Because writers are responsible for any possible offense that any hypothetical audience member could take at anything in the story?

I get that, but now we're asserting that the writer ought to change the way he's writing the story to comport with social norms outside the story. That's an artistic issue, and I think there's a good argument that kind of hypertechnical nitpicking makes writing worse rather than better.

I don't think that's necessarily what happened, but I'm not that far into the show. And anyway, I doubt most Buddhists would be bothered by that. It's one of the most frequently wide-scaled syncretized religions I can think of.

I haven't seen beyond the third episode, but apart from the setting, how is that substantially different from the night club in Luke Cage? We were treated to a LOT of strategizing in and around there, when very little actually happened there until episode 6 or 7.

I didn't see a racial element to the insult at all in the scene, and the context made it very clear there was none.

Yeah, the word I kept seeing was "corporate litigation." Now having seen three episodes, I'm not convinced the reviewers know what "corporate litigation" means.

The violent outbursts definitely make me think he has a way to go. :) But you're right, he's obviously trying to practice Buddhism and having some degree of success.

Daredevil S2 got worse. They wanted to make a legal/journalism drama and obviously had no idea how either industry works. And Elektra, an annoying character to start with, wasn't much better. But I guess around here it's cool to complain that the ninjas were racist, or something.

"Though Danny didn’t help his case by talking about his powers, on the other hand, given how many Avengers, Inhumans, Sorcerer Supremes, and genetically manipulated people are running around, maybe Dr. Edmonds should learn to be a little less skeptical about people who claim they have special abilities."

Well, we can talk about why he's written that way, but I don't know for sure. After just two episodes, I feel like giving it the benefit of the doubt.

You're not imagining things. I've watched the first two eps and it's not dramatically different from Luke Cage in terms of quality, whatever you think of its politics.

Yeah, I have only watched 2 episodes but they have been fine thus far. Better than DD season 2, worse than JJ season 1, which is to say, pretty much the same as any other Marvel show on Netflix. I think the hatred towards this derives from a super-textual issue.

I read the naivete as a philosophical inclination, though it's not perfect. Danny obviously subscribes to some form of Buddhism, though his frequent bursts of violent anger (and his insistence that he only feels like himself when he's fighting) show he's far from a perfect practitioner.

Agreed. It was fine. I hate to be that guy, but I feel like the critical piling on this show is more of a PC knee-jerk reaction than a reaction to anything having to do with the show itself.

Eh, I feel like this one was hobbled before it got out of the gate by the whole "cultural appropriation" thing, which isn't a fair basis on which to criticize the show. I'd have more confidence in the negative reviews if any of them if they just decided to forego this topic and review the show for what it is.

Thank God, they sort-of fixed the comments. At least the "Emperor's New Clothes" phase didn't last as long as I feared it would.

I cant' speak for most countries, but that's true on Japanese TV. There was one show I saw last year that had a white blonde lady on it (it was an historical drama, natch) and it made me realize how rarely I see anyone of Japanese TV who isn't ethinically Japanese.

Since when does the idea of "representation" take any precedence whatsoever over storytelling? If we start keeping characters alive because they are gay, or Asian, or whatever, we're putting artificial complaints on the story.

I don't get the criticism that Iron Fist is white. He's always been white. Why would they change that for this show?

Fair point. Everybody hated that and it turned out to be brilliant. But David Lynch is a pretty unique case.