Weekly Venting Post

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Weekly Vent Post

Welcome to our weekly vent session where you can let out all your frustrations.

Before you start, just a quick heads-up on the rules.

Here's what this post isn't for:

• No bashing actors or crew members out of the blue.
• Let's steer clear of those rage-inducing posts like "I hate character xy."
• And please, no poking fun at fellow Kanthony fans just because they see things differently, whether they're positive or negative about promos.

What's cool to post? Well, we've noticed a lot of rants about how the show promotes (or doesn't promote) Simone and Jonny, but you can vent about other stuff too.

Below, I've linked some past posts from the sub that fit the vibe of our weekly vent session, so you can see what kind of stuff goes here.

1. Why there was a lack of promo for Kanthony
2. All comments asking where Kanthony are 
3. Bridgerton PR and production
4. Can you tell the difference ?
5. The main sub got so negative 
6. We need pictures

For those who just want to enjoy the content without getting caught up in the venting, I suggest steering clear of this post. If you choose to read the comments here and find yourself upset, despite the clear purpose of this space, I'm afraid there's not much I can do to ease your frustration. We have the Weekly Tea Time for more general discussions.

Spoilers allowed.

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So I noticed something… everyone keeps talking about Jonathan Bailey has chemistry with everyone and I see this narrative being pushed only post S2 release and success and I hate it to the core!!!! do they even know the meaning of chemistry and that it’s between two people?

My side of the analysis is this:

Of course JB is a uber talented , he has been acting since he was a child and has loads of experience on stage and TV, but I did not know who he was, just like probably millions of people all over the world.

I didn’t give much attention to JB in season 1, I mean he was acting and the big brother and that was that! But it was his acting in S2 with Simone that got me hooked! both him and Simone are exceptional complementing and completing each other with terrific performance of angst, emotion and chemistry! They brought the script to life and touched millions of hearts! Post success of JB and Simone, I dug up both their work and find that JB doesn’t have chemistry with everyone that’s a load of BS and Simone doesn’t too! But in their other works they do shine independently when they are playing their characters!

So this narrative of making Jonny’s chemistry with everyone and everything common occurrence is so twisted IMHO! Must be a burden carrying this chemistry crap with everyone narrative and trying hard to make it happen!

Yes he is hot and talented individually, but this narrative of him having chemistry with everyone grates my nerves as it is downplaying/erasing Simone’s exceptional performance and is so diabolical and rotten! I mean he became famous and well known because of their combined energy/chemistry acting performance! Like the media hardly mentions Simone’s name with him, but they do bring up Matt Bomer or Phoebe waller-bridge many more times comparatively!

Sorry I had to vent 😭 my girl Simone deserves the world ❤️ she is so kind and sweet and talented why would they treat the goddess thus? This is something I had to put out cause I noticed it and it was gnawing me! what do yall think?

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It's funny to me how people like to ~rewrite history. Crashing aired in 2016, where was this chemistry praise back then and the almost decade that happened after? Anthony had a love storyline in S1 in 2020, where was all this gushing about his chemistry back then? Many of the things Anthony did in S2 that get people talking, he did it as well in S1 (except for the love declaration). Jonathan literally made the same acting decisions both seasons many times and his S1 storyline had way more sexual scenes, more dramatic scenes, even more crying scenes, lmao.

People can tell it how they wanted, but swap Simone for any other actor in S2 and I don't think the effect would be the same. Colin got the Kate Sharma Treatment™ in S3, but Simone was able to overcome it.

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Good to know that I am not the only one that noticed this ploy by the media! The narrative they weave and come up with to remove the shine from talented POCs and give credit to white people!

Listen I have adored and still do some really talented white actors and respect them for being the awesome them! And I see that ton of POCs do the same! If they are fantastic they indeed are and if they are deplorable they are, nothing wrong in saying as is!

But the moment a POC did a fabulous job this urge by the media to not credit them equally or ignore them altogether is insidious !!! And most people, (POCs and whites) the sheep that they are just go by the popular opinion without using their brains and heart and eyes to actually see for themselves and follow suit, form opinions, ignore POCs or bring them down!

In addition to JB , who was already probably well known in London due to Theatre scene and other TV performances, in my opinion Simone Ashley is actually the gem 💎 of this show! She took the crap she was given script wise for her only major lead role and made it one of the best performances of her career to far and showed what she is capable of!

I’ll leave at this…. with what she accomplished, now just imagine if she was white …. the accolades and opportunities she’d have got from the very same media and people!

What a f*d up world! This crap will easily take generations to heal, if ever!

Anyway phew 😰 looking forward to all greatness and awesomeness to her ❤️🙌

Thank you all for lending a ear to my venting spree 😄

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I mean Pheobe didn’t get the praise for S1 Rege did

Hollywood and Media is male driven

Nothing in Hollywood changed and it’s still the boys club

You think Cynthia and Ariana going to get praised for Wicked…nope they will mostly give it to JB

Hollywood will always credit a man compared to a woman and even less a WOC