• roawre@feddit.ch
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    11 months ago

    I am unable to understand if this person is lgbt friendly or not. I love The Orville, all 3 season, but it is like the hooker rape sketch in A Million Way To Die In The West. I can’t tell of he’s supportive or mocking

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      11 months ago

      Based on what I’ve seen him say in a personal context, he’s supportive.

      At the same time he also subscribes to the “everything is allowed in comedy” mindset, where a joke doesn’t need to have any merit outside of getting a laugh out of an audience.

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      11 months ago

      I highly doubt the transgender alien child forced to convert for the sake of conformity to their culture was just a bit played for laughs.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah this arc is one adding to my confusion. It can be very supportive, but it is ambigous at the same time.

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      He’s a comedian. Until they explicitly express an opinion every controversial topic is simultaneously supported and not supported to allow for maximum joke potential.

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      11 months ago

      Its better that hes not preachy about it. Its why the Orville is better trek than nutrek. Not as good as TNG/DS9/Voy, but better than nutrek.