{"id":7902,"date":"2019-01-14T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7902"},"modified":"2019-01-14T17:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:00:43","slug":"five-reasons-to-binge-the-bold-type-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/01\/14\/five-reasons-to-binge-the-bold-type-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons To Binge ‘The Bold Type’ Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Season two of The Bold Type, the hit series inspired by the life of former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, is now streaming first and only on Showmax in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by Parenthood writer Sarah Watson and set in New York, The Bold Type is about three ambitious friends who met as they started at Scarlet, a global woman\u2019s magazine that Vox describes as \u201ca fictionalized version of Cosmopolitan by way of Teen Vogue\u2019s rebrand as the internet\u2019s most intersectional magazine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season one kicks off as Jane (Katie Stevens from Faking It) has just been promoted to writer at Scarlet; Kat (Aisha Dee from Channel Zero: The No-End House) is now the social media director; and Sutton (Meghann Fahy from Political Animals), alone of the three, is still an assistant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like Younger set in the fashion and magazine world; or The Devil Wears Prada with a nicer boss; or a millennial Sex and The City with better friends and more of a social conscience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE BOLD TYPE — “Pilot” — Pictured: (l-r) Meghann Fahy as Sutton, Katie Stevens as Jane, Aisha Dee as Kat — (Photo by: John Medland\/Freeform\/Universal Television)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You shouldn\u2019t need more reasons than that to add this to your watchlist, but here are five more anyway: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll raise your #friendshipgoals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane, Kat and Sutton may make you feel like you haven\u2019t been a good enough friend recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They see each other every day – and almost every night. They drink wine and gossip in Scarlet\u2019s fashion closet, have frank conversations about EVERYTHING, go on group Tinder dates, get drunk in a bathtub together, and even make breakfast for each other – during the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the kind of friends who step in to offer free housing when you hit financial troubles, who hold your hand when you get tested for the BRCA gene, who force you to take off a fedora before you humiliate yourself, who would even pull a Yoni egg out your vagina – literally\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s about women who work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chicago Tribune hailed The Bold Type, and Younger, as successors to \u201cSex and the City’s unique brand of single-city-girl life,\u201d but added that, in contrast, \u201cthey stand out because dating partners consistently take a back seat to the 9-to-5 grind for the main characters\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If watching people work doesn\u2019t sound like fun to you, just remember that this is a fashion magazine. If nothing else, as Vulture says, \u201cThe Bold Type is really the place to visit for wardrobe envy these days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a change, you\u2019ll also want to work for their boss, Jacqueline (Melora Hardin from Transparent). As Bustle writes, \u201cUnfortunately, being an asshole has often felt like a prerequisite to being a female boss on screen: look no further than The Devil Wears Prada\u2019s fearsome Miranda Priestly as evidence that female bosses \u2014 especially in the cutthroat world of women’s magazines \u2014 are hardly portrayed as supportive and kind\u2026 With Jacqueline, The Bold Type offers up a different kind of female boss who doesn\u2019t have to act like a man to get ahead. She just has to be her fiercely feminine self\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s changing the conversation around sex on TV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hollywood Reporter called The Bold Type \u201ca transformative series for the way in which its characters navigate sex and sexuality\u201d and noted that the three friends have \u201cno boundaries when it comes to normalizing conversations around sex and sexuality.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never had an orgasm? Your partner is unwilling to perform oral sex? Starting your first lesbian relationship in your mid-20s? The Bold Type is full of candid conversations about topics you normally only read about in your favourite women\u2019s magazine\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The romance is fun too. As Vulture wrote, \u201cHow lucky we are to be alive during the TV rom-comaissance! The Bold Type fits nicely next to shows like The Mindy Project, Jane the Virgin, and Younger \u2014 all smart, funny, swoony rom-coms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is \u201cmillennial utopia.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiewire called The Bold Type \u201cthe summer\u2019s most insightful series about young women\u2026 The rom-com fearlessly tackles the politics of the \u2018Woke Generation\u2019 with style and humor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To quote Mashable, \u201cIf you aren’t watching The Bold Type, you are missing out. The show is millennial utopia; feminist, progressive, positive, all packaged with a frothy style.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also refreshingly non-judgemental about millennials. As Cosmopolitan says, \u201cIn the age of think pieces about millennial entitlement, it can be hard to find a TV show that manages to both critique our social media-obsessed culture and engage with it\u2026 The Bold Type continues to be this kind of show \u2014 capable of poking fun at the world of Instagram and Twitter without discounting it as a real force in young people’s lives\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started well – and is getting even better<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season one has an impressive 96% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes but the new season is doing even better, with a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus, as Slate says, is that \u201cThe Bold Type is getting better and better. Season two is a big improvement. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still not convinced? The series was nominated for Teen Choice Summer TV and Choice Summer TV Star Female (Aisha Dee) awards, as well as a GLAAD for Outstanding Comedy, a Satellite Award for Best TV Drama, and an Imagen Award for Best Actress (Katie Stevens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Binge-watch the first two seasons of The Bold Type on Showmax here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE BOLD TYPE — “Plan B” Episode 208 — Pictured: (l-r) Aisha Dee as Kat Edison, Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady — (Photo by: Philippe Bosse\/Freeform\/Universal Television)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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