Set in New York in the late 1960s, when a cultural revolution was sweeping through the free world, the series fictionalizes the EEOC complaint filed against Newsweek by its female employees.
Amazon's new show has some room for improvement, especially with regard to race and inclusivity, but it has a lot of potential and it's plenty enjoyable, especially in this dismal political climate.
Good Girls Revolt telegraphs its big points too loudly - conversations always come to a political, cultural, or social head - but it nonetheless offers low-key, idea-driven entertainment.
Good Girls Revolt takes place in a thematically rich era, has a strong cast, and top production values... Is it Mad Men? Not even close. But it could be something unique for a company that needs a strong drama.
You'll sink your teeth into this show for the sounds of typewriters and news moving over the wires as well as the fashion and loveable characters established through group dynamics and individual focus.
Good Girls gets the journalism part almost laughably wrong, but as an ensemble drama with a good cast, high production values, and much else, even a crusty editor might observe that, 'This story has legs.'
Good Girls Revolt, in encouraging audiences to reconsider their own lives in the context of women who lived five decades ago, often seems to be counseling the same thing.
