Mark Gilman

Solid 4. Promised just a little too much, never quite fully delivered. Everything got sewn up just a little too neatly without enough story development, villain development (hardly even a villain character or introduction) and it spent a little too much time on trying to be funny. All in all, a decent rainy day flick.

As a gay man, I was looking forward to seeing this series. As a fan of Ryan Murphy, I was certain I would love it. Well, I don’t love it. I barely even like it. Why?? Because the whole damn thing is sooo Pollyanna-ish. It’s sickly sweet; all the good-looking characters are just extra, extra EXTRA nice and sweet to one another and everyone has constant happy endings and just BLECH! I wish Ryan Murphy has just poured 1,000 grams of white sugar down my throat rather than inflict us all with this slick, pretty, lurid and much more pro-gay version of, well, Pollyanna. Ryan is sooo much more talented than this glossy, aesthetically elegant SCHLOCK he just produced in ‘Hollywood’ the Netflix Series. Hey Ryan- Glee was simply OUTSTANDING as a show- but that doesn’t mean that you can just take a dump in a pretty box, slap a bow on it and insist that it’s an ‘instant classic’. I had to stop watching by the sixth episode; I was afraid I was gonna contract Viewers Diabetes from all the saccharine, sappy characters and happy endings.

Despite romanticizing Slavery and The despicable Lost Cause of the Confederacy, GWTW is a timeless classic, with well-written characters and superb dialogue enhanced by nearly peerless acting. Well worth not just one viewing, but several, over the course of a lifetime...

Love this show! Brilliant, funny, fresh and original- it’s a hit for me

Love LOVE this show!!