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- Apple TV+
- Feb 14, 2020
- Apple TV+
- Feb 14, 2020
Summary The documentary series narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Waithe features archival footage and new interviews to look at LGBTQ characters on television and the impact of the LGBTQ movement on the medium.
- Apple TV+
- Feb 14, 2020
- Apple TV+
- Feb 14, 2020
Summary The documentary series narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Waithe features archival footage and new interviews to look at LGBTQ characters on television and the impact of the LGBTQ movement on the medium.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
89
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Wonderfully through, powerfully outspoken five-part docuseries. [17 Feb - 1 Mar 2020, p.9]
Visible intertwines politics and pop culture with intelligence and clarity. Like any good story, it has heroes, villains, triumphs, obstacles, conflict, and catharsis. It contains many messages at once, but there’s one that stands out across it all: Television still needs more LGBTQ stories, and it needs LGBTQ people creating them.
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Based on 26 User Ratings
5.4
54% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 User Ratings
5.4
54% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
4% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
42% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
As a member of the LGBTQ community, this series makes me proud to be part of a community that advocates for love in a world that is currently driven by hate. Everyone, regardless, of who you are or how you identify should see this monumental series that declares our impact on society and that our voices will continue to resonate and be heard. Stay strong.
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SEASON 1
Spanning seven decades, Visible is comprehensive and fast-paced without sacrificing analytical depth. Even those well-versed in the subject should encounter surprises. ... White has created a fantastic and fair-minded account of the first several decades of LGBTQ representation.
While it feels like a 101-level course in LGBTQIA+ representation in TV, Visible: Out On Television is still a good overview of just how far the medium has come in this regard, and how far it has to go.
Visible: Out on Television is a reminder how far both TV and society have come, but also the setbacks and sacrifice in the uneven road getting there. While we remember many of these big moments, what White has done is to meticulously connect the dots -- drawing in lines that history has a way of rendering, well, invisible.
The first three chapters are particularly strong, especially as they examine areas of media coverage like news reports, reality shows, soap operas and talk shows, all of which have heretofore been underserved in the larger conversation about LGBTQ+ representation on TV. ... As could be reasonably expected, the last two episodes that creep closer to the present aren’t nearly as focused as the first three, without the advantage of greater distance from its subjects to reflect.
Visible does a convincing job of using TV to take the pulse of the American people.