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A thought about Ted Lasso [1]

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Date: 2023-06-04  

We have come through a 25 year run of amazing television featuring a ridiculous run of well-written, compelling psychopathic and sociopathic characters. It started with Oz - wall-to-wall psychos subjecting victims to an unending string of unpunished cruelty. Then Tony Soprano. Dexter Morgan. Don Draper. Walter White. One highly-successful sociopath after another. (All White men, but that's another discussion) Each new show since that has made an impact seems to be trying to out-awful the last, with increasingly selfish, vicious, amoral and unremorseful characters.

We have come through a 25 year run of amazing television featuring a ridiculous run of well-written, compelling psychopathic and sociopathic characters. It started with Oz - wall-to-wall psychos subjecting victims to an unending string of unpunished cruelty. Then Tony Soprano. Dexter Morgan. Don Draper. Walter White. One highly-successful sociopath after another. (All White men, but that's another discussion) Each new show since that has made an impact seems to be trying to out-awful the last, with increasingly selfish, vicious, amoral and unremorseful characters.

The response to Ted Lasso is a strong reaction to this trend, and reflects a long pent-up need to see something in our culture that reflects not just kindness, but kindness rewarded. The praise the show received is possibly a bit disproportionate, but that only reflects how long this pent-up need has been unmet.

The response to Ted Lasso is a strong reaction to this trend, and reflects a long pent-up need to see something in our culture that reflects not just kindness, but kindness rewarded. The praise the show received is possibly a bit disproportionate, but that only reflects how long this pent-up need has been unmet.

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