Shubha

Shubha

Based on Hugo theme Vitae.

07 Jul 2020

TV Series review: 4 more shots please

What I like:

  • women leads, good friends - honest, upfront and open with each other
  • Make bold choices. Not afraid to call off weddings or indulge in affairs if they wanted it.
  • No sob stories or sub-plots that go big on morals, guilt, revenge or other such crap.
  • Friends are accepting of each others strengths and flaws. Call it out but let people make and learn from their mistakes.
  • everyone looks good
  • Thin, fat, married, widowed, straight, gay - all are welcome
  • standup comedy scenes are original

What I don’t like:

  • Friendship doesn’t require or mandate drinking together all the time.
  • The main problem in their lives is love. No depth beyond that.
  • Focus on ignoring or forgetting issues instead of handling them
  • The career oriented ppl do not stand up to sexism enough - eg. Anjana just ignores and walks out of her chauvinist boss without calling him out. Dee stays silent when that gynec dude asks her to move to Singapore and assumes a Yes. Umang needed an entire season to realize that Samara was self centered

What I wondered:

  • How do people have so much free time!?
  • How is everyone so rich, good looking and so well put together?
  • The mom has time to be a superstar lawyer, have an affair, meet her friends regularly and be a great mom?
  • Looks like the balance will be skewed if atleast one got into a stable relationship. Will their friendship survive that?