Im not gonna add a catchy title, Im not gonna try and sound clever and witty, I don't even think I'll have time to grammar check this nor do I care. I need to say this and Im gonna speak from my heart in a way I can only do here. I need this show. It has been my saving grace for years, my little bit of hope in the world when everything else was grim. It made me feel warm and put a smile on my face when I needed one.
I knew our time in Green Gables would be limited, and i know it won't go on forever, but I beg of you (CBC and Netflix) please give us at least one or two more seasons to really say goodbye, if I can go into a show's season knowing it would be the last time I saw these characters, it would put a little more ease to my heart. That's all I ask of you, more time before I say goodbye.
After seeing the outbreak on twitter just hours after the cancelation, even I am astounded by the back lash. Never in my wildest dream would I have imagined that this little Canadian show would inspire so many people. And isn't that what we should strive for? To make heart that can touch people's souls? To create real character? And wouldn't it be great if we had a show for young adults, where we feel like the characters are growing up with us? and us with them?
That's my frustration with streaming shows nowadays. The really big popular ones such as Riverdale, insatiable, and 13 reasons why, they have no value, no sense of art or even likability. But they are super flashy and give people hot shirtless guys to look at and dumb plot twists for the sake of shock factor. I don't want that. I want family, friends, community, I wanna see people who suffer really love and loss, and see how they get back up from that. Every episode this season has in a way either tugged at my heartstrings or warmed my heart. It has made me believe in the power of few kind people who wanna make the world better. Anne with an E for does what Miss Stacey did more Anne, make her believe that dreamers change the world, and that life even with it's hardships, can still be incredible.
When I was younger, I didn't have that many friends, little to none in fact. And it is said that people with few friends take comfort in obsessing over things like tv shows and movies, because it makes up for the lack of social interaction they get in their life. SO I guess that's what this show did for me at first, but now it is so much more. It gave me people who inspire me, to look at the world with the innocent eyes of a child and only see the potential. Through it I've met characters who make me want to go out into the world and spark really change, to speak my mind in hope to be heard. To be a relentless thorn in the side of society if you will.
And it's not just the cheaters that inspire me. On and off screen you can tell this show is backed my a remarkable crew who put so much care into everything on set. The costumes, the music, the cinematography, all impeccable; but most of all the writing. This is one of the best written shows I have ever stumbled upon. It has taken the basic genre of a period piece and breathed new life into. The lead producer Moira (idk her full name sorry) has done for television what Greta Girwig has done for movies: given us inspiring women who make us want to be better then what we are. It has inspired me in ways no other piece of media has.
I want to be an actor, yes, sometimes I even consider if I even want to be a writer or director as well. If you had asked me years ago why, I would've said something about loving being on stage and creating with people. But if you ask me now what I want to be, I wouldn't say any of that; I'd straighten my posture, stick my soldiers out with pride and say: I want to be an artist, I want to create live and moving literature that can bring change and touch souls, I want to build charters that are human, and ones who inspire in their own way. That is what I want. That is what this show has done for me.
Despite what Netflix or CBC may think, the story isn't done, it's only a new beginning. Anne with an E is the type of show that could stem for years and years, and still be as interesting as when it first aired. In this show we can continue to watch our vast cast of characters grow up and change with the oncoming 20th century. As I said before, these writer have redefined what a period piece could be. It doesn't have to be a grim, gritty, dark tale based on death, politics, or colonial based realism. It can be a beautiful loving show about the youth of the time, growing up while experiencing love, loss, and happiness along the way.
And that's another great thing about this show: It's diversity. Did you ever in your lifetime think we would get a period piece that included Native Americans, A black family living peacefully, discussions of feminism and sexual assault, ptsd, loneliness, and Lesbian Dutchess with her adopted gay son? Not to mention, the season three finale introduced a character who was deaf and mute and communicated with sign language? This quite literally has it all and still has so many places it could go.
I'd like to think that my voice can bring, change, that one day if I scream loud enough from the highest mountain, someone will eventually hear it, and they will reach out to help. I know that this seems a bit over dramatic about a tv show, but it's more than that: it's about a sense of belonging. A chance to fight for something that means so much to me and to others as well. My quest as an artist will not only be to be successful myself, but to fight for that art that other people make, so long as it is important and touches peoples lives as Anne with a E has touched mine. Sometimes I wonder of Im asking for to much, to ask for a world where the art can win over money, where we don't try to focus on the eye-candy value, or the shock value, but rather that value of the passion put into such a work. But overall, I don't think Im asking for too much, Im just asking people with small minds to see outside of themselves. That's why I want to be an artists, I want to change the scene of teleivion and media as it is now, and to make it more inspiring for the people who watch.
Two more seasons, that's all I ask. We still have some current story to finish up. What happened to Ka'kwet? Did her family every save her? What about Diana and Jerry? There are still more adventure you can see these chapters go on. After all, the world is so much bigger than just Avonlea. And even if we only were to get at least one more season, at least announce it at the beginning, that way we could go into watching it knowing that we'll be saying goodbye. A prepped for sendoff is a lot less painful that a sudden one.
To whoever is reading this: Go, spread the word of this beautiful show, tweet at the companies, sign the petitions write all the letters your pen will allow. Maybe Im just holding onto something that Im not ready to let go go yet, but I wanna go down fighting. I want my voice to be heard by someone and to know I made a difference.
So please Netflix, please CBC, I am begging you, with a heavy heart and tears running down my cheeks, to reconsider. A season 4 is all I ask. And Moira, if you're reading this, I hope I can inspire you to keep
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