Faking It
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Faking It |
| Original title | Faking It |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2014-2016 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 38 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Romantic comedy |
| idea | Carter Covington |
| First broadcast | April 22, 2014 (USA) on MTV |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 7, 2014 on MTV |
| occupation | |
Faking It is an American romantic comedy series . It is about friends Karma and Amy who pretend to have a lesbian relationship with each other in order to be more popular at their school. It was penned by Carter Covington, who is himself homosexual and has already developed the series 10 Things I Hate About You .
The series consists of three seasons and 38 episodes and was broadcast from April 22, 2014 to May 17, 2016 on the US broadcaster MTV .
action
season 1
Karma and Amy are in tenth grade together at Hester High School in Austin, Texas . The two have been best friends since kindergarten. Karma would do anything to be popular. Amy doesn't care too much and she'd rather stay unknown. After being mistakenly outed as a lesbian at a party by Shane, they decide to take on the role. As a result, her fame increases significantly and many classmates support her in becoming the first lesbian couple in her school to become prom queens. Over time, Amy develops real feelings about karma, but she begins an affair with Liam Booker. At Amy's mother's wedding, Amy confesses her love to Karma, which is why Karma ends the fake relationship. At the same time, however, Liam also ends his relationship with Karma because he feels cheated by her because she was not honest with him. Shane tells Lauren's friend about the pills she's taking. It later turns out that these are hormone pills since Lauren was born intersex . Towards the end of the wedding, Amy and Liam, both drunk, meet and sleep together.
season 2
The next morning they wake up hungover and later agree not to say anything to Karma because they don't want to hurt her. Liam has quite a problem with that at the beginning. Amy, on the other hand, still doesn't want to let go of karma, even though karma makes it clear to her that she only wants her as a best friend. At an event at Liam's house that Amy is attending to dissuade Liam from telling Karma, she meets Reagan, a waitress. During an argument in the presence of those present, Liam reveals to Amy and everyone else that his sister is actually his mother.
On her birthday, Karma receives a letter from Liam, which Amy later tries to withhold from her because she doesn't want to lose Karma to Liam. However, she later gives it to Karma, which ultimately tears it apart as proof of their friendship. Because of this, the two have an argument. As a reconciliation, Amy calls Liam with Karma's cell phone and makes sure that the two become a couple. When Karma learns that Liam and Amy have slept together, she is very upset and she breaks up with Liam. Later, however, the two begin to sleep together again, but Liam cannot forgive Karma.
Karma's parents sell hash cookies and are arrested, but are released after Liam asks his father (grandfather) to do so. In return, Liam starts an internship at his company. However, Karma's parents lose a lot of money and have to sublet their house to the new school principal and his son Felix. From there on, Karma lives with her parents in the juice truck in their garden.
During an MMA training session involving Liam, Shane, Lauren and Theo, Shane recognizes MMA champ Duke Lewis Jr.'s abs from a picture of a gay app. While Duke uses Shane as a test subject, Theo tries to prove that he is right and that Duke is homosexual. However, the tattoo Shane tries to prove this with is absent. After the training session, Lauren kisses Theo, who first replies, but then quickly leaves the room and leaves Lauren hurt. Meanwhile, Shane apologizes to Duke for wanting to come out as gay. This reveals to Shane that he is really gay, but doesn't want to come out yet. However, the two have sex with each other. Shane outed Duke without his knowledge, when Duke found out that he broke up with Shane.
At an underground party with Shane and Lauren, Amy meets Reagan again and there is another spark between the two. Also at the party, Lauren mistakenly takes an ecstasy pill because she believes it is a headache pill. After the mistake is discovered, she crawls into the cloakroom, depressed and does not want to come out. Eventually Theo can get her out of the cloakroom. Amy and Reagan become a couple.
However, it turns out Theo was a police spy to spy on the school's students and staff. He breaks Lauren's heart, but the two get together again, but hide this, otherwise Theo could lose his job.
characters
main characters
- Amy Raudenfeld ( Rita Volk ) is in the tenth grade at Hester High School. She initially keeps her "relationship" with karma secret from her parents. After a kiss with karma, she is no longer sure whether her feelings for karma are actually only friendly. Ex-girlfriend of Reagan.
- Karma Ashcroft ( Katie Stevens ) is Amy's best friend and has the idea to act out the lesbian relationship with her that she hopes will be popular. She is in love with Liam and starts an affair with him.
- Liam Booker ( Gregg Sulkin ) is an art-loving student who, because of her sexual orientation, starts an affair with karma. He's Shane's best friend.
- Lauren Cooper ( Bailey de Young ) is new to school, intersex, and just doesn't get along with Amy, her soon-to-be stepsister, and karma.
- Shane Harvey ( Michael Willett ) is a popular boy at the school. He is openly gay and wrongly outes Karma and Amy as lesbians. Later he helps Amy deal with her feelings about karma.
Minor characters
- Farrah is Amy's mother. The staunch Republican works for television and is initially shocked when she learns that her daughter is a lesbian.
- Penelope is the headmistress of Hester High.
- Tommy Ortega is Lauren's ex-boyfriend and wanted to be king of the ball with her.
- Leila and Elizabeth , called Lisbeth, are friends of Lauren.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing is done at the dubbing company EuroSync GmbH in Berlin under the dialogue direction of Kim Hasper .
Main cast
| role | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Raudenfeld | Rita people | 1.01-3.10 | Jodie Blank |
| Karma Ashcroft | Katie Stevens | 1.01-3.10 | Magdalena Turba |
| Liam Booker | Gregg Sulkin | 1.01-3.10 | Ricardo Richter |
| Lauren Cooper | Bailey De Young | 1.01-3.10 | Julia Stoepel |
| Shane Harvey | Michael J. Willett | 1.01-3.10 | Jan Makino |
Supporting cast
| Role name | actor | Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrah | Rebecca McFarland | 1.01-3.10 | Irina von Bentheim |
| Headmistress Penelope | Senta Moses | 1.01-3.10 | Vera Teltz |
| Tommy Ortega | Erick López | 1.01-2.19 | Leonhard Mahlich |
| Leila | Courtney Kato | 1.01-3.10 | Victoria Frenz |
| Elizabeth "Lisbeth" | Breezy Eslin | 1.01-2.20 | Giovanna Winterfeldt |
| Oliver | August Roads | 1.03-2.04, 2.17, 3.03 | |
| Pablo | Anthony Palacios | 1.06-2.02 | Kim Hasper |
| Molly Ashcroft | Amy Farrington | 1.01-3.10 | Denise Gorzelanny |
| Lucas Ashcroft | Lance Barber | 1.02-3.10 | Stefan Gossler |
| Reagan | Yvette Monreal | 2.04-2.13, 2.20 | Shanti Chakraborty |
| Anthony "Theo" | Keith Powers | 2.02-2.18 | Ozan Unal |
| Max Booker | Bruce Thomas | 2.04, 2.11-2.15 | Erich Rauker |
| Duke Lewis Jr. | Skyler Maxon | 2.05-2.15 | Steven Merting |
| Zita | Chloe Bridges | 2.11-2.14
2.20, 3.02 |
Damineh Hojat |
| George Turner | Bernard Curry | 2.11-2.20 | |
| Felix Turner | Parker Mack | 2.11-2.20, 3.04-3.10 | |
| Hank | Ed Quinn | 2.14-2.16 | Peter Flechtner |
| Sasha Harvey | Lindsey Shaw | 2.16-2.19 | |
| Dylan | Jordan Rodrigues | 3.01-3.03 | |
| Sabrina | Sophia Taylor Ali | 3.06-3.10 |
Production and broadcast
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in the USA | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 8th | April 22, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | March 22, 2015 | May 10, 2015 |
| 2 | 20th | 23rd September 2014 | November 2, 2015 | 20th September 2015 | March 27, 2016 |
| 3 | 10 | 15th March 2016 | 17th May 2016 | August 14, 2016 | October 16, 2016 |
In July 2013, MTV ordered a pilot for the series. After shooting it, Faking It was ordered as a series in October . The idea for the series came from Carter Covington. He was inspired by stories he learned as a consultant for an LGBT hotline. The premiere of the series on April 22, 2014 had around 1.2 million viewers and thus achieved values similar to Awkward - My so-called life in the opening act.
On June 9, 2014, the day before the finale of the first season, MTV announced the order for a second season, which will consist of ten episodes. With 1.4 million viewers per week, the series is the most successful new start of the year on the station. The second season aired on September 23, 2014.
In Germany, Faking It has been broadcast in the original version with subtitles on the paid channel MTV since September 7, 2014 . The free TV premiere took place on March 21, 2015 on nicknight .
In April 2015 it was announced that the last ten episodes of the second season will air from August 31, 2015. At the same time, the series was extended for a third season. This ended on May 17, 2016.
reception
Due to the representation of the pretended lesbian relationship, the series was already criticized in the run-up to the broadcast. Hope Schreiber from Complex magazine described the series as MTV's latest mistake. The truth is, girls who come out lesbian would be popular in the sense that they would be constantly harassed by guys who wanted to sleep with them. In the online magazine Autostraddle , which is primarily aimed at a lesbian readership, the idea that girls pretend to be lesbian in order to get attention, while in real life people are sometimes bullied for it, was dismissed as a frustrating stereotype, after which the Series described as better than its trailer and "kinda cute". Rebecca Nicholson wrote for the Guardian that Faking It was much better and also more self-critical than the initial situation would suggest.
Web links
- Faking It in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Faking It at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Clodfelter: Reynolds grad's “Faking It” touches on his life ( English ) In: Winston-Salem Journal . April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Faking It. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on February 23, 2015 .
- ^ Lesley Goldberg: MTV Orders Pair of Comedy Pilots (Exclusive) ( English ) In: The Hollywood Reporter . July 26, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Lesley Goldberg: MTV's 'Faking It,' 'Happyland' Picked Up to Series ( English ) In: The Hollywood Reporter . October 18, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ LA Ross: MTV's New Scripted Comedy 'Faking It' Turns Tables on What It's Like to Be Gay in High School ( English ) In: The Wrap . January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Brian Cantor: “Faking It” Scores Modest Ratings Out of Weakened “Awkward” ( English ) In: Headline Planet . April 24, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Lesley Goldberg: 'Faking It' Renewed for Second Season at MTV . Hollywood Reporter. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Jordana Ossad: 'Catfish' Is Returning For Season Four - Plus More Premiere Dates Announced! . In: MTV.com . July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ Axel Schmitt: Faking It: First season of Comedy from March on Nicknight . December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Denise Petski: MTV Greenlights New Late-Night Talk Show, Renews 'Faking It', More - Upfronts . In: deadline.com . April 21, 2015. Accessed April 23, 2015.
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: Faking It: Season 3 is the last of the MTV series . In: Serienjunkies.de . May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ↑ Hope Schreiber: Meet MTV's Newest Mistake: "Faking It" ( English ) In: Complex . January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Mey Valdiva Rude: MTV's New Fake Lesbian Show “Faking It” Makes Me So Confused ( English ) In: Autostraddle . April 3, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Marie Lyn Bernard: MTV's “Faking It” Is Pretty Good, For Real ( English ) In: Autostraddle . April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Rebecca Nicholson: MTV's Faking It: a surprisingly sophisticated teen comedy ( English ) In: The Guardian . May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.