I call my mom every Sunday. I would describe her as liberal, but more left-liberal than center-liberal and we basically agree on what I consider to be the important things. Unlike my dad, she doesn’t worry too much about news stories she has no control over, and she has hobbies and friends, so I have to respect her grillpilled-ness. Anyway, on Sundays, she tells me about the shows she’s been watching and I tell her about the shows I’ve been watching.
She tends to watch American legal dramas and Br*tish detective shows. One of her favourite shows right now is The Good Fight. So, I’ve been watching it, partly to have something to talk about with her, and partly to better understand American legal dramas. Other than the CTH episodes about The West Wing, I don't know much about network legal dramas and what role they play in American pop culture. My understanding is that they tend to skew liberal, and The Good Fight doesn't appear to be an exception.
Having seen the first episode, the first thing that jumped out at me is how wealthy and privileged all the characters are -- or, to put it another way, it made me realize that I don't watch very many shows that are aimed at/about the PMC. A major part of the premise is that one of the main characters has her reputation among the other lawyers ruined because her father was arrested for running a ponzi scheme. I’m predisposed to see this show as being very liberal, not least because my understanding is that there is a big focus on “Trump-era” politics, although I guess I haven’t gotten far enough into the show for them to discuss much about Trump himself yet.
I will say that I am finding it watchable, and if I rejected a show because it wasn’t left-wing enough, I’d have to stop consuming media almost entirely (which, to be honest, would probably be a good thing, but whatever.) I’m curious if anyone else has any analysis about this show.
When you watch these sorts of shows, understand that these are the writers writing themselves into fantasy situations. They're too loser to actually be in these high status occupations, so they write fanfic and put themselves into the story.
My folks had this on once and I caught a blurb about how someone is anti-progressive but at least we have the Squad and I lolled. Can't say I sat around watching any more of it, but first impression was seems like a liberal Mind Palace production.