by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Believe the hype about Fleabag is all I gotta say. It really is as good as you’re led to believe. I’ve seen a lot of clips on YouTube, but only by watching the show all the way through do you get some sense of its pathos.
Not since Mare of Easttown have of I watched a TV show that made me realize I need to really work hard as possible to make the character in my first novel as interesting as possible. If the audience has been exposed to Fleabag, then I really need to do my best to make my novel’s characters — especially the female characters — as thought provoking as possible.
I totally get how some people watch the first season of Fleabag and are totally destroyed by it. The only reason why I didn’t burst into tears after watching the first season of Fleabag is I’m an Old and I’m so jaded that I am able to distance myself from the whole thing.
The only thing I can compare Fleabag to is The Wolf of Wall Street. The two have a very similar vibe to them — they challenge the audience in various ways. They’re both very thought provoking in their own way.
Now, I have to start watching season two of Fleabag.
