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TV: The Last Kingdom S1-4

Prior to this, the last show I binged was Gomorrah. Really enjoying the show - great ability to introduce, new compelling characters but sustain a series of main storylines over time. Sort of an interesting example to examine "wokeness" in popular culture because something clearly happened between Season 4 and 5 in terms of casting. So to give some context - the show is about the battles between Saxons and Danes set in like 800s England - so yeah, everyone is white...

But in Season 5 E1, they very noticeably cast a deaf person and a black person in roles -- for what reason -- I don't know, other than I imagine they were trying to hit some diversity mandate or the showrunners suddenly became self conscious. It's sort of weird to see after watching 4 seasons of what felt like a fairly consistent vision. I wonder to what extent we'll continue to see this logic continue on TV shows -- maybe Season 2 Pachinko will feature Michael Pena as the Emperor of Japan.