You are still addicted to
Cruel Summer
,
Brand New Cherry Flavor
or
Clickbait
, which already unload the ambitious French series
L'Opéra
and
Germinal
, the adaptations and monuments of pop culture
Foundation
and
Y, The Last Man
, not to mention the return of
La Casa de Papel
,
Lucifer
,
The Morning Show
,
Sex Education
… Do not throw any more, in this busy back-to-school series, and more generally in these days of Peak TV, it is possible to miss a series, or even the end of one of your favorite series.
The Bold Type
ends thus with its season 5, of which the last six small episodes are available since Monday on Amazon Prime Video.
What do you mean,
The Bold Type
isn't one of your favorite series?
A series in tune with its time
Launched on Freeform in the United States in 2017 and on Prime Video in France a year later,
The Bold Type
, or
Celles qui dare
, has established itself, under its air of new
Sex & the City
, as one of the most feminist, political, committed of the moment.
Most discreet too.
At
20 Minutes
, each season was an opportunity to recall that by telling the underside of a women's magazine, the series mainly commented on the time, the generation of
millennials
and the condition of women, and refrained from any subject, at look at other more serious series, more general public too.
"No subject is taboo, but certain themes are more difficult to tackle"
#MeToo from the male point of view, free movement of arms, wearing of the veil,
body positive,
frigidity or even America under Trump… "We don't have a
checklist either," said
showrunneuse Amanda Lasher at the time. of season 3. Like the journalist character of Jane, we start from our lives, and also those of the actresses.
Things that we unfortunately don't see often on TV.
No subject is taboo, but some themes are more difficult to broach.
From the moment the whole team gets together, feels a connection, we are on the right track.
It's about being both thoughtful and respectful of the public.
"
It's all about empathy
A plot of season 4, continued in season 5, caused a lot of talk across the Atlantic, when Sutton miscarries, and then feels guilty for feeling… liberated.
She did not want a child, never will, something that society still has difficulty accepting and that the series deals with intensity and accuracy, and above all with empathy.
Other interesting themes are explored in this final season, with Alex's crisis of virility for less toxic masculinity, the question of relationships at work and bonds of subordination, or the impact of political engagement in love. , when Democrat Kat falls for Republican Eva.
The end of a world and a love letter
The series always manages to leave a positive and tolerant message out of it, even if it must be admitted that with six episodes, where it would have been necessary to double or even triple, everything goes too fast and stays on the surface.
Like Sutton's alcoholism, a real subject in a series - and as in many series - where the heroines often have a drink in their hand.
The Bold Type
seems, in fact, to be a collateral victim of the health crisis, which had already cost him two episodes less and an abrupt end in season 4. It is as if the world in which Jane, Kat and Sutton live is 'no longer existed, and besides, the Covid does not exist.
If the subjects dealt with by
series
are more relevant than ever, its light, glitter and cuddly shape has become almost anachronistic.
The writers and actresses could have made their revolution, they preferred to make this last season a “love letter” to the spectators.
And future series.
Because the revolution continues.
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