'Stranger Things' Season 3: Duffer Brothers may give fans a good story but their characterization of women is terrible
It is quite an unexpected feat that even today we would have women characters who are not as well developed as their male counterparts, but the worst has come true with Netlfix's 'Stranger Things'. Coming from the Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross Duffer), the show follows a group of friends who begin to discover certain strange things in a lab in Hawkins after their friend goes missing. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the lab has been turning kids into mutants, in order to fight the monster from the other world which had apparently abducted the boy.
The story, with its '80s-esque tone and retro appearance, is quite appealing to an audience who is increasingly turning towards the nerdy stuff. 'Stranger Things' is nerdy in every sense but it has terribly failed to develop its characters, especially the women. For an instance, when we were introduced to Eleven's fellow inmate, Kali (or Eight, played by Linnea Berthelsen) it was expected that Kali would bring a new perspective to the show. However, that went south and the character had nothing to offer but a lot of anger and destruction. As we hope that the show puts an effort to develop its characters in Season 3 (which will release on Netflix on July 4), here's how we think it has practically marred its female characters on the show:
