Supercontext: an autopsy of media: Jessica Jones, Season One

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Hosted by Charlie Bennett and Christian Sager.

Oct 7, 2016

Why didn't the dark Marvel superhero Netflix series "Jessica Jones" live up to our expectations? We look at the intersection of corporate entertainment, feminism and creativity to find out. Along the way we uncover the creepy secret of how your binge watching is being tracked by telephone surveillance.

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over six years ago

Spinalcold

I just want to point out one thing you may have missed about the show (mostly this is the fault of the advertising). The show is NOT about feminism, at least that's one of the smallest ideas behind it. What it is really about is addiction. Everyone in the show is addicted and it shows how addiction drives very bad decision making. Killgrave is addicted to Jessica (the one thing he can't control, like addiction), Jessica to alcohol and to her own pain, Trish to being a superhero, the twins to each other, etc etc.

Not saying the show is for everyone, it clearly isn't. But through the framework of addiction the show makes much more sense and I love it.

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