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Of course you need to evaluate a show primarily on its entertainment value, not its message - something I fear is being lost in today's society with today's award requirements - but Minx is successful in both metrics, without being offensive to any parties that may begin to harbor resentments - I highly recommend this but be forwarned of the plethora of wangs dings and weeks haha nah but ya for real.. Enjoy!

Great show, the characters are excellent. The 4 main players are outstanding and Joyces sister steals every scene she is in, The production values are stellar and THE VIBE is right on point. You really do feel the 70s coming straight for you.

They found lightning in a bottle with this show. I had forgotten how important the ERA and NOW was something that was worth fighting over.

There was a lot to fight for in the 60s and 70s and I think young people today might get an idea, (from this show), that their forebears really did do them solid favors fighting that fight.

2 episodes in and I love it. Short sharp episodes and love the 70s themes. Jake Johnson is great as Doug and Joyce reminds me of a young Diane Keaton. Lots of smutty humour.

Remember Hacks? When it premiered on HBOMAX? Of course you don't. You ignored it. Until it swept wins in all the major Emmy categories. Then everyone was like, "huh, guess I'll have to check it out." Well, Minx is the next Hacks and probably a better show, at least so far. Two episodes in and it's the best thing on TV currently. 1971, Los Angeles- a young feminist looking to start a pro-feminist magazine teams up with a low rent pornographer to create Minx, a magazine for women that lures them in with nude men. This show is utterly fantastic and Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson are perfect in their roles. If your not watching you're missing out. 5/5 stars.

Update: Just finished Season One. I was right. It is the best show in TV right now. The characters are perfect, the story is engaging and the costumes are...*chefs kiss* If you haven't watched it yet, do it and then demand a second season.

WOW. This was fantastic. Saw first two Episodes. I almost didn't watch it because the previews made it look a little corny and offensive. It actually has a lot to say and is very respectful to women and very sex positive, while still being really funny and heartwarming.

If you're uncomfortable around the area of sexual expression, you're probably going to be uncomfortable with this, but that might be a good thing. Expand the box!

Think Bridesmaids meets Playboy meets Gloria Steinem with a little New Girl thrown in.

I liked season one quite a bit. It was full of surprises and turns... had odd character quirks and was compelling.

Season two.. not so much... it's more drudgery where the story is concerned. The characters are still the same.. but.. there's not a great deal of humor in season two.. there's some.. but it's just, well, fleeting. For the most part it's leaned more towards drama for season two. It's still an okay watch, but not to the same degree as the first season was.

Season one was all about women in the 70s and Joyce pushing against the patriarchy to get her voice heard... eventually settling for the low-level publisher that was the only one who would gamble on her. This made for an engaging story. Season one pushed Joyce's moral boundaries to shoe how dedicated she was to getting a woman's voice heard.

Season two.. well. Season two is clearly pushing a different (more current) social agenda that has little to do with Joyce or the magazine. They've thrown out the driving factor which worked so well in season one in favor of a new, completely different, agenda for season two. Season two has NOTHING to do with feminism or pushing against the patriarchy.

One would think that Joyce, once she got published and it was relatively successful, completely gave up on pushing feminism in favor of this new (more current) social agenda. This makes it seem as though Joyce wasn't really interested in getting women heard at all.. she just wanted to make money and be successful and feminism was merely a vehicle to that capitalistic goal. That's NOT what season one presented.

In addition.. for season two.. Each episode seems to be oddly, overly orange in color - someone tweaked the color balance to make it more orange. They also seems to have applied some sort of soft blur to much of the episodes. This makes them all come across as slightly out of focus and REALLY orange. I thought I needed to get my eyes checked a couple times.. but when comparing side by side with other shows, its glaringly obvious they've intentionally altered the visuals on a global level for this series. I just don't understand these decisions for the visual aspect of season two - it does more harm than any of the scripts or acting does.

....and I must say I like it. I like the period setting, there is good acting, it's lighthearted fun, good writing and the casting is perfect. It has an obvious message but at the same time the message isn't overly in your face like a lot of other shows do.

It's definitely worth a watch. It got me hooked for sure.

Ok, not ALL of the writing is bad. Generally speaking, they do a good job of feminism advocacy. But it seems such a missed opportunity to make it all more "realistic" to get better drama, better commentary, and better laughs.

For example, the character of Shane is portrayed as a "dumb" guy, but in such an unrealistic way. Don't get me wrong: there exist real people who are a hell of a lot more stupid than this character is. It's just the way he is portrayed, a kind of sit-com handsome dumb guy. Even Kelso (Aston Kutcher from That 70s Show) was more realistic.

I was 9 years old in 1971, so I'm sort of familiar with this time period. It also seems like they're hitting too many stereotypes and exaggerations for the sake of always telling the audience: Hey, this is 1971!

And it's not as if I always hate it when something's not realistic: I absolutely love Toast of London, a ridiculous sitcom set in modern times, but with many tropes of late 1960s early 1970s British film and TV. Or how about Lady Dynamite, and completely ridiculous and brilliant sitcom partly about mental health.

Roger Ebert once said this about special effects: Stop motion looks fake but feels real. CGI looks real but feels fake. I think a comparison can be made in scripts. It can be quite possible to have a script full of completely fantastical, supernatural, and/or scifi elements but FEELS REAL. And it can be quite possible to have a script with none of those things, ostensibly set in the "real world" but FEELS FAKE.

I was pleasantly surprised when a friend texted me about this series. It's set in the 70s, but the issues and arguments are still very timely today. The writing is clever and the cast looks like they are having a fun time. If you are into himbos then this show without a doubt will be a turn on. Interesting that HBO Max picked this up rather than Netflix. Most of the cast have serious resumes in TV work and some film work and proves the point that you don't need an A list star to make a series work. The fashion and sets are spot on for the 70's so now I know where Gucci gets their design ideas from.

I'll start of by saying I enjoyed binging on Season One of Minx! It's fun, it's well acted, it's relevant, it's realistic in terms of how it portrays the treatment of women at that time in history, it celebrates women's strength, and it should be on the air, but I have some strong criticism. However, as I've only watched the one season, perhaps it's not applicable for the following seasons.

The characters are well cast and have good chemistry. Bambi's got to be my favorite character. The music department has made some really bold and effective choices with the soundtrack, featuring women artists whose work is relevant, timely, high calibre and deserves more recognition. It's a stylish show, which makes it really appealing, and great attention paid to wardrobe and set details. BUT-and this is where it comes to my strong criticism-I wish they'd paid as much attention to the details of the script as with everything else.

The first few episodes were littered with more than a hundred anachronistic phrases and idioms. In later episodes I caught far fewer, so maybe someone alerted the writers to this oversight. So much of the dialogue simply wasn't realistic, and employed concepts or phrases that hadn't yet been coined. For instance, jargon like "do lunch", "face time" "take back the mic", "childhood trauma", "narrative", "power dynamics", "gender equity", (gender equality-yes) "issues of consent', and "pivot back" just wasn't around in the 70s. This is maybe how people speak now, but not 50 years ago! The feminist ideals and concepts were there, but not that exact wording. For instance, you'd never hear anyone in the 70s refer to someone as a celebrity, but more likely a "star" or "famous" or a "celebrated figure". Another example is an allusion to the concept of color "seasons" in women's wardrobe choices. This didn't come out until the book, "Color Me Beautiful" in 1980. Even the nuances of inflection and pronunciation in the dialogue quite often miss the mark. For me, these details drew my attention from the story. I plan to keep watching, however, and I have my fingers crossed for the dialogue.

Get over the shock value of the full frontal. The show is fun and quirky. First in a while to make me laugh out loud. Also has a message without being heavy handed and taking itself too serious. I also like the camp factor. Great acting and writing.

There seems to be a formula to this show: lead actress remains stubborn in her wrongness then somewhere around the middle/end she realizes her faults and concedes. If you can get around Joyce's incessant holier-than-thou-ness then it's a very good show. All the other characters are extremely likable and the scenery is great. Just wish Joyce was less.... Joycey.

This one is a real howler. Looking at the positive reviews (and I include the professional critics) the pseudo-feminist theme and male nudity has clearly blinded some people to the very shoddy writing, direction and embarrassingly unfunny 'comedy'. The creator has one mainstream writing credit to her name - Desperados - and judging from its reviews it was another real howler.

I stumbled upon Minx and just watched the first two episodes, and I am so hooked. It feels like an edgier version of Good Girls Revolt. It's set in the 70s, but the issues are still very timely and the fashion is awesome. Love the writing. Highly recommend!

Great first two episodes, but have some advice for the writer.... get someone who was alive in the 1970's that can help with the proper vernacular spoken back then. We did not use "right now" at the end of sentences, such as "are you kidding me right now?" with the emphasis on the "right now?" Do some fact checking because the show is great.

Bad writing and some bad acting, maybe due to the writing? But Jake Johnson shines and the overall idea for a plot is good and fun! Definitely has potential.

Watching the commercials for the show, I did not think that Minx would be a show I was interested in. While I had enjoyed shows like "Hung," I was not sure I would be interested in a show set in the 70s with very adult themes.

I was wrong- Minx is surprisingly warmhearted and open-minded. Through the main character of Joyce, the viewer is able to examine their understanding of the world, their priorities, and the realities of playing the hand you are dealt.

I've really enjoyed watching this, I give it slightly above a 7/10 although it would be more of a 6/10 at best without Jake Johnson. Also, his staff (Bambi, Ricardo, his partner I forget her name) as well as the main character's sister are all excellent. The main character...I know she's supposed to be insufferable but honestly it goes a little too far for me. Might even be closer to an 8 if they had someone less pure obnoxiousness in that role.

All that being said though this isn't the kind of you're going to think about after it's over. Someone compared it to Hacks (although personally I liked that more) but just like Hacks you'll forget what happened in this show soon as you're done with it. It's still very entertaining, perfectly paced, and a generally fun watch. Just don't expect top quality prestige TV, but rather an above average time passer, more enjoyable than the average show but nothing compelling.

Also, just a weird observation, but whoever designed the prosthetic penises clearly doesn't have one of their own bc it doesn't look or move anything like the real thing.

Check it out, but the 7.9/10 IMDb rating isn't gonna hold. It's a good show and it's worth your time, but it's not THAT good. If we give everything we like 9s and 10s the ratings becoming meaningless...but I digress.

Very funny, well written and well acted. Excellent story of feminism and the ridiculous misogyny of the 70s. Way better than Mad Men. That's right, Don Draper, I said that.

The premise is indeed a very interesting one, especially when compared to most other shows, but the dialogue really falls flat a lot of the times and becomes extremely predictable by the second episode. It's really a shame because if the dialogue was good, this could easily be an 8 or 9/10, but it is just so bland and generic that I can't.

Shows the other side of the porn industry and the inequities involved. The characters are complex and not just run of the mill old characters of the same nature. Totally opposite of Boogie Nights or the People vs Larry Flynt. I cant wait for the rest of the season. Great show so far!

I have to say it's not all good, even losing some interests in the middle. The actors or the characters give more fun than the story itself. In addition to the leading actor's noisy acting and self-centered.characteristic, supporting actors are way better. Bambi is supportive, optimistic and energetic. Richie represents a flavor of consistency. Shelly shows a different side of housewife.

Minx is such an AMAZING show to watch. I hope you watch Minx. Please watch Minx soon. It is on HBO Max and there are going to be new episodes every Thursday.

Sexy fun quick binge I enjoyed watching it. It was way more entertaining than I expected hope to see it gets a second season. Kept me laughing..witty and sexually fun.