Q. Many describe hit HBO series 'Game of Thrones' as being enjoyable, despite its 'problematic elements'. What are you thoughts on this?
A. Any kind of fantasy genre runs the risk of having problematic elements due, really, to the nature of the beast. Magical powers and abilities are used which presumably would not be possible in the real world, and the extent to which such powers and abilities may be effective depends not so much on internal consistency but on what the plot requires at any given time.
The Star Wars prequels were a good example of taking this too far. The Jedi were literally able to do anything at all that the plot required; if they need to win a fight against a giant army, they will win; if they need to lose a fight against a couple of kids with sticks, they will lose. The whole sense of discontinuity was so distractingly jarring that it became very difficult to connect with the characters on any level. Game of Thrones does not suffer this to anything like that extent.
There are plot holes on the other hand. Again, inevitable when you have so many interconnecting plots. The murders of Jon Arryn and Joffrey Baratheon make no real sense at all when all the strings are unravelled, but it's certainly not enough to ruin it.
So yes, I would agree that it is enjoyable, despite its problematic elements.
Q. I think they were actually referring to the nudity, rapes, and skinning people alive.
A. Why? Were they in some way anachronistic, or shown incorrectly?
Q. More that they were distasteful, morally dubious, politically incorrect.
A. That's not what 'problematic element' means. It refers to an element that is inconsistent, out of place, or is factually/rationally/logically incorrect in some way. Nobody in their right mind uses it to mean 'distasteful' or 'morally dubious' or 'politically incorrect'.
Q. People on Tumblr do.
A. Of course they do.
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