We’re three episodes into season 2 of Cleverman, which means it’s time to pop our heads up and see how it’s all going. Are the West brothers still handsome but awful (but not as awful as the white dudes)? Has it fixed its Women Problem? Are there still Significant Birbs?
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No Award watches Cleverman 1.05 and 1.06
This week on Cleverman, Liz realises that the time difference whilst Steph was travelling meant she couldn’t frantically text her thoughts to Stephanie; Nerida and Linda continue to be smarter and more competent than the men of the family (sadly, we don’t get to see much of Alinta); Blair makes a truly terrible pun; Kora calls Koen an arse; Sloan continues to be deplorably boring and Steph texts ‘wow WOW’ to Liz quite a lot.
Because we had to wait until Steph’s return to Australia to review these, we’re reviewing them together, plus a season overall.
1.05
Liz: Three renowned Indigenous stage actors out of five.
Steph: Three renowned Indigenous stage actors out of five.
1.06
Liz: Three renowned Indigenous stage actors out of five.
Steph: Three and a half renowned Indigenous stage actors out of five.
No Award watches: Cleverman 1.04
This week on Cleverman, Stephanie yells ‘Nobody needs this’ half a dozen times, Latani and Alinta are our faves, and there is no Deborah Mailman.
Liz: Three Renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five
Steph: Four Renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five
We’re not sure if we’ll be able to post reviews for eps 5+6 immediately after, as Steph is on a plane RIGHT NOW and we’re not sure of her viewing capabilities in Germany and Poland, so the next review might be a combined one later in July.
No Award watches: Cleverman 1.03
This episode felt slower (its story was only over one day) but was no less difficult, Steph had to pause like three times on the way through.
Liz: Four out of five renowned Indigenous stage actors.
Steph: Three and a Half renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five (Too much white person business)
No Award watches stuff: Cleverman 1×02
We’ve received feedback saying that it’s sometimes hard to tell whether or not we actually like some of the media we talk about. (In fairness, you can usually tell when we hate something.) So we’re entering a brave new world of giving media points out of five, although, David and Margaret style, Stephanie and I are giving individual points and reserve the right to disagree.
(We also reserve the right to wear fabulous earrings.)
ANYWAY, episode 2 of Cleverman: Jorah Mormont is building an ark, Waruu is a dickhead (but a hot one!), Naked Corpse Lady has clothes now, and there are more women.
Liz’s rating: Four Renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five.
Stephanie’s rating: Four Renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five
No Award watches stuff: Cleverman
Last week saw the premiere of Cleverman, an Indigenous SF/superhero series airing on the ABC. We at No Award have been very excited for this show; here are some links and feelpinions!
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