Picture this: a tiny blonde sorority girl and a tiny non-blonde tech whiz girl joins forces to fight monsters on campus. First thing you thought of was
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Buffy and Willow, right? Well add this to the pantheon: MTV's new scripted series,
Sweet/Vicious, about Jules (sorority girl) and Ophelia (drug dealer/hacker) who team up vigilante-superhero-style to take down the frat boy rapists at their college. This time the monsters are people but that doesn't not stop our heroines from kicking all kinds of ass. It's like if Veronica Mars teamed up with Buffy, minus the superpowers.
To my great surprise (I mean, it's on MTV for hell's sake), I really like this show. The first episode just aired on Tuesday but the first
three episodes are available on demand. It's funny and heartbreaking and very clear in its message opposing sexual assault against women. And in the trying times that are now, it seems especially important. I do not condone violence perpetrated against people but there is something imminently satisfying about watching young, entitled rapists getting the shit kicked out of them.
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