In HBO's "Eastbound and down" we are given one of the best comedic anti-heros of the "anti-hero tv generation", Kenny Powers. A racist, sexist, homophobic, lude, crude and un-filtered ego-maniac, who should be intrinsically unlovable; but the character is honest and sincere to such a fault that it's hard to not laugh.
I just finished season 2 last night, and without clearly spelling out any spoilers, I want to applaud the closing scene. There is no monologue, there is no joke, we are merely left with a humbling silence that in my opinion, is the figurative death rattle for the objectification of the female body.
Is he a changed man, on the surface probably not, but is this another powerful symbol in an evolving media that a woman's body should be valued as more than just a sexual commodity? I would like to hope.
Have I been laughing at Kenny Powers, or have I been laughing at an immature version of myself?
I can't wait to see where this show goes next.

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