Mar 20, 2021
This show is a classic case of the "golden rule" of "Show, don't Tell" gone horribly wrong, and trying to salvage any further predicament will only harm your brain cells, much less your eyes. I know I did.
But first, a crash course on "Show, don't Tell":
‘Show, don’t tell’ is a classic advice for writers – something like a ‘golden rule’, delivered with complete surety and an authoritative tone by the last generation of authors to the next. This ‘set in stone’ approach drives many authors to try and pick it apart, but it’s survived so long for a reason: it is good advice, most of
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the time. Learning how to ‘show’, and when to do so, is an important skill to have as a writer, and perfecting it can mean the difference between rich, immersive writing and flat, dull prose.
Now look at Gekidol. It shows us things, tells us things, but somehow it couldn't find the OOMPH factor to stay relevant, and proceed to butcher like it was nothing. If anything, I will say this now: SKIP this show and the "Alice in Deadly School" OVA tie-in, both shows are definitely NOT worth your time. And yes, you're not reading it wrong, those are extremely BOLD words of confidence.
Lightning round for what this show is (but honestly I don't care):
- A theater act disguised as a systematic approach to the postmortem setting, yet the BTS (behind-the-scenes) paints a graphic picture of confronting past mistakes and attempts to resolve whatever conflict that may come and fly by. SHIT.
- A love story for the post-apocalyptic setting that just doesn't click up with even power fantasy terminologies, and only has them because it's a requirement in name only. SHIT.
- Characters that are gathered together for the love of acting, but yet most character development is just as worse of the generic kind, from a large-girl cast of theater + idol (that's how you get Geki-dol by the Japanese Hiragana annotation) to emitting pure distasteful Yuri and fraudulent ass-pulls for friendship conflicts. SHIT.
- For an idol show that calls itself "Gekidol", music should be central, but it seems that the Gekijou theatre act is overplayed against the music being overshadowed for the most part. At least, the first OP was what I've liked at the start, but that's about it. SHIT.
- Getting some of the worst low-budget studios like Hoods Entertainment to help back up in the visual department? GOOD, because it seems that no other studio is willing to do this batshit of a job premise, good on them. It's also SHIT.
- P.S. DO NOT let the production committee have a say in the series composition (and scriptwriting for that matter), their tendency to flout ideas back and forth is just so wack that the story doesn't make any sense. SHIT story, SHIT enjoyment.
In a nutshell, this show is SHIT-tier levels of BS, because it can't do anything right, much less give a resolution that also sucks, even with such a simple premise. I wish I hadn't spent my brain cells racking on this, but here I am, talking about BS shows like this that seems to be "The Usual Suspects" that people just don't care about, but rather getting every penny of its worth regardless of its low-ball quality. Again, another classic case of quantity over quality.
If at this point you still don't get what I'm trying to say, I'm speechless. Just save your time by not watching this show (and the OVA), I beg you, PLEASE.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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