I don’t watch HBO or whatever it’s hosted on and black-mold-futures seems to hate it, and I’m barely online enough to understand half of what they spew into the air

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    Hexbear told me Ted Lasso is a manic pixie dream guy, which is what I suspected given Apple’s brand image, which is why I refused to watch it despite my liberal peers insisting that I do as an antidote to toxic masculinity.

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    It’s just a show whose value is in the expression of soft power projection of the American state. It’s kind of a stretch that Ted Lasso, both show and character, are the “adorkable” American face for empire - that trope Citations Needed identified as “always bumbling military” - but it makes for innocuous propaganda of Americans as honest idiots.

    I think it’s a stretch but it might just bee a bad show and character.

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    Just average lib show that libs love with a message about having a positive outlook or whatever. Another feel good american sitcom designed to be on in the background to drown out your existential dread.

    I refuse to watch it as I am 95% sure that the football bits of it would piss me off.

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      I just don’t like smarmy feel good bullshit, especially when it’s present in such a didactic and heavy handed manner. The show is just pure cringe from start to finish, pre-flanderized before it even began

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    Ted LaSSo is inspired by university of michigan (aka scUM) head football coach and cheater and fraud, Jim Harbaugh. Fascist are well known for cheating and lying, especially in matters of sport, so by association, Ted LaSSo is a fascist.

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    what does ted lasso have to do with fascism? i have no idea. i’m not a fan of the show though, balanced drama and comedy poorly, and the sports part of it all never made sense to me. then the last 2 seasons become preachy nonsense, on top of horrible plot structure (ENTIRE plot moments happen between episodes!!! why the fuck would you do that) or the most ridiculous character development of all time (i’m talking about nathan)

    anyways, terrible show, but somehow the cast of ted lasso ended up at the white house and talking to joe biden for some reason? joke country tbh

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      The first season was ok, when the tall lady stopped being the antagonist the series became shit cause it dosen’t had any interesting conflict.

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      !noyank@lemmy.ml

      Remove All American Media And Culture From Your Life

      This sub is for people making personal efforts to overcome cultural imperialism.

      Discuss alternatives. 🎶🎥📺🎮📰

      Share your personal journal of de-americanisation.

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    I thought Ted Lasso was some quirky cowboy celebrity type like the Tiger King that people just hyped up because they’re incapable of turning on their front facing cameras to talk to friends while locked in their homes