DanDanSoy (2021) Episode 5: After Life

What a disappointing ending for this series. While I appreciated this series' efforts at being socially conscious, with the COVID-19 pandemic context incorporated in the plot/storyline, I didn't like the use of the outdated bury your gay and queer grief tropes. These tropes reinforce the notion that gays and queers don't deserve to be happy. Representations are good but if gays and queers keep seeing their representations get killed, as art critics and psychologists have pointed out, those representations can also be harmful. On Episode 5: After Life, Cardo died and Nathaniel was left to bury him weeping. The end. That was terrible. Screenplay was generally circuitous. Gino's acting was good but the prolonged dramatic scenes lessened the impact of his performance. Given the weak characterizations, it was also difficult to empathize and sympathize with the characters. Compared to previous episodes, audio-visuals were a bit better though. Overall, this was mostly an upsetting finale for this series.

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