Brits of Saidit, how realistic are the relationships in the TV show Misfits?

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[–]ClassroomPast6178 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I think Jet is just joking.

Lauren Socha who played Kelly got caught being extremely racist to a member of the public (basically she beat up a cab driver whilst screaming racial epithets, for which she plead guilty and got a suspended prison sentence) and lost her role. Robert Sheehan, Antonia Thomas and Iwan Rheon got super famous and had movies, if I remember right. So it was the actors leaving that caused the change in cast rather than the producers just dropping the cast (other than Lauren Socha).

As for the wokeness, it really is only since about 2015 that the woke stuff really started to get crazy here - prior to that stuff like Misfits would have been considered fairly normal TV aimed at young adults. The US is ahead of the game with woke, why that is is probably an interesting question to investigate.

The Nazi alternate history storyline was a good one in the later seasons.

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Lauren Socha

I read about that, "do you know who I am?" Lol. How did a girl with a face like that get on TV?

Robert Sheehan, Antonia Thomas and Iwan Rheon got super famous and had movies, if I remember right.

Iwan Rheon went on to Game of Thrones, and Robert Sheehan to Umbrella Academy. Antonia Laura Thomas didn't do anything too notable, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett just did theater.

why that is is probably an interesting question to investigate.

I am guessing the typical Saidit answer would involve "The Jews."

[–]ClassroomPast6178 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Antonia Laura Thomas didn't do anything too notable

I have a feeling, looking at her IMDb, that her agents thought she could make the move to the US. Doesn’t look like it paid off particularly well, but she hasn’t been out of work.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett just did theater

That’s a completely valid thing for an actor in the UK. It’s not seen as being secondary to TV/Film.