Within such a short period of time, Netflix’s
She-Ra reboot has come and gone, yet with only 52 episodes, it delivered a more complete, heartfelt, and engaging narrative than many before. What it has done for LGBTQ animation cannot be overstated. Even at its most “conservative,” a lesbian couple has been in the intro card, and Bow had two fathers. It also delivered unto me Catra, one the best female characters in fiction in the past ten yes. No, that is not hyperbole.
She-Ra is part of a new generation of shows where queer creators get to call the shots, and because of the work of shows like
Best of 2020 (Behind the Scenes): How BoJack Horseman showed us The View from Halfway Down Tyler Aquilina
The final half-season of BoJack Horseman
, which dropped on Netflix in January, saw the titular equine antihero spiral away from the redemption arc of the season’s first half. BoJack, a recovering alcoholic, former sitcom star, and frequently terrible person (or horse), saw the sins of his past exposed to all of Hollywood, became a pariah, and relapsed, ultimately confronting death in the series’ haunting penultimate entry, “The View from Halfway Down.” Here, episode scribe Alison Tafel explains how the BoJack writers cracked one of the year’s most acclaimed half-hours of TV.
meteor. if it goes more shallow, it will bounce off the atmosphere. and while it s falling, it s essentially, a meteor, falling into the martian atmosphere. the martian atmosphere is very thin, and that s what makes landing on mars so very difficult. it s 1% the amount of air that we have on earth, and that makes it difficult to slow down. let me once it s about halfway down can i hit pause on the science for a second, because i want to explain to people, and miles, let me go to you. we have another box on the screen, and i m assuming, this is pasadena. is this the jpl lab? are these the folks that are steering this thing for lack of a better word? well, at this point, they re just going for the ride, brooke. as he pointed out, this is an automated thing. the people in that room, they are the river boat gamblers of science, brooke. they put their chips on the table, they spend a decade or so working on a mission and it all comes down to 6 1/2 minutes and it s either a great
30 feet, and you jump off. halfway down, you re going, i want to do this again. the fear only lasts a second or two. one, two, and it s over. just jump. ride the plane down. first time i skydived, he said if you don t do it, you have to ride the plane down. that was me bungee jumping. that s nuts. don t ride the plane down. thanks both of you. this week s #yourbizselfie is from lee eckel who owns the triangle food tour company in raleigh, north carolina. created in 2008 they conduct walking craft beer and food tours in raleigh chapel hill and other local areas. close to my heart because that s where i went to college. now, why don t you walk on over to your smartphone, take a selfie of you and your business and send it to us at yourbusiness@msnbc.com or tweet it to @msnbcyourbiz. don t forget to put your name, the name of your business and your location and use #yourbizselfie. thank you, everyone, so much for joining us.
it s also like going off the high dive. you re looking down and it s 6 feet off the water, looks like 30 feet, and you jump off. halfway down, you re going, i want to do this again. the fear only lasts a second or two. one, two, and it s over. ride the plane down. first time i skydived, he said if you don t do it, you have to ride the ride down. that was me bungee jumping. that s nuts. don t ride the plane down. thanks both of you. this week s #yourbizselfie is from lee eckel who owns the triangle food tour company in raleigh-durham, north carolina. they have walking food and craft beer tours of raleigh-durham, chapel hill and other local areas. close to my heart because that s where i went to college. now, why don t you walk on over to your smartphone, take a selfie of you and your business and extend to us at yourbusiness@msnbc.com or tweet it to @msnbcyourbiz. don t forget to put your name, the name of your business and your location and use #yourbizselfie.