everyone thinks rosa has this really badass boyfriend who probably wears leather and rides motorcycles and could probably kill u with his pinky finger or something
but then one day this really cute girl comes into the precinct to talk to rosa. she’s wearing a cute dress with bright happy colors and she’s so timid and soft spoken and awkward and the complete opposite of rosa
and everyones surprised bc this person is talking to rosa and rosa is being nICE and FRIENDLY to this girl????????????/ she even SMILED for her???????????????????????????????????
then the girl leaves and everyone’s like “uh rosa who was that”
– Of the seven main characters, only two are white men
– Of these two men, one has dozens of hobbies which includes local food critic, sewing, yoga, and other traditionally non-masculine interests
– The other seems to be a stereotypical overconfident jerk, however most of his arcs revolve around messing up and having to acknowledge and genuinely apologize for his screwups
– One of the main characters is a middle aged gay man who isn’t a TV stereotype, who is married and lovingly committed, bringing up his husband in casual conversation throughout the show without it being the only important thing about his personality
– Every female character has a distinct personality, goals and fears and aspirations, and all have multiple episodes focusing solely on exploring their characters and development
– GINA MOTHERFUCKING LINETTI
– Terry Crews as a big buff doting father
– Humor that never relies on offensive jokes or stereotypes, that is genuinely funny with great comedic timing
– Multiple accounts of close friendships between men and women without any implications that there will be more
– The few relationships that do exist between the main cast are developed naturally over time
Thank you for reading, go forth and enjoy this fantastic show!
Also, This scene exists
also one of the white men is jewish
the stereotypical overconfident jerk is jewish
i can’t emphasize this enough
^^^^^^ played by a proud Jewish actor too, which is even better than merely having non-stereotypical representation of your group
Literally the best show I’ve watched in years.
Also, GINA MOTHERFUCKING LINETTI is a gift unto this universe
Oopsie Doodle. Terry Crews as Terry Crews. All the unapologetic, casual-yet-pointed feminism.
So good.
Yes!
Also includes:
Punching homophobies in the face and this not being frowned upon what so ever.
The main white guy constantly calling out sexism, even casual sexism.
He called out TRANSPHOBIA. In a show that has no “reason” to do it other than that they decided “Hey, transphobia sucks, let’s find a way to toss off a line about that at some point when it’s not even the topic of the scene.”
one of my favorite things in Brooklyn Nine Nine is when you can tell the writers were like “you know, Andre Braugher is an extremely talented Shakespearean actor who graduated top of his class at Juilliard…..what if we took advantage of that for our sitcom”