Suits has garnered a loyal fan base over the years through its mind boggling story and an impressive cast. Each time Greenback Boogie played during the opening credits, it foretold another kickass episode with ample amount of wisecracks to swoon over. In its entire course of nine seasons, the show closed each of its storylines as successful as Harvey closed his deals.
The legal drama does go out all the way and reaches out to its viewers in a way that makes them wish, “Dang, I want to be like that.”
A show like that can really rub off on you (especially when you binge-watch).
Why should you be bothered if it happens?
Remember the time when you sang along your favorite pop song? You embodied the music like you were a rock star, only to realize you were not even close to it when music went off and your ears hurt listening to your own voice.
Same way, even if it is cool to have the best sassy ripostes to anything and everything thrown at you, trying to do it for real can end up throwing you under the bus instead. Moreover, the larger part of the show is set at a workplace and, you would not want to pull off those tricks that can imperil your career.
What should you do about it?
Transcending yourself into a character works well in a theatre. Though, the real-world needs you to be just you. To safeguard yourself from being a fanatic, crawl through these pointers listed below.
5. Be The Donna and not Donna
A tall frame dressed under the likes of designer brands with every single piece of information a brain-tap away, the show’s Miss Know-It-All Character, Donna Paulsen, was hands down the sassiest legal secretary: a law firm could have ever seen. For someone who did not pursue a law degree, Donna did come across as smarter than an average Harvard Law Graduate.
Benjamin (another character on the show) even went on creating Donna-based AI personal assistant that later was known to be ‘The Donna’
The Donna will be just Donna; it will just lack the capability to make stupid decisions Donna often ended up making under pressure to live up to her reputation in the show.
Well, it is good to be The Donna to look cool for once but, when you pull off a Donna Paulsen, you inherit the traits that can land you in much greater trouble.
Paulsen would bury documents and use illegal way-outs unintentionally-intentionally to save the day. The show’s storyline was kind enough to lend her a comfortable lifestyle, but the real world will crash you down the moment you do something out of the line.
It is fine; to not know things even in the gravest situations. Accept that sometimes the tides will be stacked up against you and never let the unflattering circumstances flatter you into making unsavory choices. They tend to catch up with you at some point in the meanest ways possible.
4. Using Leverages
Through the entire run of the story, I heard the whole set of characters throwing the word ‘Leverage’ like confetti.
The intention of using leverage entailed finding dirt on the person who is not giving in to your wishes and use it against them to get what you want.
Also, how do you manage to leverage a situation where you don’t have leverage?
Find the damn leverage.
The reality is quite different, though.
Violation of privacy is still a thing in 2020 (Not that your data is safe with google lurking in the shadows.)
People don’t respond well to leverages and, not everyone has a shady past. The worse that they may have ever did in their life can be, peeing in a pool full of people.
Also, people can secretly film you while using the leverage and, the next thing you can see coming for yourself is your face all over social media. Rewinding through the instances that have happened in the past, receiving vile comments, and seeing the reputation go down the toilet is a part of the party.
Just don’t use leverage the Suits way. If you plan to do one, do it the right way!
3. False Pretenses
I never understood how did Mike Ross pretend to be a Harvard Law Graduate for five seasons. I don’t even make for a good impostor in Among Us for straight two minutes.
While Mike did have an easy way out even after getting jailed, in the real world, he won’t get to have that road.
It took an enormous amount of forging records and playing out of the line to impersonate that long. If it is rolled out that way for real, there will be some pressing consequences that can almost cost you your entire life.
Nobody is a fool enough to do it, but for people who still think they should, pretending to be someone who you are not can shake up your personal and professional life. Nobody likes a liar.
2. Practice what you Preach?
Ever heard of, practice what you preach?
From Robert to Jessica, each one of them recited fancy words, but none of them actually stood firm by their grounds when things fell upon them.
The characters who sang the music of unity turned their backs when things went upside down. Rachel often talked about commitment so much but ended up cheating on Mike.
Moreover, it is no new thing that we are good at not backing up our own principles. We falter at doing the right thing by ourselves.
Maybe it is time we start honoring our beliefs more. Maybe it is time to practice what we preach.
1. Don’t try to be Harvey Specter
“Anyone can do my job, but no one can be me.”
-Harvey Specter
I will keep this short.
I hear so many fans trying hard to be Harvey Specter.
As much as it is fun to be that man, it comes with its own set of consequences that are not nice and his job expects brain that can only be possessed on the sets of Suits.
Just stop trying to be him.
He said that no one can be him. Take a hint!
The first step of learning how to be Harvey is not learning to be him at all. You may not be as smart as this legend, but you are better than what you think of yourself to be.
These were some hard truths but, they once said it in Suits-
If we can’t tell each other the hard truths, then what are we doing?
