in the chair
-Darius confronts Teddy and says, "There is no Benny", which Teddy then confirms by saying, "Exactly"... however, in the 1st Act, while Teddy and Darius talk about music, he tells him that Benny's alive and living with him.
-He also acknowledges the person in the wheelchair as Benny when he comes up from the Basement...."Benny?! You're alive?"
I think might have missed some, but it was consistent throughout. All of that led to how the episode ended with "Benny" killing Teddy and then himself.
The first Act kind of breaks down everything perfectly on how the trauma of having an abusive try hard commander type father can shape a young person. And I started putting the pieces together from the dialog in the first Act...
"Your brother plays pain better than anyone... Benny just played what he know"
"Maybe one day we'll get a great album out of it, a masterpiece"
Darius' thoughts about rap and Teddy's response to them was telling, "Every now and again, people just want to have a good time."
Teddy's expression to the thought of people having a good time was mundane and completely foreign to him.
I'm inclined to still roll with my gut and say that Teddy was actually Benny. The cinematography in this show is amazing and in this instance, I'm going to roll with the truths seen through the visuals opposed to the words being said. This scene in particular jumped out to me the 2nd viewing.
So many levels to this frame it's crazy... just random thoughts that come to mind.
-Even with the skin changing lighter, the person within became darker
-Does this show the parallels between Benny at different stages of his life? Now it's as if he's turned into his father, a harsh stern look on the left and a timid frightened one on the right
-The same frame can be said that it's showing Teddy as the father still controlling his son Benny
All in all, this show is
The references to the great musicians and athletes pushed by their fathers, the homage paid to Get Out, this shyt was amazing.
I can't get with anyone saying otherwise
There's so much that leads me to believe that Teddy was actually Benny, but then there are somethings that are throwing me off. The misdirection is probably the writing at play but still.
This episode had a lot of conflicting elements implemented in it that foreshadow an overall theme of contradiction and maybe stubbornness? IDK, but I watched it again just now and I'm still wrapping my head around it.
I haven't dug into various boards or forums to read up on theories for this, I just watched it twice and here's what I came up with.
The episode had numerous scenarios where a request was made, and the result was the exact opposite... there were also instances where information was given... then directly contradicted later on.
Examples:
-Teddy asks if Darius would like bottled water or tap water, Darius says bottled... but later on Teddy brings him a glass instead
-Paperboi asks for no fries in the drive-thru, but the dude not only gives them to him, but he gives him extra
-Teddy's spiel about the great fathers he wants to honor in the museum... highly debatable, but some of the names dropped continued this theme of contradiction that I'm referring to, especially Marvin Gaye Sr.
-Teddy implies that he wants to make killing Darius appear as a result of a home invasion, yet he has him handcuff himself in the chair
-Darius confronts Teddy and says, "There is no Benny", which Teddy then confirms by saying, "Exactly"... however, in the 1st Act, while Teddy and Darius talk about music, he tells him that Benny's alive and living with him.
-He also acknowledges the person in the wheelchair as Benny when he comes up from the Basement...."Benny?! You're alive?"
I think might have missed some, but it was consistent throughout. All of that led to how the episode ended with "Benny" killing Teddy and then himself.
The first Act kind of breaks down everything perfectly on how the trauma of having an abusive try hard commander type father can shape a young person. And I started putting the pieces together from the dialog in the first Act...
"Your brother plays pain better than anyone... Benny just played what he know"
"Maybe one day we'll get a great album out of it, a masterpiece"
Darius' thoughts about rap and Teddy's response to them was telling, "Every now and again, people just want to have a good time."
Teddy's expression to the thought of people having a good time was mundane and completely foreign to him.
I'm inclined to still roll with my gut and say that Teddy was actually Benny. The cinematography in this show is amazing and in this instance, I'm going to roll with the truths seen through the visuals opposed to the words being said. This scene in particular jumped out to me the 2nd viewing.
So many levels to this frame it's crazy... just random thoughts that come to mind.
-Even with the skin changing lighter, the person within became darker
-Does this show the parallels between Benny at different stages of his life? Now it's as if he's turned into his father, a harsh stern look on the left and a timid frightened one on the right
-The same frame can be said that it's showing Teddy as the father still controlling his son Benny
All in all, this show is
The references to the great musicians and athletes pushed by their fathers, the homage paid to Get Out, this shyt was amazing.
I can't get with anyone saying otherwise
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Superstar
him dealing with the fame is one of the funniest things about the showI love the fact Paperboi SPECIFICALLY said NO FRIES when he made his order and the drive thru window cashier IGNORED him
I can't call it with this last episode...
There's so much that leads me to believe that Teddy was actually Benny, but then there are somethings that are throwing me off. The misdirection is probably the writing at play but still.
This episode had a lot of conflicting elements implemented in it that foreshadow an overall theme of contradiction and maybe stubbornness? IDK, but I watched it again just now and I'm still wrapping my head around it.
I haven't dug into various boards or forums to read up on theories for this, I just watched it twice and here's what I came up with.
The episode had numerous scenarios where a request was made, and the result was the exact opposite... there were also instances where information was given... then directly contradicted later on.
Examples:
-Teddy asks if Darius would like bottled water or tap water, Darius says bottled... but later on Teddy brings him a glass instead
-Paperboi asks for no fries in the drive-thru, but the dude not only gives them to him, but he gives him extra
-Teddy's spiel about the great fathers he wants to honor in the museum... highly debatable, but some of the names dropped continued this theme of contradiction that I'm referring to, especially Marvin Gaye Sr.
-Teddy implies that he wants to make killing Darius appear as a result of a home invasion, yet he has him handcuff himself in the chair
-Darius confronts Teddy and says, "There is no Benny", which Teddy then confirms by saying, "Exactly"... however, in the 1st Act, while Teddy and Darius talk about music, he tells him that Benny's alive and living with him.
-He also acknowledges the person in the wheelchair as Benny when he comes up from the Basement...."Benny?! You're alive?"
I think might have missed some, but it was consistent throughout. All of that led to how the episode ended with "Benny" killing Teddy and then himself.
The first Act kind of breaks down everything perfectly on how the trauma of having an abusive try hard commander type father can shape a young person. And I started putting the pieces together from the dialog in the first Act...
"Your brother plays pain better than anyone... Benny just played what he know"
"Maybe one day we'll get a great album out of it, a masterpiece"
Darius' thoughts about rap and Teddy's response to them was telling, "Every now and again, people just want to have a good time."
Teddy's expression to the thought of people having a good time was mundane and completely foreign to him.
I'm inclined to still roll with my gut and say that Teddy was actually Benny. The cinematography in this show is amazing and in this instance, I'm going to roll with the truths seen through the visuals opposed to the words being said. This scene in particular jumped out to me the 2nd viewing.
So many levels to this frame it's crazy... just random thoughts that come to mind.
-Even with the skin changing lighter, the person within became darker
-Does this show the parallels between Benny at different stages of his life? Now it's as if he's turned into his father, a harsh stern look on the left and a timid frightened one on the right
-The same frame can be said that it's showing Teddy as the father still controlling his son Benny
All in all, this show is
The references to the great musicians and athletes pushed by their fathers, the homage paid to Get Out, this shyt was amazing.
I can't get with anyone saying otherwise
I was going to make mention of the pic when I was discussing the dualities of Michael Jackson. That's one of the main things I noticed to fully catch the whole point of the episode.
Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
Superstar
Vitiligo
:noreha:
Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
Superstar
"im dyslexic"
Niggthaniel Essex
13th Floor/Growing Old
The picture of Benny that Darius looked at was an actual picture of Michael Jackson with Chuck Berry. It just had Bennys face instead of Michael's. That episode had a lot to do with MJ...the abuse, the overbearing father, the seclusion, Teddy going from black skinned to white, even the soft voice and the odd behavior from Teddy. I liked how it was done....
I can’t stand that character after that episode to be honest with you.Rewatching Helen and that shyt got me looking at Van like
She straight up told this man Earn that the festival has a history of blackface while smiling profusely
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I mean so far the series has done a great job of exploring the dualities and hardships that come with Van existing as a biracial woman in modern day society.
But that particular sequence was fukking cringe worthy and her response was bullshyt.
“I’m like the Serena of it all. They hate but can’t ignore the stats”
Like bytch WHAT
Also... another thing that was odd and just contradicted logic was how at the end, when Darius got the piano out of elevator and on the front porch, he sees that Teddy parked behind him, blocking the loading side of the UHaul van. Darius goes back in the crib and finds Teddy and says that he needs him to move his car because he parked it "in front" of his truck
The car was clearly behind the UHaul van, and Darius could have simply got in truck and driven away from Teddy's car to load the piano in it
It was subtle shyt like that just left me
rewatching this episode
The car was clearly behind the UHaul van, and Darius could have simply got in truck and driven away from Teddy's car to load the piano in it
It was subtle shyt like that just left me
rewatching this episode
