The Great Pottery Throw Down Is The Sexiest Show on HBO Max
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**This post discusses The Great Pottery Throw Down, but there aren’t any spoilers**
Did you watch Industry on HBO over the last few months? The weird, hypersexual look at twentysomething finance kids? It wasn’t a good show. It was an incredibly frustrating show, but it was one I watched because in the midst of quarantining, there was something about the strange, stiff use of constant sex on the show that was entertaining. It wanted so bad to be HBO’s next hot, slick, sexy, modern look at representation, diversity and consent, but it felt like it was written by 19-year old virgins only guessing at how a threesome works. Obviously, this is enough to make me watch the show’s second season, even if I still do not know who the show is for.
That being said, Industry should just stop trying to be sexy anyway. Over the last few days, I watched all three seasons of The Great Pottery Throw Down (TGPTD) on HBO Max. TGPTD is one of the sexiest shows I have ever seen. Every moment is full of absolute tension and innuendo. You constantly get the feeling that all of these nerds would gladly jump into an orgy if someone just took all the clay away. Perhaps, like burlesque, there is simply something about pottery throwing that attracts real kinky sex freaks, but the thing is, you can’t tell me this man doesn’t fuck:
Nearly every contestant looks like someone I have matched with on Hud or Feeld or some other app that is absolutely for kinky people and never normie apps like Tinder or Hinge. Maybe it’s because throwing is inherently sexual, but real recognizes real. I know the biggest sex perverts are always quiet people who have some weird non-sex hobby they’re super into. They collect stamps? They probably have a leather set in their closet. They cry at the sight of a perfectly thrown teapot? They’re absolutely a unicorn-hunter on the weekends. It’s just how life goes and for the participants on TGPTD, I am absolutely certain of it.
They are so eager to make every reference sexual, I know these nerds were hooking up after the show. Anyway, the near constant tension makes a great show even better (I have an entire narrative in my head about season 3’s Rosalind and judge Keith Brymer Jones). The cast of Industry could learn a lot from the crew on TGPTD.
What else have I been watching?
Here’s a quick list of all the TV I watched during the week other than The Great Pottery Throw Down. Listen to today’s episode of the podcast or support the Patreon for all my recommendations.
P-Valley (Starz) - I got to host a live watch of the S1 finale with the show’s cast yesterday and it was so special to revisit this show. It was one of my favorite summer watches and I never shut up about it, but if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’ll definitely get you through the winter. Also, I had Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan) and Mercedes (Brandee Evans) on my show, so you can enjoy those conversations after you watch.
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) - Meredith still has COVID and the show is doubling down on the weird child sex trafficking storyline that held Deluca back last season.
The Unicorn (CBS) - This show is still so delightful to watch. With Superstore on hiatus, I’ve been grateful for this ensemble show.
The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) - I liked the finale enough. I’m glad I had something flashy to watch for a few weeks.
Trailer Park Boys - I’ve been rewatching this show because it reminds me of growing up in Rockford, IL around white kids who did way too much adderall.
Awhile ago I said I was taking a break from some things because I’ve been super busy and I don’t want to go into the new year with any loose ends. Maybe it’s the whole “end of my Saturn Return” thing (best of luck, Saturn in Aquarius readers), but anyway, some of that work is out in the world now and I’m so glad people are appreciating it:
My 4k 90 Day Fiancé guide is out on Vulture. If you remember my old one on Medium, this one is my magnum opus. I worked with TLC and fact-checked for months. I am incredibly proud of it.
For Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, I interviewed George Wolfe, Branford Marsalis, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Giovanni Russonello for Slate Studios. I first covered Ma Rainey in my Badass Black Women’s History Month project and it was an honor to really dig into her life.
Vulture wrote about the Roxane Gay/Seth Rogen episode! Stream this week’s episode featuring Brandee Evans: