I haven?t seen the final episode of Stranger Things yet - will probably watch tonight. I suspend all logic when I watch this series and I accept that I?m not going to fully be able to follow what is happening. Surprisingly it works for me. I like most of the characters and there is enough entertainment value in watching them that I generally enjoy the series. This season is probably the hardest for me to follow and it?s downright silly that the characters survive the *dogs* (at least so far) when the *dogs? seem viscous and invincible when attacking anyone else. But nonetheless it captures my attention and that?s worth at least 3 stars out of 5 to me.
One thing that I?m curious about. The scene where Will reveals his homosexuality definitely got to me, I am a sucker for scenes where people show compassion and acceptance - so I liked it. But i was definitely curious as to whether this seemed anachronistic to anyone. Would a group of people of multiple generations in 1990 (or thereabout) have readily embraced and accepted Will coming out as they unanimously did. I was 32 in 1990 and working in a middle school. It?s really difficult to recall precisely when the shift in society occurred (still not totally accepting but a far cry from where it was when I was a kid) in which you could expect some measure of acceptance. 1990 far preceded marriage equality and my thinking is that in 1990 the country would have been very divided on that issue. Kids in the middle school I worked at were using gay slurs without inhibition (of course adults would correct when heard) and I?m sure that any boy who came out where I worked would have been ostracized badly. But maybe I?m off on this. I just bring it up because I think rewriting history on a topic like this probably doesn?t do any good, though had there been any non-acceptance it would not have played well at all. It?s like pretending that racism wasn?t pervasive in 1850. Homophobia was still widely prevalent in 1990 if my memory is accurate.
Very anachronistic, IMO. There's no way that a teenager comes out as gay in the American Midwest in the late 1980s and gets nothing but hugs, even if the whole group he's telling are people who know him and are friends with him. There would at least be some questioning looks, and some people would be uncomfortable talking about the issue.
I can't remember who was present at the scene, but with everything the core group had been through, I completely buy them accepting him. And, it's already been established that Steve was willing to accept Robin, so I don't think he would have questioned Will in the moment.
It's not like a normal friend group.They've essentially bonded through life and death. At that point you're going to accept your buddy through just about anything, even if you think it's weird.
I thought the weirdest part of that scene was what led up to it, with it being announced that they had five minutes before they had to move, and then Will essentially calls a 10 minute family meeting.
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