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2020 has been a tough year for the arts with cinemas and theatres closed and festivals and gigs cancelled. Despite this there has been an outpouring of creativity much of it inspired by the lockdown and Black Lives Matter. Socialist Review asked 10 of our readers and contributors to pick the culture they have most enjoyed under quarantine.
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There’s nothing ground breaking about the central story line of Canadian comedy Schitt’s Creek (rags to riches in reverse), but one aspect of the approach is certainly refreshing. The show doesn’t get everything right; the only black character is the (fantastically sardonic) town councillor Ronnie, for example. What it does do well, in my opinion, is it’s treatment of the central character’s pan-sexuality. When actor Dan Levy, who co-wrote the show and plays David, was interviewed about it he said they had considered how to deal with David’s sexuality and in the end decided that, as in life, it just shoul