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From Marti Noxon (Buffy, Mad Men, the first season of UnREAL) comes my newest obsession, and a show I hope will turn out to be the sleeper hit of the year.  DIETLAND! A blackly comical satire of those "little girl in the big city" films, Dietland is the story Plum Kettle, a self-help writer living in New York City. Plum is an essentially lovely person: she's generous, kind, a great singer, a talented writer, and she's completely and utterly consumed by her feelings of inadequacy. By day she writes for Daisy Chain, a glamour magazine for young girls. By night Plum obsesses over her weight, and the hope that she can one day afford the cosmetic surgery she believes will help her find the acceptance she craves. Something's gotta give. Enter Jennifer.  Not a single woman, but an entire organisation, Jennifer is a group of radical feminists who powered by the same sort of pressures that brought about the #metoo movement. Jennifer's MO is to kidnap and murder the kind of slimy shits who the law can't touch, usually in highly public ways. Plum and Jennifer cross paths early in the season, and... well, I've no idea, I've only watched two episodes. I'm sure it'll be amazing. In case you haven't realised yet, Dietland is a kind of feminist version of Fight Club. It's cool and funny, has funky animated sequences and has the potential to get really loving crazy (and crazy violent). I'm there for that, and I hope you guys are too. Cast: Joy Nash as Plum Kettle.  "It can be hard saying goodbye to bad behaviors, such as eating." Yes, she knows her name sounds like an Enid Blyton heroine. Julianna Margolies as Kitty Montgomery.  “Being a member of the idle rich is a fate worse than poverty." Plum's boss. Narcissitic. Terrifying. Not very observant -- so she's two thirds of the way to being a lizard person. Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith.  "I know I taught you to question authority, but not mine." Basement dwelling makeup witch who's intrigued by Plum Kettle. Armed with some very strong opinions and no regard for personal space, she's decided that Plum could be a great fit for her new brand of radical feminism. Also armed with machine guns. Robin Weigert as Serena Baptist.  "Some subversive ideas in there. ...We noticed." A very normal person, Serena is a therapist who runs the peaceful collective organisation Calliope House where she is not affected by her traumatic past in any way, shape or form. Definitely won't turn out to be crazy. NOTE: Be kind to us, readers. Stick book spoilers under black bars. Airs Monday nights on AMC, 9/8 Central, followed by Unapologetic, an aftershow hosted by Aisha Tyler. First two episodes are already out.
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Watched the extra-long premiere last night. My wife and I both loved it and can't wait for more.
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Jun 6, 2018 15:42
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Only seen the first episode but I mostly liked it a lot. It lost me a little with the Beauty Closet stuff, which was exactly the point where we needed answers but just got mildly irritating obfuscation instead, but I’ll definitely be watching more. Also, what’s “the Y”, which is talked about early on in the episode? The conversation makes it sound like some kind of medication, but I’ve only ever heard that term used to refer to the YMCA. e: Marti Noxon answered me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/martinoxon/status/1004505200642678784?s=21 Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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Jun 6, 2018 20:58
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I don't know that I'm sold on it just yet, but I'm interested enough to keep watching. It'll probably depend on how quickly the plot moves. If they keep Plum in the dark (or the periphery) for too long she'll end up being the least interesting part of a show ostensibly about her.
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Jun 7, 2018 06:44
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Anyone still watching this? I feel like the plot is actually starting to move forward now, so hopefully the next episode will be better.
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Jun 28, 2018 10:27
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I'm still enjoying it, although I thought the withdrawal/tiger hallucination episode dragged horribly. The last episode was much better, and things are definitely moving forward now.
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Jun 28, 2018 14:26
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Did not expect things to go all Black Lightning there at the end.
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Jun 29, 2018 05:52
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I’m a couple behind now but I’m glad to hear it picks up
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Jun 29, 2018 06:07
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I take back what I said last week, the plot's not moving at all.
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Tiggum posted:I take back what I said last week, the plot's not moving at all. Really? I thought this episode was amazing. The "magic trick" scene was incredibly moving, and the way the show is slowly reorienting the head of this conspiracy from Tamara Tunie to Robin Weigert (who is doing some really, really great work) was really good, clever writing. Plus the magical realism thing is really working for me, particularly those lovely trick shots that make Plum look like Godzilla at the end -- neat touch having the ceiling lights quake and wobble when she stamps.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Really? I thought this episode was amazing. The "magic trick" scene was incredibly moving, and the way the show is slowly reorienting the head of this conspiracy from Tamara Tunie to Robin Weigert (who is doing some really, really great work) was really good, clever writing. Plus the magical realism thing is really working for me, particularly those lovely trick shots that make Plum look like Godzilla at the end -- neat touch having the ceiling lights quake and wobble when she stamps. But nothing is happening. Like, if I tried to summarise the plot so far I'd just end up describing the characters because they haven't actually done anything yet.
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Jul 6, 2018 07:38
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Jul 17, 2018 07:27
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How has this show been since episode 3? Worth catching up? Has anything happened yet?
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Jul 17, 2018 07:46
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Uh, that would be one way to put it.
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Jul 17, 2018 09:19
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Escobarbarian posted:Has anything happened yet? They still haven't got to the fireworks factory.
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Jul 18, 2018 10:46
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I am so mad at Edgar from You’re the Worst right now!!!
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Jul 19, 2018 12:48
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gently caress I knew as soon as she met back up with fat fetish guy that something like this would happen  poor PlumThis show is still too slow for its own good but that’s AMC budgets for ya. I really like all the character development though.
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Jul 20, 2018 07:40
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Escobarbarian posted:I am so mad at Edgar from You’re the Worst right now!!!
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Jul 26, 2018 09:15
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Note: don’t watch episode 9 with a hecka buzz on, it will mess with your comprehension Excited to watch the finale tomorrow!!!!
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Jul 30, 2018 22:55
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I feel like now, at the end of the season, we're at the point we should have been at by episode three or four. We've finally reached the end of act one and it did not need to take this long to get here. If there's a season two I'll probably watch it, but I hope they pick up the pace.
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^^^^ yeah agreed also gently caress off Verena
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