Sharp Objects

[singedsun]

I've finished binging the first season of Sharp Objects on HBO, which I finally got into since I got my HBO subscription back for watching GoT. I don't have a way to describe exactly what I feel about that show other than to say it is extremely my shit.

I will say, I had the twist pegged in the first episode almost as soon as that character was on screen. I didn't know anything about the show going in other than people talked a lot about it when it first aired. Even having caught on fast, I was sold on the story and interested in the slow play towards that reveal.

The kind of women portrayed in this show and other shows like this are just so much my jam for reasons I can't quite explain. I've also really been thinking about the types of women I want to write, and how to write them, how to make them interesting and engaging and still write them true to character. This show is like a master class in characters I want to write.

Has anyone else watched Sharp Objects?

Comments

[scarimonious]

*raises hand* I watched Sharp Objects when it aired and I adore just how messy Amy Adams' character is. And the soundtrack is *chef kiss*

[singedsun]

omg the soundtrack is so, so good. Not too mention the whole idea of having a woman with so centrally created around the music she listens to was very nice to see.

[scarimonious]

YES!

Also massive kudos to the actress who played Amma because I had no idea she was Australian until I saw a behind the scenes thing.

[singedsun]

I was also really surprised to hear her real accent! So cool. Being from Missouri myself it was definitely impressive how everyone had this non-accented (for the US) but still Midwestern kind of speech. Nothing seemed weird about it to me for the area.

[originaldoll]

Hi, added you when I searched interests and see you update. Hope that's ok.

[singedsun]

Welcome!

[originaldoll]

Thanks :D I look forward to reading your journal and getting to know ya.

[nyctanthes]

Loved it, loved it. LOVED IT. *g*

Here is a reaction post from November. Spoilers, naturally.

[singedsun]

YES! I loved the roller skating, it's this whole other ethereal kind of thing that takes place in the show kind of vintage and so small town but each of the scenes take you away into a space where anything could happen.

TBH as soon as I saw the house I expected the teeth to be in it, although because we so often saw Amma making furniture I expected them to be spread out among the different pieces. Having them as a recreation of the floor was a nice touch.

[nyctanthes]

When I really enjoy something I have a tendency to completely suspend my critical faculties and just go with the flow, allowing me to be SHOCKED and SURPRISED by things that are very obvious in retrospective.

[So, when I watched UA and halfway through Ep 2 saw "the twist," that was a clear indication that I enjoyed it but wasn't bowled over by it.]

[queenhera]

I haven't seen it, but now I'm intrigued. Complex and interesting female characters, I take it from your post?

[singedsun]

Very much so. It's based on a book by Gillian Flynn, who I believe was also one of the writers and EPs for the show. It's about a journalist who returns to her small Missouri town to cover the story of a missing girl. While she's there she stays in her childhood home where her mother, half-sister and step-father live. All three of the women are fascinating characters.

[queenhera]

That sounds intriguing. Adding it to the list!