It really pisses me off that the POC writers were actually abused behind the scenes and left the show as result. It’s kind of ironic considering the producers are teaching us about racism while being racist themselves.

For me personally, Joey was the human embodiment of white Feminism🤷🏾‍♀️

I liked that it didn't have typical "cool kids" who were the bad guys and "dork kids" who were the good guys. Everyone was just an actual human being and there wasn't any black or white. Everyone had faults and also some good in them. Also, Laila was supposed to be hated. She did her job well.

The way I hate Leila. Like I feel for her in a sense, but the fact that she was doing all that was not needed. Girl only cared for herself:')

Dom not only has all the things she struggles with in the show but also has to CARRY the damn show on her back like what

I actually liked the main characters... because they felt like real people and were not bad despite their flaws. Things like Joey's white feminism or Syd's misogyny/internalized homophobia, felt intentional becase those things allowed the characters to have arcs and grow. And then there were the super chill characters like Jayson, who was more of an immature kid than a bad person and Dom, who was gorgeous and smart and perfect. The only truly unlikable character for me was Leila, who ACTUALLY did things out of malice and messed with very serious stuff. In general I don't think characters have to be perfect to be likable and I actually enjoy when they have room to grow... and I'm not talking about the guys who raped Joey because they were clearly not meant to be liked in the first place... it's not a flaw making the antagonists unlikable. Oh and hey I remember you saying the series was problematic but never saying why. I really don't get why it's problematic.

honestly i think all the characters were made to have flaws and be unlikable to show that no one is perfect, i mean obviously they all need to get their shit together because my GOD

lailas one of those girls who thinks she's the 'main character'

To me it just felt like a more realistic euphoria- there was always a lot happening that it was lowkey hard to keep up. I liked it tho, I really could see myself in the characters. Something I think keeps happening with tv shows that display high school dramas is that nobody really fws the characters, but IMO that's fine because at the end of the day this isn't a movie- it's supposed to be displaying a more realistic high school experience and growth just doesn't happen that fast.

I was impressed how they handled difficult topics on this show (for a netflix high school drama). This is the first time that I've seen a show actually show the consequences and trauma of SA. The psychological horror, the exhaustion of the process, the injustice... so upsetting and unfortunately realistic. Regardless if you like Joey as a character or not, I think the show did a great job at making us empathize with her. This is a very important point to me because I've seen shows that have SA scenes but only to shock the audience and after that nobody cares anymore. The plot just goes on like nothing happened. It makes me really mad because these scenes are very upsetting to me but the topic is never adressed again

I don’t know why I want to feel bad for Joey cause of what happened to her and I do feel bad and that should never happen to anyone female or male, but the way she’s such a performative activist especially a white feminist. I can’t shake this feeling that if it was someone else who had gotten assaulted especially by her friends she would still be friends with them and defend them to hell and back. Especially with Leila like I don’t like her but honestly the way the white boy treated her wasn’t it and Joey just laughed at it her laughed behind her. And it’s so weird how many people relate to Joey and call her an activist when she really isn’t. Is it weird I feel that she would act like this?

i thought it represented causal racism pretty well honestly. the two white boys saying racist things and then claiming their allies is very realistic (at least for me).

I feel like Laila sent the bomb threat also bc it cancelled that play that Sid’s sister was directing. Laila got the understudy role but never actually rehearsed anything, so when she actually got the part, she was unprepared and rightfully kicked from the show but she got mad for some reason. That’s another reason why I don’t like her.

The racist thing with sid I saw it happen all the time in high school. I watch this boy whose family is Egyptian and he would let his lacrosse friend call him a terrorist. Thee only time he stood up to them us when he was otp with his mom and speaking Arabic and they started saying he was talking about blowing shit up. UGH BOILS MY BLOOOD! Like the yt kids dont care. Periodt. Rude as hell

I wanna hang out with Dom’s character and friends. They’re my cup of tea 😌

To me the show is way more relatable than most of the teen shows. The characters are the types of people we all know and it covers real life issues. Shows like Euphoria are just bizarre to me because it's like eh worst case scenario of highschool. Grand Army had a lot of bad things happen in it but I like that it didn't super over sexualize the girls like Euphoria.

As a high school student in nyc, this show was pretty accurate. The atmosphere was familiar to me if that makes any sense like the way they acted in school was similar to what Im used to. The show had a lot going on and I have to say it was entertaining. To clarify, while it may be familiar to me, it is in no way a good thing. Nyc high schools suck for the most part, the only part that’s interesting is all the drama that goes on. Just like the show, there’s a lot going on and it’s entertaining but most of the time the events aren’t good events.

Grand Army is the most realistic depiction of high school I have ever seen. I also appreciate how diverse the show was, I rarely see any brown skin black girls and south Asian people on my screen! My only gripe with the show is that I felt like they did too much with the sex. At times, it felt like the characters were oversexualized but besides that, I really enjoyed it.

okay but man getting all these sponsorships... why do i feel like a proud mom??

I agree with what you said about the casual racism and how they’re like I’m not racist but continue to call Sid awful names but I feel like they did that intentionally. That’s def how it is in real high schools now and I think they were trying to make a statement on microaggression and how passive they were

I liked the show because I feel like it’s one of the closest portrayals of current teenage life... which is not saying much. Bar is on the ground. Directors really think we’re perpetually stuck in the 1980s. Anyways, it brought me certain awareness about topics like feminism and SA, etc... id even say it was one of the main shows that got me interested in feminism (and I learned not to approach it Joey’s way 😬). I’d say the characters are flawed, but still redeemable. Except Layla, she can really just 👉🏻🚔 I was really rooting for her at first two, as I am a former pick-me (embarrassing af). I think most girls are, and we all learn to grow out of it and want the best for each other. But she just kept getting worse and ✋🏻🙄

I feel like no one is talking about how much chemistry the actors have with each other. Might seem like a small thing, but it's definitely noticeable, and one of the things that kept me watching

honestly, dom and her friends are the best characters on the show and they should have a spinoff centered around them

Dom was my girl. As a Haitian, I identified so much with her family struggles. And yeah, I know people who got payed to marry someone and give them a green card. Joey and Leila were so... infuriating!

I watched the ending, like, five times. I didn't give a crap about the other characters. That last scene with Jayson made me cry every single time.

To be honest I don't know if I liked the show, but it felt a lot real to me, like I am based in India, so my culture is obviously different, but I could understand Dom's issues, have seen Liela in rl, and douchbags boys, the girl Joey who is woke and put herself into uncomfortable situation to prove herself(have been me, a little) but If I have to compare it to Euphoria, I will chose Grand Army any day, I have seen people going gaga over how great Euphoria is, and again I don't know the culture there, But to me GA seemed a lot real, it tries to cover many topics and I don't blame it for that

The way how Dom was trying to help take care of her brother and her sisters while she was in school is a lot of pressure.

U hit all the points with this one especially about ms laila she was concerning

I started the show being actually surprised by how realistic it was,you can say whatever you want about how unlikable the characters are,but they are exactly the people I met in real life and decided to keep my distance from,they can have their own struggles and we can identify with them but they all make mistakes and it felt very real to me...that being said I'm glad you made this video because I literally couldn't finish it after the SA scene,it was way too triggering to me that I closed it and didn't look back,I'm but surprised Leila got worse though,she annoyed me so much

but then you find out he's actually "🌸💗🌷🧁👾🌸💗🌺❇️💮💗💖💟💞💖" i died 😂

I will say that as a member of GenZ, being unlikeable as a main character is important to embody 99% of us.

“It just kinda seemed unfinished.” Idk if you know this but the was a cute little pandemic. I get the feeling that they got cut off by ms. Rona. Like they even mentioned the coronavirus situation in one of the later episodes so they were filming when this was a thing in our awareness and I feel like they probably just had to wrap it up when things got crazy. I’m not sure but that’s what it seemed like to me

I really liked the show. It has to be the most realistic portrayal of hs I've ever seen. And the fact that it takes places in Brooklyn made it even better. 😌👌🏾

Please try Blood & Water it's a South African Netflix original. First of it's sorts for SA..coz we not really into teen dramas here, but that one is a good one.

WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS WAITING ....

i really like the character of joey because you can actually see how superficial everything in her life was before the SA. i think one of the most impactful scenes is when she goes out for a run and sees her friends that assault her and she just has a full on panic attack, it’s like, she can’t even just go for a jog or dance or go to school anymore. it’s even more impactful BECAUSE you saw her performative activism and how careless she was about things before

I would love to hear your thoughts on On My Block and Bridgerton for a future video!

personally i think joey was doing her best with the small understanding she had about racism and sexism and other social issues. i think because we’re watching these characters after we’ve already been through high school or from a second-person perspective, we can see exactly where they went wrong and judge them for it, but in the moment a lot of us would have acted similarly or know people who we don’t exactly hate, who act similarly

Is it a common consensus that people don't like this show? I enjoyed parts of it, especially how not 30 everyone seemed and how much it seems like it's set in actual modern highschool (though I'm 22 now so what do I know). Everything else I just chalked up to it being one of ~those~ teen drama shows. Especially how much you want to shake the characters who just don't get it. I enjoyed the trigger warning for the SA that they put in the show (and was able to skip past it), but I found it weird that they didn't warn for every single flashback. I was personally surprised how triggering I found the opening scene. I haven't been through it, and I'm Canadian, so I didn't think i had that baggage. Anything based on past events (Columbine) haven't affected me because it feels very fictional due to the time, but I didn't realise until watching this that we all really wondered if it would happen to us every day. So basically if any American is reading this and wondering, approach it with caution. Edit: man, Dom and friends really carried this show. After hearing what you think of it, yeah, without their through line of friendship the rest would be worse.

This show hurt me like every teen show on Netflix

Okay I feel like Jay wasn’t that bad of a character, I feel like we’ve all done something messed up in our life that we didn’t think through, jay honestly never meant to do anything to mess up dom or Owen. He felt bad bc he’s human I feel like they represented him well, if anyone with a good heart was in the same situation they would react the same way as jay

Can the show just continue and focus only on Dom and her friends? They were the only characters that didn't annoy me beyond belief

Dom is the only one who deserves rights. I love her so much

I think this is the most realistic portrayal of high school I've ever seen in a show. I actually loved every character except Leila obviously lol. Joey reminds me a lot of myself, but her activism is all social media based not a bad thing probably the only way she knows but yeah. I don't think her activism is performative she just has different ideas of right and wrong. Why was it wrong she took a knee if she also believes black lives matter? When she interfered with Dom she did what she felt was right but it wasn't, not all her fault cause the teacher was biased though. I loved Sids story because those microaggressions are real. He was finding himself and it was a literal fight. The representation of both cultures between Dom and Sid were awesome too. I loved the representation.

I feel like if it weren't for the pandemic the ending would have been so much more satisfying

I will say as someone who went to school in BK NYC ( literally not far from the fake location of this school) kids have called in bomb threats as senior pranks. It happens a min of once a year. Its so fucked up but atm everyone is so used to it and because we walk. over to the elementary school a few blocks away most people leave and go shopping.

As soon as you described Syd and was like “he’s basics perfect” I just knew he was gonna be gay.

With Jay the best quote to describe him is: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" - the bible lol

shut up im so excited for this

STOPPPP. I loved the ending. It definitely gave what was supposed to have been given for me.

Idk if i actually liked this show, but i really like how real it is, i was expecting like "the good character and the villain" type of show but nope and i really appreciate thay

Agree 1000% on the ending... it just felt unfinished

I just recently found your channel and I'm so glad I did I literally love your videos!!! I've been binging your channel lmfao

I love your videos 🥰.. I’m surprised you’re not at 100k already, I hope you keep going with your great videos✨

I love your videos and opinions so much. Your very well spoken 😂❤️

This show was very deep. It shows the reality of students of color who aren’t privileged. Excited to see the next season

sick to see your account growing dude!! congratulations, love your videos

Just found ur channel a few days ago and now I’m binging all ur videos 😂 One of my new favorite channels!!

Dom's my favorite character. so relatable to me working almost full time while studying and dreaming of getting into some good college.

can i just take a moment to say how much i truly enjoy your videos, thank you!! never stop

5:23 I definitely wasn’t expecting this edit 😂

girl the way i been waiting on this

i was waiting for this after your critique of ginny and georgia!!

I wish this was longer🙏🏼 great video as always

i adore your vidéos genuinely thankful for the algorithm

I definitely agree with the ending I was so confused with Joey dancing at the end and I understand Jayson point but like you said it was the worst cliff hanger

Been waiting for this since that story post, glad it’s here!

Hey ImuRgency. Great review! You should definitely watch the HBO show industry and review the show on your KZfaq channel. The wildness is insane, but the intensity and emotions are so palpable in the moment. Definitely take a look at that show in its entirety. Have a nice day as well ImuRgency. 😃

found your channel recently and ive been really enjoying it. your show commentaries are always super interesting (:

The first episode alone scared me and triggered me so much. The camera work just sent me on a spiral

I really loved it, I understand not liking the characters but the show represent high schoolers really well and makes a great job showing them as real persons

It’s the sponsorships you’ve been getting for me 🙌🏾🙌🏾

I really loved this show. It felt really realistic and I know that people didn't really like the characters or misogyny and racism, I feel like that's the point of the show. It in some way shows people's actual struggles in life; the casual racist remarks people face, the narcissistic behaviours people show, the way people preach about activism but aren't willing to call out the people close to them, etc. It just shows what happens in real life and if you guys want a more in depth kind of review you can watch Tee Noir's review on this, it's really good.

Yassir finally getting that Grand Army review!!😆😆

"Bamboozlement" is the most perfect word here! 🤣

yesss I didn’t like any of the characters either! Dom was okay though

If you want a funnier take on hs I definitely recommend watching American Vandal. Definitely had me rolling😂

This show made me so anxious and idek why. After I watched it I cried for like an hour.

YOU FINALLY WATCHED IT 😩😩 (nd I see you with the sponsorship 😏)

I feel u but tbh this show is the most accurate representation of highschool tv show that I have seen at least

This is sooo true damn it. I just finished watching it and I’m speechless. You put my thoughts into words... and yeah the characters r really unlikeable. I thought it was really frustrating coz sometimes I feel sympathy 4 the characters but then they do really problematic things...

It was too real that was the problem, in the times we are living in we yearn for fantasy. That's why Euphoria is one of the most watched. It's treated more like a dream/nightmare of life. It has some realistic story lines but they are brought to extremes that would never happen and are pure entertainment. It was good timing for Euphoria. Grand Army might have worked way more in the late 90's early 2000's, when a lot more shows like that were on.

I actually think that what made the show so compelling was the fact that all the characters were somewhat flawed and not entirely likeable. I liked that it challenged us to think about causality and accountability. I think the fact that we weren’t so attached to any of the personalities made us more critical about their character arcs?

I AM SOO ANGRY THEY CANCELLED THE SHOW, I WANTED TO SEE JOEY GET JUSTICE

BYE I LOVE THIS SHOW

I love these videos and I loved your video on the show Ginny and Georgia! Keep up the good work!!

New follower and pretty much stayed for your relaxing voice.

comment challenge 🤪: i made a mistake somewhere in the video... first to comment the time stamp and what it was gets a heart

leila sent the bomb threat so that the drama performance she wasn't in wouldn't go ahead... not because she wanted to get back with her bsf. anytime she wasn't the centre of attention she had to ruin it

But we not gonna talk about the first 2 minutes of the first episode 🥴🥴 me and my friends will never be that close I don’t love them that much 😂😂

I’m a huge huge fan of your Vids.. sending love from Namibia 🇳🇦

Not me binging the whole season in a day just to watch this video 😭😂

I liked it’s realism and I think it had a lot of room to grow and improve. It’s a shame it got cancelled, I wanted to see what they would do with season 2. It sucks to hear about the black/POC writers, why am I not surprised?

This QUALITY woahhhhh 🥵🥵

i loved watching this video and i have never heard of this show before

Doms back must be hurting from carrying the whole damn show

I only watched the first couple episodes (I stopped before the episode where Joey got assaulted) so I didn’t really watch all of joeys scenes, but I did like that she took a stand against the dress code and the female solidarity when they all took off their bras that day to support her

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I love you reactions lmao 🤣. But how are you doin?

As an Indian , I personally related to how the Indian family was portrayed..like it's very real.. the way Sid's dad came around only when he got into Harvard , it was like that for me too...indian parents will sell their souls for good grades lmao💔 and the micro agressions to Sid was too real...like it's always like that , white people act they're allies but then act like that (most of the time) The show was very real to me and I think it was intentional for the show to make the characters unlikable and flawed Too bad it got cancelled and now we won't see the complete character arcs