Kevin Keller as Casey Cott on Riverdale
I became only a little surprised (and, to be truthful, excited) whenever a Bumble was got by me notification showcasing a competition to win a night out together with Riverdale star K.J. Apa. It appeared like safe promotion: One happy fan would invest a single day volunteering with Archie Andrews. But we began to concern the news partnership whenever alleged feminist relationship app Bumble began appearing within the CW adaption for the Archie comic guide show. Unlike almost all of these real-life peers, Archie (K.J. Apa) and buddies (all played by 20-somethings) rarely cope with the adolescent battles of human anatomy modifications and intimate breakthrough. Riverdale’s steamy intimate moments feel just like impractical as the show’s convoluted plots.
Really the only teen who is depicted fumbling through relationship is Kevin Keller (Casey Cott), Betty’s (Lili Reinhart) companion together with first-ever homosexual character within the Archie world. As Jackson McHenry had written in Vulture, Kevin is not able to find connection “amid Riverdale’s heteronormative embrace of high-school love triangles, dances, and periodic S&M fugue states.” However when he turns to cruising, the concern his buddies express for his well-being—a serial killer with fundamentalist Christian values is terrorizing the city, after all—comes across like scolding. Continue reading “Swipe Left When Marginalized TV Characters Seek Out Dating Apps”