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.

A historical reading of the first Armenian refugee communities, as they developed throughout the Greek territory after the Asia Minor disaster, parallel to an observation of a particular view of modern Athens, where the children of the Neos Kosmos Primary School try to preserve their Armenian identity.
A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
Disney has hopefully learned some lessons since 1994. Are those lessons reflected in the 2019 remake of "The Lion King?"
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.