As I walked in the freezing rain to class after 7 days of the worst week of my life, I started laughing.
I’ve hit rock bottom. And quite honestly, it’s funny.
Once the laughing was over and I got to class I was de-toxed and since then my usual has been restored.
I discovered Orphan Black and became mesmerized, immersed in it at all times.
As I write this I’m listening to “I Got You Babe” from the Season 1 soundtrack playlist https://8tracks.com/cloneclub/orphan-black-music-season-1, I honestly can’t get enough of every aspect of it.
After watching the entire season in a day and a half I buckled down and got some studying done, cleaned and organized.
So Orphan Black, what is it? (*No major spoilers*)
It’s this insanely technical Americanada tv show that defies all genres, a girl assumes the identity of a woman that looks just like her after she commits suicide.
When I started watching it, it bothered me how they looked the exact same, identical twins never are, they should have changed her eyebrows or something but later it made sense why they were the spitting image of each other.
Tatiana Maslany plays multiple characters in the most incredible way. For anyone aspiring to become an actor, take note of her every word, every move!
The audio is crazy good too! As I said I’m listening to the soundtrack now and can’t get enough, These Boots Are Made For Walking in German? I mean come on! Who found that!? (There’s a German character)
Then there’s the filming. They figured out with camera-memory, actor doubles and who knows what else how to have 3 people communicating in one shot when each one was recorded solo.
The script is great, the story-line amazing and fast-paced which I love since my biggest pet peeve is when everything is so dragged out, and by default, every episode watered down (best example is Pretty Little Liars. They’ve had something like 3 seasons to find 1 murderer and it’s not been done yet)
I like answers, and I know I can’t get them all in one episode, not even in one season, but as long as I feel I’m getting as much as I can I’m good.
The casting was well done, the makeup is great, the lighting fantastic and the costume’s spectacular.
(*Minor Spoilers*)
One of Tatiana’s characters “Cosima” is not labelled but we assume she’s gay, or somewhere there on the spectrum,
My problem with this is in the show they’ve told us the girls are the exact same. They talk about “nature vs. nurture” but Sarah, Allison and Beth like men so is this implying that by nature, Cosima was brought up to like women? Or maybe it’s referencing the Kinsey theory, that sexuality isn’t black or white but a scale. Maybe Cosima also likes men, or maybe the other women could like women but they’ve only ever thought about men.
I don’t believe the message is people are taught to be gay because people on production are gay, and the love story between her and Delphine is written beautifully not like someone’s disapproving interpretation. Them together is genuine and lovely.
I hope in season two we learn that each twin is different in little ways, but ways big enough to make them unique to help explain Cosima’s sexuality. All this set aside I’m a huge fan of the show and have fallen for Cosima like I had for Alex. Something about a caring girl with black hair and glasses.
To sum it all up, after Orange Is The New Black was done I thought I would never find another show I could love with passion – I was wrong.
I guess the trick to a good show is having the first two letters of the title be “O” and “R” and having the last word of the title be “Black”
ORphan BLACK
ORange Is The New BLACK
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