{"id":98492,"date":"2020-10-27T14:16:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netflixs-glow-deserves-to-end-on-its-own-terms\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T14:16:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:16:30","slug":"netflixs-glow-deserves-to-end-on-its-own-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflixs-glow-deserves-to-end-on-its-own-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;GLOW&#8217; Deserves to End on Its Own Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;GLOW&#8217; Deserves to End on Its Own Terms<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>Petition Worthy<\/strong>, a biweekly column that revisits canceled TV shows that we wish had a longer lifespan. In some cases, we\u2019ll also make a plea for them to be given another chance. For this installment, Valerie Ettenhofer laments the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that the lights have gone out for GLOW<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>What could be better than an empowering and emotionally complex underdog <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> about lady wrestlers of the 1980s? Well, one that actually gets to finish its story arc.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GLOW<\/em><\/strong> wasn\u2019t the first series to fall prey to a COVID-19-related cancellation, nor was it even the first to be un-renewed after it had already secured a deal for the next season. But it\u2019s the 2020 TV loss that hurts the most so far. The three-season comedy-drama, which was created by <strong>Liz Flahive<\/strong> and <strong>Carly Mensch<\/strong> and produced by <strong>Jenji Kohan<\/strong>, has always been a highlight of <strong>Netflix<\/strong>\u2019s original programming lineup and a breath of fresh air all around.<\/p>\n<p><em>GLOW<\/em> begins with Ruth Wilder (<strong>Alison Brie<\/strong>), a down-and-out actress whose life just imploded when she was caught cheating with the husband of her best friend, Debbie (<strong>Betty Gilpin<\/strong>). These two strong personalities anchor the show, but their world soon opens up when they land an unexpected acting gig. Ruth, Debbie, and a crew of other misfit and cash-str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed women are recruited to become the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.), a female wrestling league showcased in a new TV series.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes of this production, which is\u00a0the brain-child of B-movie director Sam Sylvia (<strong>Marc Maron<\/strong>), each woman is incredibly different, with goals and insecurities that often cause friction. Ultimately, though, they form a chaotic but passionate group friendship, one that carries <em>G.L.O.W.<\/em> through its broadcast run and into a Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone favors one season of <em>GLOW<\/em> or another, but I believe each season is better than the last. The show is based on a real wrestling series that aired in the \u201880s and it\u2019s able to tap into generational nostalgia while still feeling im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te in its character-driven drama. <i>GLOW <\/i>was initially centered on the antagonistic relationship between Debbie and Ruth but coheres in a beautiful way as the seasons unfold, telling a story that\u2019s goofy and hilarious yet also emotionally vulnerable. It\u2019s also, at times, a sports series in the truest sense, celebrating the triumphs of the human body by showing off real female wrestling in all its bruising glory.<\/p>\n<p><em>GLOW<\/em>\u2019s cast is so vast that if you asked a group of fans to list their favorite character, you might get a half-dozen different responses. For me, it\u2019s Bash Howard (<strong>Chris Lowell<\/strong>), the closeted trust fund baby who funds the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and provides live commentary for each match. Lowell\u2019s performance is nuanced and heartbreaking, from the scene in which he first enters a gay bar and the camera spins around him, catching his face as it flashes between curious and apprehensive, to the shattering moment when he\u2019s told in a phone call that his best friend died of AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I need a good cry, I listen to Genesis\u2019 \u201cMan On the Corner,\u201d a song featured prominently in a Bash-centric episode; it works every time thanks to Lowell\u2019s humanistic performance and the <em>GLOW<\/em> team\u2019s compassionate handling of this tragic era of LGBT+ history. Bash\u2019s arc is just one of a dozen or more that deserves more closure than the show\u2019s third-season cliffhangers allow.<\/p>\n<p>Flahive and Mensch <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/10\/glow-canceled-netflix-wont-proceed-no-season-4-final-season-renewal-reversal-covid-19-creators-liz-flahive-and-carly-mensch-react-to-cancellation-1234591535\/\">announced the show\u2019s cancellation<\/a> earlier this month with appropriate seriousness, urging that fans should continue to focus on the very real tragedy of the COVID-19 crisis. They also expressed a measure of dismay at the series\u2019 abrupt ending, noting that they filmed for three weeks before the pandemic shut-down. They told Dateline, \u201cIt still sucks that we don\u2019t get to see these fifteen women in a frame together again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what it comes down to, really. <em>GLOW<\/em> is a series about scrappy, diverse women that boldly put more female faces \u2014 and bodies, in intense physical scenes \u2014 in front of the screen at once than nearly any other show on TV. Hell, if you pooled the casts of several key categories in recent Emmy races, you\u2019d end up with fewer main female cast members combined than the <em>G.L.O.W.<\/em> wrestling team offers all on its own.<\/p>\n<p><em>GLOW <\/em>is a series that shows up for women, again and again. It never once backs down from its detailed explorations of female power dynamics and the particular challenges that accompany intersections of womanhood \u2014 among them age, race, motherhood, body type, and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Presence alone doesn\u2019t equal representation, something several <em>GLOW<\/em> actresses pointed out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2020\/10\/glow-cast-letter-netflix-cancelation-1234593849\/\">in a letter to the network<\/a> and the series\u2019 producers before cancellation. <strong>Sunita Mani<\/strong>, <strong>Sydelle Noel<\/strong>, <strong>Britney Young<\/strong>, <strong>Shakira Barrera<\/strong>, <strong>Kia Stevens<\/strong>, and <strong>Ellen Wong<\/strong> expressed their discomfort with the stereotype-centered writing of their characters as well as one season\u2019s apparent lack of writers of color. Mani, who is one of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2020\/10\/glow-canceled-betty-gilpin-goodbye\">several<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/glow-season-2-alison-brie-betty-gilpin-interview-1124630\">actors<\/a> to point out that the show\u2019s cast is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly very supportive and close-knit, says that the series\u2019 creators and producers responded positively to the group\u2019s feedback, holding \u201cpoignant Zoom conversations\u201d and planning a \u201ccathartic\u201d fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>This makes <em>GLOW<\/em>\u2019s cancellation all the more heart-wrenching. It\u2019s unfortunately rare to hear about productions that are willing to acknowledge their mistakes and course-correct. <em>GLOW<\/em>\u2019s fourth season would\u2019ve been the perfect chance to see these underserved (yet still beloved) characters grow to their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>Mani\u2019s character, Arthie, had just fully come to terms with her sexuality at the end of the last season. Noel\u2019s character was considering adopting a child, while Wong\u2019s had recently revealed to the group that her family survived the Cambodian Civil War. These characters have always been easy to love, but with the promise of thoughtful, authentic representation by writers and producers who pledge to do better, they could become the stuff that Funko Pops and little girls\u2019 dreams are made of.<\/p>\n<p><em>GLOW<\/em>\u2019s demise is tough to accept, in part because it seems so avoidable. <strong><em>Sense8<\/em><\/strong> was given a movie farewell. <strong><em>One Day at a Time<\/em><\/strong> got rescued by PopTV. It\u2019s true that Netflix, previously known as a savior for canceled cable and network shows, has been quick with the axe lately. It\u2019s also true that some shows have already survived a Netflix cancellation thanks to strong fan campaigns and creative plans to find closure.<\/p>\n<p>As Maron mentions in<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharc2917\/status\/1313513715304738820\"> a video appeal<\/a> posted on Twitter, the story for what would\u2019ve been the show\u2019s final season is already plotted out. <em>G.L.O.W. <\/em>\u2014 the show within the show \u2014 has rallied its team and come back from the dead more than once. So why can\u2019t the series we love do the same?<\/p>\n<p>In <em>GLOW<\/em>\u2019s final episode to date, directed by the late, great <strong>Lynn Shelton<\/strong>, Debbie proposes an ideal future to Ruth. She and Bash bought a TV network, and she\u2019s set to be president of it. Ruth can direct a new wrestling show, she says, and the girls can make up all-new characters. \u201cI\u2019m going to build us an Eden,\u201d she promises Ruth. It\u2019s a powerful line, one that\u2019s not easy to forget.<\/p>\n<p>If, God forbid, we truly never see the story <em>GLOW<\/em> had planned as its fourth season, at least we got our Eden for a little while. Thirty whole episodes of it, with love for these women and their stories that shines through every frame. 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