this whole discussion is about how non-kid viewers enjoy more nuanced storytelling. these viewers grew up mostly in the 80s and 90s, when this was not the case for kids' shows or even many older-oriented shows. as one of these viewers, i can attest to this.
i also saw shows begin to develop out of this in the last decade, but from the pov of someone whose formative tv-watching years were spent on less nuanced storytelling from the 80s and 90s, shows like su not being hamfisted or one-note is still surprising and amazing to many of us.
so su isn't anything special compared to shows now, but compared to the shows we grew up with, it is. a lot of shows today still surprise me with how much better they are than the ones i had to grow up with, nostalgia factors notwithstanding.
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i also saw shows begin to develop out of this in the last decade, but from the pov of someone whose formative tv-watching years were spent on less nuanced storytelling from the 80s and 90s, shows like su not being hamfisted or one-note is still surprising and amazing to many of us.
so su isn't anything special compared to shows now, but compared to the shows we grew up with, it is. a lot of shows today still surprise me with how much better they are than the ones i had to grow up with, nostalgia factors notwithstanding.