Time To Get Critical About Representation in “Shameless”
A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.

11:07 am Montreal / 6:07 pm Beirut - 11h07 Montréal / 18h07 Beyrouth: As part of a series of experiments on celluloid, this capsule was made to mark the exact time of the catastrophe and its echo throughout continents and time differences A capsule from Chantal Partamian’s "Katsakh" project, experiments on and with film originally published on Instagram. “Katsakh” means vinegar in Armenian, in reference to the vinegar syndrome, “the chemical degradation that occurs with cellulous acetate film”.
A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.
You've heard the phrase “If looks could kill,” but have you heard “If dancing could kill?” Pretty Lethal takes that idea and runs with it.
... La huesera haunts her daily life, leaving people to question her viability as a mother, and Valeria’s lack of satisfaction with her life leave her asking similar questions. These misgivings reach their peak after the baby is born, when Valeria, visibly in a state akin to possession, locks her in the fridge when she won’t stop crying through the night
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