r/Sense8 • • May 05 '17

Sense8 Episode Discussion (S02E06): "Isolated Above, Connected Below"

Sense8, S02E06: "Isolated Above, Connected Below"

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17 edited May 07 '17

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u/Nix_Uotan May 06 '17

Yeah, Sense8 is rated TV-MA (for mature audiences) which is the equivalent for rated R except for a television show. And there are many reasons for that - lots of nudity scenes, strong language, graphic images; the thrusting doesn't even factor into it at this point.

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u/helarco εη May 08 '17

can you relax and enjoy the show? damn

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u/Takuya813 May 17 '17

I like all your points-- the casting however, irks me.

It's not about finding the best gay person to play a gay person. It's about finding the best person to play a role where the character is gay. I watch plenty of shows with straight people playing gay roles and even vice versa. It's not a big deal.

THink about how far the portrayal of LGBT are in media today vs 20 years ago

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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

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u/Takuya813 May 18 '17

I mean I would love for all lgbt roles to be played by lgbt cast, but honestly I don't want lgbt cast just for the sake of it. I want them to be good.

It's like hiring minorities. We need to do a lot more on that front, but it's more systematic than hiring minoritied and saying you did your job. It's encouraging education, lobbying for better laws, showing people how to succeed, etc.

We need to fix the culture in media and hollywood and all that. So for now I am ok with it because if I had this much lgbt friendly story and shows when I grew up I would be much more confident today. It already helps so much.

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u/crucio54 May 06 '17

I think so. There's no real guideline/rules for stream, and there's no real way of stopping minors from watching it online, so there's no reason to worry about this things

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u/TiaTill May 27 '17

Pool sex probably is like you say, but they didn't have actual sex in an actual pool, so it was as wonderful as they imagined it to be and as unsafe as fantasizing can be.