ncentia
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I'm a big fan of the original as a big fan of David Bowie. This stands alone, but it echoes back and pays tribute nicely, while being a compelling story in its own right.
Chiwetel Ejiofor performs convincingly and with humour as an alien learning to behave as human and deal with the sensory input. Watching as an autistic person I felt resonance with that and I think that's no accident with Justin assuming and stating he was on the spectrum.
I really don't understand why anyone would be so fixated on the fact that lead characters happen to be black. If it's out of some sort of loyalty to the original film then it's sadly, deeply misguided. Bowie was passionate about civil rights and disgusted by racism and I believe he'd fully support the casting choices. It is in no way AT ALL honoring his memory or legacy to be racist.
Chiwetel Ejiofor performs convincingly and with humour as an alien learning to behave as human and deal with the sensory input. Watching as an autistic person I felt resonance with that and I think that's no accident with Justin assuming and stating he was on the spectrum.
I really don't understand why anyone would be so fixated on the fact that lead characters happen to be black. If it's out of some sort of loyalty to the original film then it's sadly, deeply misguided. Bowie was passionate about civil rights and disgusted by racism and I believe he'd fully support the casting choices. It is in no way AT ALL honoring his memory or legacy to be racist.
This series is not remotely easy to watch. The stories are horrendous but they deserve to be told, to demystify the web of lies woven by an abuser, and unburden and begin to heal the hearts of his victims.
My heart goes out to the women and what they endured. Their truth stands. If viewers want to question anybody's motives I suggest they start with Hefner and his fellow abusers.
Anyone who has no knowledge or experience of the insidious dynamics of abuse has no business forming opinions about the matters this documentary covers. I feel for every survivor who has to see some of the ignorant views expressed and I hope you all know that it is nothing but background noise and carries no weight and those who understand can see clearly - you are believed.
My heart goes out to the women and what they endured. Their truth stands. If viewers want to question anybody's motives I suggest they start with Hefner and his fellow abusers.
Anyone who has no knowledge or experience of the insidious dynamics of abuse has no business forming opinions about the matters this documentary covers. I feel for every survivor who has to see some of the ignorant views expressed and I hope you all know that it is nothing but background noise and carries no weight and those who understand can see clearly - you are believed.
"To be in a liminal space means to be on the precipice of something new but not quite there yet. You can be in a liminal space physically, emotionally, or metaphorically. Being in a liminal space can be incredibly uncomfortable for most people."
The entire show exists within a surrealistic liminal space and it is very unsettling. For some viewers we marvel in the brilliance of how palpably the liminal space is evoked, but for others they seem to either find the discomfort intolerable and/or don't understand that it is intentional.
It very much reminds me of the game The Stanley Parable and apparently this was an influence alongside Office Space, Brazil, and The Truman Show.
There are many good performances - particularly the restrained blossoming romance between John Turturro (Irving) and Christopher Walken (Burt) and the sinister seething of Patricia Arquette (Harmony Cobel).
The entire show exists within a surrealistic liminal space and it is very unsettling. For some viewers we marvel in the brilliance of how palpably the liminal space is evoked, but for others they seem to either find the discomfort intolerable and/or don't understand that it is intentional.
It very much reminds me of the game The Stanley Parable and apparently this was an influence alongside Office Space, Brazil, and The Truman Show.
There are many good performances - particularly the restrained blossoming romance between John Turturro (Irving) and Christopher Walken (Burt) and the sinister seething of Patricia Arquette (Harmony Cobel).