{"id":44774,"date":"2017-06-29T23:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44774"},"modified":"2020-08-01T23:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T03:32:53","slug":"glow-was-pretty-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44774","title":{"rendered":"GLOW was pretty good"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It doesn\u2019t happen often, but not only did I manage to dive into a Netflix original fairly close to when it drops, I\u2019m already done with the series and can write things about it in a timeframe where it\u2019s likely that not every single TV watcher on the planet has also watched every single episode yet.\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t want to write anything about it until I was finished with the series, and ultimately, I\u2019m glad that I waited.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a wrestling fan throughout most of my life, GLOW was one of those things that I remember its existence back in the day, when they\u2019d manage to sneak in a sparse commercial during WWF Prime Time Wrestling<\/em> broadcasts, but being the little girl-hating misogynist as a kid, I didn\u2019t think anything of it, other than trying to remember the acronym behind the name.\u00a0 I never watched anything aside from the commercials, and I never sought out to seek out what kind of product they put on.\u00a0 I just knew, they existed.\u00a0 Nothing more.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Netflix announced that they were doing such a show, I was mildly interested, because I am now an adult, capable of understanding things other than Masters of the Universe<\/em> and Super Mario Bros<\/em>.\u00a0 I\u2019m always intrigued with the wrestling industry in general, and it didn\u2019t hurt to build promotion of the show around Alison Brie, whom every nerdy guy in the world had a crush on while watching Community<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be honest, in spite of my enthusiasm and anticipation of the show, GLOW was actually a little bit difficult to get into, for me.\u00a0 But after watching through the whole series, a part of me felt like such was constructed in a deliberate manner, as to really exaggerate the finer points of what progresses a storyline \u2013 much like how it\u2019s done in the wrestling industry itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the presence of Alison Brie and the side of her every once-Community fan had always been curious to see (read: spoiler-alert, you see her boobs<\/em>), her character is actually kind of obnoxious and annoying at the start, but god damn does nobody get any more of a transformation.\u00a0 By the series\u2019 end, Ruth Wilder is a real professional wrestler whose confidence and charisma are sexy and her unselfish willingness to do what\u2019s best for business<\/a> makes it near impossible to not fall in love with her all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show as a whole feels like a love letter to the wrestling industry, that does a great job of hovering in a comfortable space where they acknowledge the absurdities of the professional wrestling industry, poke at the extreme end of the spectrum a few times, but always return to a point where they are still telling a good explanation of how it operates, even to this day.\u00a0 It\u2019s a show that can be enjoyed by smarks like me who have watched wrestling for most of their lives, or it can simply be watched by any casual viewer who just wants to see what their friends are talking about on social media, they\u2019re that efficient at explaining the processes as the show rolls along.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naturally, the cameos and nods to the industry are some of the biggest things that smarks look for, and it\u2019s always entertaining to see familiar faces like John Morrison, Brodus Clay, Carlito, Alex Riley and Christopher Daniels actually getting more prominent screen time in GLOW than they ever did in their respective promotions.\u00a0 The naming of the gym out of respect to the Guerrero family was a good touch, and honestly aside from the metamorphosis of Alison Brie\u2019s character, there\u2019s nobody more entertaining as the once-Awesome Kong, Kia Stevens, playing The Welfare Queen<\/em>.\u00a0 God damn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, GLOW was not a perfect show, with its share of dead-end plot devices and conflicts that never got resolved, but it was still an entertaining ride, and a trip through the 1980s.\u00a0 I have no regrets watching it, and I would recommend it to anyone who either likes\/liked professional wrestling, Alison Brie, empowerment of women, or 80s cheese, among other positive attributes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It doesn\u2019t happen often, but not only did I manage to dive into a Netflix original fairly close to when it drops, I\u2019m already done with the series and can write things about it in a timeframe where it\u2019s likely that not every single TV watcher on the planet has also watched every single episode … Continue reading GLOW was pretty good<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[129,69,54],"class_list":["post-44774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-nostalgia","tag-television","tag-wrestling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44776,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44774\/revisions\/44776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}