The Gang Is Satirized and Doesn't Like It
- Episode aired May 7, 2020
- TV-MA
- 57m
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8.2/10
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Adrian and Liz find out that there is a play based on them, and try to stop it. Diane continues to investigate memo 618.Adrian and Liz find out that there is a play based on them, and try to stop it. Diane continues to investigate memo 618.Adrian and Liz find out that there is a play based on them, and try to stop it. Diane continues to investigate memo 618.
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- TriviaThe (fictional) play that is the subject of much discussion and consternation in this episode, "Cocksucker in Chains," is a parody of the real and highly controversial off-Broadway (and later Broadway) play "Slave Play" by Jeremy O. Harris. The incident in the episode in which a white woman interrupts a Q&A session after a performance by yelling that the play is racist against white people is a close reproduction of a very similar incident at a talkback for Slave Play (when a video of that incident went viral, the woman was dubbed "Talkback Tammy" in the media). Harris not only made it widely known that he loved this episode's version of his play and himself, he also live-tweeted the episode on its first airing, providing real-time commentary like "[Cocksucker in Chains is a] great title tbh"; "Love that they kept the spirit of blaxploitation iconography for the play"; "The Talkback Tammy scene is word for word!"; and "If they put one more ascot on this man [the playwright character who is the episode's stand-in for Harris] I will sue."
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The Good Fight is more than ever relevant today
Someone wrote in a previous review that The Good Fight was too weird now, that they didn't care about what's happening to the characters and that they had no interest in the outcome of the plot. They even fast forwarded through parts of the episode. BIG MISTAKE! The fact that this Administration has created a culture of changing facts, exaggerating, not being held accountable for their comments, of openly chastising anyone who questions their decisions, makes this season more relevant than ever! I commend the writers for giving us hope by not having the characters give up even when it seems they have lost. After all it is called The Good Fight. I will be watching and encourage others to watch this show.
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- mdianeclark
- May 23, 2020
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