Kevin Keller as Casey Cott on Riverdale
I happened to be only a little amazed (and, to be truthful, excited) whenever a Bumble was got by me notification showcasing a competition to win a romantic date with Riverdale star K.J. Apa. It appeared like harmless promotion: One fan that is lucky invest your day volunteering with Archie Andrews. But we started initially to concern the media partnership whenever alleged feminist relationship app Bumble began appearing in the CW adaption associated with the Archie comic guide show. Unlike the majority of these real-life peers, Archie (K.J. Apa) and buddies (all played by 20-somethings) rarely cope with the adolescent battles of human body modifications and discovery that is romantic. Riverdale’s steamy intimate moments feel just like impractical as the show’s convoluted plots.
The actual only real teen who is depicted fumbling through relationship is Kevin Keller (Casey Cott), Betty’s (Lili Reinhart) closest friend therefore the first-ever homosexual character into the Archie world. As Jackson McHenry had written in Vulture, Kevin is not able to find connection “amid Riverdale’s heteronormative embrace of high-school love triangles, dances, and periodic S&M fugue states.” But once he turns to cruising, the concern his friends express for his well-being—a killer that is serial fundamentalist Christian values is terrorizing town, after all—comes across like scolding. Riverdale’s straight teenagers date without fear, utilizing the outcome that, as Kevin reminds Betty, “You behave like we’ve got the exact same pair of opportunities [for romance], but we don’t.”
Continue reading “Swipe Left When Marginalized TV Characters Seek Out Dating Apps”