Rosa Diaz lovers, unite.
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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Film Fridays,
where we talk about media that has things that I relate to
like disability, bisexuality, etc etc.
And today we're going to talk about the ever so wonderful
Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Rosa Diaz is played by Stephanie Beatriz,
and Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a comedy show about some cops in Brooklyn, New York.
And I actually started getting into this show a couple of years ago.
I never finished it and I never really watched it in full.
I saw it on Netflix for a little bit and I was in and out watching
reruns on TV and whatnot,
but definitely a show I would really love to finish.
It's a really good show, really funny, has some great characters.
I wanna talk about Rosa because she is the Bicon -
Bisexual Icon - Bicon in the show.
Rosa was always the character that stood out to me
because I feel like we have a similar personality,
just hers is much more intense, which is obviously for the show.
But she's a little bit scary, she's a little bit of a badass,
and she's always having that scowl on her face, which is me.
(LAUGHS)
There's a lot of sarcasm, a lot of sassy comebacks,
which is just something that I really relate to.
I feel like I am often the person in that group of friends
that basically does what she does, just lesser of an extent.
I don't have a whole bunch of weapons around,
and I'm not wielding a knife thing around at people.
I mean, I did get into a fight often with a kid
when we were in elementary school,
and we had our final one, and I won.
But that's about it.
That was many moons ago.
And what I really love about Rosa's character and the show
is that they flat out say the word,
ROSA: "I'm bi."
RIKKI: A lot of times in media, you'll see that someone either just likes men
or just likes women, or they've been with both but they still only say
one or the other.
Or they may acknowledge that, "Hey, this person is with everyone.
Loves everyone."
But they still never say the word.
It's like this big taboo when saying the word.
We can say straight. We can say heterosexual.
We can say lesbian. We can say gay.
But bisexual doesn't seem to be told or said.
Like, why is the media so afraid?
Why are people in general so afraid to say the word bisexual?
But Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn't and I love it.
And I think what actually really helped is the fact that
Stephanie herself is bisexual.
So you've got the representation down.
Bisexual character, bisexual actress.
And I love that in the show they really showcase that.
So in previous seasons, she was with a man.
She might have been with a few men.
She had a fiancé, that's a man.
And then more recently in the show, she's in a relationship with a woman.
Hell yeah!
And it's not really that big of a deal.
I mean, it's big of a deal in the sense that the
bisexual viewers watching this really feel validated
and have a character that they can relate to.
But at the same time, it's not big of a deal.
Like it's just... they just put it in there like it's normal, you know.
Like it's just, yeah. She's with a woman, so what?
Does that make sense?
Let me know if that makes sense or not.
And I love that Rosa, you know, she's that badass scary character
that doesn't really let anyone... I don't wanna say
not really get close to her, 'cause she does have a friend there
that is really close to her.
But she... you know, there isn't a lot that people know about her,
but regardless of that, she's still like that person
that if you mess with this one person If you (BEEP) with this one person,
she will be protective.
I love that. Feels like me. I love it.
If you have not seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I highly suggest it.
I know that it's on Netflix, and it did get cancelled for a minute,
but then another channel brought it back.
It's on reruns on TBS, I'm pretty sure.
If you have seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I would love to know how you feel about it.
Who your favorite character is, who you relate to.
If you are also a bisexual person watching this show,
let me know how you feel about Rosa and how you feel that this show
is really handling bisexuality.
Let's have a conversation.
If you would like to help translate this video,
I would very much appreciate it, and I will have a translation link
in the description box so you can do so.
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to watch this video.
I really do appreciate it.
And I will see you later.
Bye.
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