I don't know why the aliens bothered me this time, as I'm happy to watch Star Trek and Babylon 5, which have even less alien aliens, and I know they have to afford the make up so they can't get too out there. Cheesy SF is usually my jam.
I'm trying to remember the episodes, as this was three years ago, and I only saw a few, but the one where Irisa gets... something sick? And they have to have an elder cure her via a drum circle in a sweat lodge? I think. It was pretty blatant, from my perspective, and it seemed like they were pinging all of the Mysterious Savage tropes. But of course they probably got more developed if I'd stuck with it.
Ha. Yeah, maybe Japanese. I was just going with "Uber-formal society where women are inferior and everyone is plotting, and also is painted white." Why gender essentialist the same way humans were four hundred years ago? Why not do something actually interesting with gender? Oh well.
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I'm trying to remember the episodes, as this was three years ago, and I only saw a few, but the one where Irisa gets... something sick? And they have to have an elder cure her via a drum circle in a sweat lodge? I think. It was pretty blatant, from my perspective, and it seemed like they were pinging all of the Mysterious Savage tropes. But of course they probably got more developed if I'd stuck with it.
Ha. Yeah, maybe Japanese. I was just going with "Uber-formal society where women are inferior and everyone is plotting, and also is painted white." Why gender essentialist the same way humans were four hundred years ago? Why not do something actually interesting with gender? Oh well.