The Stranger; Netflix British Suspense Drama

[pickles]

I just finished episode 4 but why is every POC girl on this show biracial. The brothers girlfriend, the main girl with the hat, the girlfriends moms. The fukk?

Also why is the black guy gay for no reason to the plot? And that cop lady ex boyfriend is black breh? That gargoyle looking bytch with young black guy. WTF?

Netflix you really aint shyt for this.

 

[CarmelBarbie]

I just finished episode 4 but why is every POC girl on this show biracial. The brothers girlfriend, the main girl with the hat, the girlfriends moms. The fukk?

Also why is the black guy gay for no reason to the plot? And that cop lady ex boyfriend is black breh? That gargoyle looking bytch with young black guy. WTF?

Netflix you really aint shyt for this.

I didn’t even think about that. Is it because the show is in the UK? It does seem like the only people of color are products of IR, even the Indian girl. Beyond that aspect it’s a decent show

 

[pickles]

I didn’t even think about that. Is it because the show is in the UK? It does seem like the only people of color are products of IR, even the Indian girl. Beyond that aspect it’s a decent show

Oh yeah, even the Indian girl.
Netflix still aint shyt for this.


Show is good so far.

 

[CarmelBarbie]

Oh yeah, even the Indian girl.
Netflix still aint shyt for this.


Show is good so far.

the mom of the girls looks biracial too, doesn’t she? Now I’m wondering if the black football coach has a biracial kid too. Honestly all the white women look real old and unattractive to me too. Interesting choice of characters for this show lol.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

The 2nd lead detective is black.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

What in the Interracial Pandora’s box of rabbit holes and plot devices did I just watch for 8 episodes

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

the mom of the girls looks biracial too, doesn’t she? Now I’m wondering if the black football coach has a biracial kid too. Honestly all the white women look real old and unattractive to me too. Interesting choice of characters for this show lol.

Whewww chile that show took at turn after the 4th episode. I thought the lead lady cop was his mother, and that was her mixed race son, not his wife. When he brought her lunch, I was like
Fake pregnancies, moms poisoning their kid, revenge porn, I thought the Indian kid, Olivia was a boy - whole thing was like a dysfunctional IR convention . So Chris was Adam’s brother or sister and what was the deal with the 14 yr old’s photos being circulated ??

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

The 2nd lead detective is black.

And he’s playing the comic relief
Her -The neck is too long to be a dog
Him- well then, it must be a giraffe
(Or some shyt like that)
the alpaca’s head in the garbage

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I didn’t even think about that. Is it because the show is in the UK? It does seem like the only people of color are products of IR, even the Indian girl. Beyond that aspect it’s a decent show

They went cocaine levels of odee with all the mixed and IR stuff. I watch a lot of U.K. shows and it’s never been at this level

 

[OJ Simpsom]

What in the Interracial Pandora’s box of rabbit holes and plot devices did I just watch for 8 episodes

B-b-but if I gave it 3/5 that means its a 4.5/5 though.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

B-b-but if I gave it 3/5 that means its a 4.5/5 though.

Lol..You got me on that. It started off good as hell though, then at some point it took a deep dive . Most depressing movie ever. I had a feeling that fat face stuffing slob had something to do with it.

 

[DaRealness]

Yep, this show is Biracial/IR Mania - even for a UK series. It's ridiculous.

It's no secret that British shows go out of their way not to portray black couples/families and it's been that way for a looong time. You look at most adverts on TV and they will put a black man/woman with a cac, asian, dog, alien etc basically any and everything but another black person. It's happening in the states now too but that's a more recent thing.

The problem with a lot of these writers is that even in 2020 they still don't have a clue how black people really interact with each other. That's why you have some black characters that sound like something straight out of a Mary Poppins movie just by the ultra cheesy jokes they make and the things they do which is ultra cringeworthy. They might throw in a couple of patois slang words here and there, but it sounds so forced they might as well leave it out altogether. This dainty, goofy, backup singing sidekick cop of that woman, I don't know what the fukk that is. Her husband who looks 20 years younger was actually part of a real black TV series from the early 2000s called Babyfather - THAT was authentic. All the mixed race girls in this get the shine while the full black characters seem to play the background. They've been trying to use biracial people as our replacements.

Many other UK shows are the same way. Even 'Undercover' which stars a black family (Sophie Okenedo is biracial, but whatever...), the way they talk and interact with each other - I don't know any black family like that. I'm not saying we're a monolith but trying to find something remotely relatable is like a needle in a haystack. Top Boy is one of the few shows without that bullshyt and even then, it's like we can't have something that has black families in normal day to day situations - criminality and dysfunction somehow is always the backdrop. This is why I wish many of the black actors who are now successful state side and even here would create something the average black person in the inner city can properly relate to without people sounding like fukking Charles dikkens. We had better representation decades ago and have gone backwards. The real shyt I could post from youtube, sadly most of it goes back many years.

As for the show itself, meh. It's alright but it doesn't float my boat.

Luther it ain't.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

They've been trying to use biracial people as our replacements.

I know this is not TLR but it's interesting that you say that. They do the same thing over here in the U.S. with the IR push in every form of media.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Yep, this show is Biracial/IR Mania - even for a UK series. It's ridiculous.

It's no secret that British shows go out of their way not to portray black couples/families and it's been that way for a looong time. You look at most adverts on TV and they will put a black man/woman with a cac, asian, dog, alien etc basically any and everything but another black person. It's happening in the states now too but that's a more recent thing.

The problem with a lot of these writers is that even in 2020 they still don't have a clue how black people really interact with each other. That's why you have some black characters that sound like something straight out of a Mary Poppins movie just by the ultra cheesy jokes they make and the things they do which is ultra cringeworthy. They might throw in a couple of patois slang words here and there, but it sounds so forced they might as well leave it out altogether. This dainty, goofy, backup singing sidekick cop of that woman, I don't know what the fukk that is. Her husband who looks 20 years younger was actually part of a real black TV series from the early 2000s called Babyfather - THAT was authentic. All the mixed race girls in this get the shine while the full black characters seem to play the background. They've been trying to use biracial people as our replacements.

Many other UK shows are the same way. Even 'Undercover' which stars a black family (Sophie Okenedo is biracial, but whatever...), the way they talk and interact with each other - I don't know any black family like that. I'm not saying we're a monolith but trying to find something remotely relatable is like a needle in a haystack. Top Boy is one of the few shows without that bullshyt and even then, it's like we can't have something that has black families in normal day to day situations - criminality and dysfunction somehow is always the backdrop. This is why I wish many of the black actors who are now successful state side and even here would create something the average black person in the inner city can properly relate to without people sounding like fukking Charles dikkens. We had better representation decades ago and have gone backwards. The real shyt I could post from youtube, sadly most of it goes back many years.

As for the show itself, meh. It's alright but it doesn't float my boat.

Luther it ain't.

and Rep for this breakdown. good summary. Real interesting..hmmm.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

This wasn't even on my radar but now I really want to watch this.
Props, bruh.

What's the general consensus? Should I give it a go?

Don't waste your time. The more that I think about, the more that I hate this rubbish.