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Baby Reindeer.

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GodZilah · 13/04/2024 11:38

Am watching this on Netflix and SPOILERS...

The main dude is being stalked by a woman and has a secret relationship with a trans woman (who appears to be a RL TW)

Am only 1.5 episodes in but 2 things have stood out to me so far.

When talking about the stalker the TW says 'she's a fantasist who's fabricated an entire identity'

And then (for context the guy has joined the TW dating app under another name as he's ashamed) she says to him 'it's illegal to have sex with someone under a false identity'

Is it my GC outlook or are these statements both highly ironic coming from a TW?

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NashvilleQueen · 13/04/2024 14:32

I am GC but I liked this show.

The actor is also the writer and the person to whom this happened. I don't think there's any TRA agenda. It was his experience of being stalked and his previous trauma which he used as the basis for a stand up show and now Netflix have made into a series.

I also liked the TW character and thought she challenged some of my usual perceptions. She is probably the most well adjusted main character in the programme.

My frustration was with him and his response to the stalker but even that is explained in the end.

It's a dark and difficult watch but glad I persevered. Jessica Gunning is incredible.

AgentProvocateur · 13/04/2024 12:21

This is based on a true story. I’m going to give it a watch. The main character wrote it, stats in it and was the subject of a RL
female stalker for many years.

MarieDeGournay · 13/04/2024 12:02

So NOT a cute little baby reindeer thread at all...my mistake 😏
It could have been Rudolf's baby, because all Santa's reindeer were actually female, males shed their antlers before mid-December.
But it's not, it's a Netflix thing. Sigh.

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GodZilah · 13/04/2024 11:55

OK. So he's just confessed to TW that he used a different name and pretended he was a construction worker to appear more 'manly'

And TW said 'that's the craziest thing I've ever heard, you're sick in the head'

🤔

Is the producer of this show GC and hiding these statements in plain sight or what?

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PriOn1 · 13/04/2024 11:54

Sounds fairly awful! I shall probably avoid it, so thanks for the heads up!

Still, I was hoping for something much lovelier from your title, so if anyone else opened the thread in hope of cuteness, here you go!

Baby Reindeer.
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GodZilah · 13/04/2024 11:43

Also the American TW is giving real Dylan Mulvaney vibes

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