Comments | asexuality: Asexuality portrayal on TV show Sirens (spoilers for 4/3/2014 episode herein)

nightengalesknd in asexuality

Asexuality portrayal on TV show Sirens (spoilers for 4/3/2014 episode herein)

Apr 03, 2014 22:33

I'm watching Sirens, a new TV show in the US about paramedics. It's a comedy. In the 4 episodes I have seen so far, it has been irreverent about life, death, relationships, pornography, family, pretty much everything.

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alley_skywalker April 4 2014, 03:34:16 UTC

Wow, that sounds really awesome. Asexual characters don't appear much on tv. Sherlock (from Sherlock BBC) is probably the most prominent one (or at least the one that comes to mind) but I don't think he was purposefully written as someone who's asexual, just a "weirdo" who doesn't do relationships well. It's great to a show exploring the topic. Maybe one day we'll get a romantic asexual too :)

nightengalesknd April 4 2014, 20:39:52 UTC

This character has some weirdo traits too, but yeah. I'm not sure if she's romantic or aromantic yet, actually. Either way, it's a start.

little_frank April 4 2014, 11:55:56 UTC

Awesome. I'll have to see if I can watch that, and make my friends watch it too :-). Thanks for the heads-up.

nightengalesknd April 4 2014, 20:40:28 UTC

USA network tends to replay it's episodes many many many times, so if you get the network, it shouldn't be hard to catch.

little_frank April 6 2014, 19:05:08 UTC

I'm in the UK, but I'll see if I can find a way to watch it.

cherriesarered April 4 2014, 13:51:26 UTC

Wow! That actually sounds incredibly reasonable...which is not what I'd expect from most media portrayals, let alone comedy television shows.

nightengalesknd April 4 2014, 20:41:52 UTC

That was my take as well. WOW from a comedy yet. They did play it for laughs, to the same extent they play everything else for laughs. And the fact that some of the characters were laughing at the idea - was actually really realistic too.

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nightengalesknd April 4 2014, 20:42:55 UTC

Considering how often USA replays it's shows, it shouldn't be too hard to catch. They really did seem to have done their research. Except for the manifesto. Or do we have a manifesto that I just haven't seen yet?

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nightengalesknd April 5 2014, 23:10:28 UTC

Yeah, it was probably an exaggeration. It just stuck in my mind because everything else seemed so researched. But it is a comedy after all.

love_82 April 5 2014, 16:27:25 UTC

Thanks for letting us know. I watched a couple episodes and it didn't seem too bad. It is a cute show. But I haven't watched the last couple weeks.

Also besides catching one of the million reruns if you have Comcast it should be on On Demand. Or on the Comcast website.

nightengalesknd April 5 2014, 23:02:17 UTC

It is cute. The inaccuracy of the medicine is a bit rough on me, but I suppose yelling at the screen is part of how I enjoy most medical shows.