First,
if you haven’t watched this video
by Livi, you should do so now! It
features appearances by Kate Conway and Lindsey Middleton and incorporates
theme from the show. The song itself is
incorporated into the latest episode of OWD.
If you’re thinking “Livi who?”
she’s an uber-talented Canadian singer/songwriter.
Next,
you should watch this
announcement by some members of the cast of Out With Dad, especially if you
like rocks!
Hopefully
those of you in or near Canada (and having a valid passport) will be able to
attend the party and have fun while supporting this wonderful show.
Upon
further viewing, I’m not sure if the rock thing was intentional. I hope no one is disappointed if they don’t
get a rock…
But
now, on to “Out
With Doubts”, the latest episode of Out With Dad. As always, Jason has my brain revolving as I try to digest the
developments that happen to our cast!
I
think I’ll start with Ryan Brown.
Yes! Ryan Brown! I’m so happy to finally “meet” him. And though he has no lines, his personality
shines through with his actions and Vanessa’s comments about him. I’ve wanted to see what he’s like since she
first mentioned him a few episodes (and many months by out time scale)
ago. Ryan is a quiet kid who gets
picked on. I hope his relationship with
Vanessa is making him feel better about himself and giving him some
confidence. I’d think it would be hard
to pick on the kids when he’s hanging out with her all the time. After all, what does he care what other kids
think when he’s with the girl he’s “totally in love with”? The other guys are no doubt just jealous,
anyway! Which brings up a potentially
difficult situation: what happens if Ryan finds out about Vanessa’s sexual
orientation? We the viewers don’t
really know for sure if Vanessa is gay or bisexual or what. But all someone has to do is find out about
Rose and then they might suspect Vanessa and then they might harass
Ryan…(Something like “You idiot! You’re
in love with a lesbian!”) it would be totally stupid, yes. But people act stupid sometimes. And of course, I think Ryan’s a nice
friendly kid, but he may have been raised to believe homosexuality is sinful,
and if he heard something, suspected something, or Vanessa told him something,
he might turn against her. Or believe
that he really is an idiot for falling for her.
Well,
that sure is a lot of contemplation I’ve done about a character that appears
for about two seconds!
By
the way: Vanessa’s back!! Though the above pretty much covers what
she’s been up to lately. Her news about
how her mother seems to have forgotten Rose exists sounds like the typical
reaction her mother has when she doesn’t agree with someone’s lifestyle. I don’t see Vanessa getting permission to
spend time with Rose anytime soon. If
she wants to see Rose, she’s going to have to sneak it in. Which will be disastrous if she gets caught.
On we
go to Claire. She’s still being Claire
as she disrupts Rose’s English class with some sophomoric hijinks. Okay, I’m being intentionally over-critical
of her behavior. Really, she seems to be
taking an opportunity to be funny without thinking about the consequences. Her outgoing personality and desire to make
Rose smile make it very easy for a viewer to like her. And she seems to have Vanessa worried.
Nathan
has one of those moments in life you hate.
This scene is based on an event that happened in Writer/Director Jason
Leaver’s life. Though I’ve never been in a meeting such as this, I’ve had
encounters with prejudice people who just seem to assume I’ll agree with their
prejudices. There’s really nothing Nathan can say or do that will change the
homophobic thoughts and actions of his client.
He has to sit there and bite his tongue. If he said something it certainly would lose him some needed
money and change nothing about the client.
You would think the idiot would have realized his story wasn’t
entertaining to Nathan and his colleague by their lack of reaction to his
tale. When I went back to re-watch this
episode, this scene was hard to watch again.
It’s frustrating and makes me want to reach into the screen and do
something Nathan can’t! Well done to
the actors and Jason Leaver!
Wow! I can’t believe I’ve written this much and
haven’t even gotten to the big decisions ahead for Rose! I’m just going to post what I have here now
and write more later. I’ll post part
two of my review as soon as I get it done!
See
you then!
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