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Judy Kerman's avatar

I’m only part way through (Beth Harmon just lost her first game, to the boy wonder asshole). I know just enough chess that it’s a major reason I'm interested in the series. I see your point, Erica, about the almost complete lack of the kind of sexist sniping a woman of that time would have received. I also can’t help seeing her relationship with her adoptive mother as exploitative - Beth is clearly a meal ticket, whose obsession is useful and whose drug addiction is enabled. For me, that’s a very dark aspect, although subtle.

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Penfist's avatar

Wishing thinking kills people every single day. I think that is my main takeaway since I have not watched the flick and probably won't. Painting the past with a rosy glow (quoting you) is extremely dangerous because it prevents forward progress and the evolution of our species.

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