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I saw the first two episodes already; my work had a preview screening I got tickets to. Ask me anything.
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It was actually pretty fine. I’m reading the book right now, which I love, and the show was able to change some things pretty smartly. It’s able to strip out the cultural sexism of the book by centralizing its story around two women instead of one man who happens to do basically everything. The show has problems but stuff like that indiewire review which is just flat out wrong (Ye Wenjie gets far more screentime than she ever does in the book and exists as a person beyond “person who has bad things happen to her”) and deifies the book as some perfect thing as opposed to a convoluted mess that just wouldn’t ever work without heavy editing to virtually every aspect of it for sheer clarity’s sake isn’t helpful. It’s not a perfect thing, the new addition of the “Oxford Five” reads as some Captain Planet esque poo poo, but it’s a lot better than people are saying it is. I’ll be watching the first season when it premieres at least.
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Mar 19, 2024 13:41
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