I'm disappointed to hear the actor's a jerk. And am glad to hear the show didn't let it slide.
To be clear, Alex isn't my favorite character, so much as that I'm excited that the show makes space for characters like that to exist in its world. Kind of like how everybody in The Office is odd and exaggerated (it's comedy) but then Oscar seems like a regular guy who walked in there, but it's not played up like "oh Oscar's the regular guy reacting to the weirdos." He's just a regular guy, extending his regular guy aura to the setting, non-ostentatiously.
Basically, I think the fact that Alex exists the way he exists so far makes me accept the reality of the other characters more. It would make sense if that character needed to leave at a certain point. I'm slightly nervous that they'll do a plot centered on him, or he'll get angsty about something, which would cut against what I like about that character, which is that he feels like the person who happens to be there, not like the person who has to be there or that we're focused on.
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Date: 2021-02-27 12:42 am (UTC)To be clear, Alex isn't my favorite character, so much as that I'm excited that the show makes space for characters like that to exist in its world. Kind of like how everybody in The Office is odd and exaggerated (it's comedy) but then Oscar seems like a regular guy who walked in there, but it's not played up like "oh Oscar's the regular guy reacting to the weirdos." He's just a regular guy, extending his regular guy aura to the setting, non-ostentatiously.
Basically, I think the fact that Alex exists the way he exists so far makes me accept the reality of the other characters more. It would make sense if that character needed to leave at a certain point. I'm slightly nervous that they'll do a plot centered on him, or he'll get angsty about something, which would cut against what I like about that character, which is that he feels like the person who happens to be there, not like the person who has to be there or that we're focused on.