I am not surprised You is not good -- I'm guessing it's supposed to be a
must see as a cautionary tale
Apparently it is based on best-selling novel of the same name. (Can't be
that much of a best-seller, considering that I've never heard of it. Silly
marketing people.)
Yeah, the writers and cast, not to mention venue, don't exactly promote
confidence. EW is becoming a wee bit too obvious in their promoting and
less and less reliable. (ie. I think the show paid them to advertise it.)
And re: the driving I put this down to geographical ignorance (which
I've discovered can not be underestimated in the U.S.). If you've lived in
the Northeast your whole life and have rarely traveled, you assume you can
drive everywhere. I found it remarkable coming here to the Midwest that
one could drive a few hours and be across a few states. Other places I
lived it was a day's trip to leave the state much less reach another
one.
Not helped by the fact that people define Midwest and West differently. I
grew up thinking of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas,
Dakotas, as Midwest, and Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho as the
Mountain States/West. In other words, I thought I lived in the Midwest in
Kansas. While in NY, people see Kansas as the West. Anything past the
Mississippi is West to some, or for NYer's anything past the Hudson is the
Midwest, anything past the Mississippi, the West.
And yep, it takes about a day to get across Kansas to Colorado. We had 13
hour drives when I was growing up. Drove it a lot.
While in Northeast, you can go through five states in a day -- it's an 8
hour trip to Maine from New York City. And 13 hours from NYC to Hilton Head
South Carolina. (So about five states in a day or two). While in Kansas or
Missouri, it can take up to two days to get across one or two states.
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Date: 2018-09-20 03:52 pm (UTC)I am not surprised You is not good -- I'm guessing it's supposed to be a must see as a cautionary tale
Apparently it is based on best-selling novel of the same name. (Can't be that much of a best-seller, considering that I've never heard of it. Silly marketing people.)
Yeah, the writers and cast, not to mention venue, don't exactly promote confidence. EW is becoming a wee bit too obvious in their promoting and less and less reliable. (ie. I think the show paid them to advertise it.)
And re: the driving I put this down to geographical ignorance (which I've discovered can not be underestimated in the U.S.). If you've lived in the Northeast your whole life and have rarely traveled, you assume you can drive everywhere. I found it remarkable coming here to the Midwest that one could drive a few hours and be across a few states. Other places I lived it was a day's trip to leave the state much less reach another one.
Not helped by the fact that people define Midwest and West differently. I grew up thinking of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Dakotas, as Midwest, and Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho as the Mountain States/West. In other words, I thought I lived in the Midwest in Kansas. While in NY, people see Kansas as the West. Anything past the Mississippi is West to some, or for NYer's anything past the Hudson is the Midwest, anything past the Mississippi, the West.
And yep, it takes about a day to get across Kansas to Colorado. We had 13 hour drives when I was growing up. Drove it a lot. While in Northeast, you can go through five states in a day -- it's an 8 hour trip to Maine from New York City. And 13 hours from NYC to Hilton Head South Carolina. (So about five states in a day or two). While in Kansas or Missouri, it can take up to two days to get across one or two states.