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Daily happiness + the OA
Sep. 12th, 2019 07:32 pm1. I'm very happy and proud of the now-former Tiptree committee for deciding to change the name of the award.
2. Apples are now in season!
3. Saw friends at the dog park today: Jazz and her human Steve.
4. I watched the first part (season) of the OA, and I have deeply mixed feelings about it.
The OA (sometimes known as Prairie Johnson) is a woman who shows up again after being gone for 7 years. She was formerly blind but has regained her sight. While living with her parents in suburbia, she assembles some misfits from her neighborhood and begins to tell them her story of being held captive with 4 other people.
It's beautifully shot, well-acted, and effectively creepy. There is some magic going on, and a mystery, which kept me hitting "next episode." However, the final episode of Part 1 was unsatisfying. The internet tells me that Part 2 ends on a cliffhanger, and that the show has been cancelled by Netflix. Well.
"The OA" is very thought-provoking, and deals a lot with captivity. The OA herself is held captive in a horrible situation, and survives, as she says, because she was not alone. She formed bonds with the other prisoners, particularly with a young man named Homer.
We see hints of other, less dire forms of captivity. One teenager in the show is a bully and troublemaker, and his parents want to ship him off to boot camp. They will use force in this attempt. The teenagers in the show are largely trapped by their circumstances: not being legal adults traps them with unsafe and unsupportive families. There's a reference to a character's brother who was forced to go to rehab, and died there. Late in the series, the OA is wearing an ankle monitor, which isn't explained.
It's nice to see original SF/F that is well-made, even if it isn't entirely successful. I could have done with 50% less creepiness, and 50% more found-family dynamics.
3 Star Trek alumnae are in this: Alice Krige (who played the Borg queen in first contact); Rosalind Chao (who played Keiko O'Brien); and Jason Isaacs (who is in ST: Discovery).
2. Apples are now in season!
3. Saw friends at the dog park today: Jazz and her human Steve.
4. I watched the first part (season) of the OA, and I have deeply mixed feelings about it.
The OA (sometimes known as Prairie Johnson) is a woman who shows up again after being gone for 7 years. She was formerly blind but has regained her sight. While living with her parents in suburbia, she assembles some misfits from her neighborhood and begins to tell them her story of being held captive with 4 other people.
It's beautifully shot, well-acted, and effectively creepy. There is some magic going on, and a mystery, which kept me hitting "next episode." However, the final episode of Part 1 was unsatisfying. The internet tells me that Part 2 ends on a cliffhanger, and that the show has been cancelled by Netflix. Well.
"The OA" is very thought-provoking, and deals a lot with captivity. The OA herself is held captive in a horrible situation, and survives, as she says, because she was not alone. She formed bonds with the other prisoners, particularly with a young man named Homer.
We see hints of other, less dire forms of captivity. One teenager in the show is a bully and troublemaker, and his parents want to ship him off to boot camp. They will use force in this attempt. The teenagers in the show are largely trapped by their circumstances: not being legal adults traps them with unsafe and unsupportive families. There's a reference to a character's brother who was forced to go to rehab, and died there. Late in the series, the OA is wearing an ankle monitor, which isn't explained.
It's nice to see original SF/F that is well-made, even if it isn't entirely successful. I could have done with 50% less creepiness, and 50% more found-family dynamics.
3 Star Trek alumnae are in this: Alice Krige (who played the Borg queen in first contact); Rosalind Chao (who played Keiko O'Brien); and Jason Isaacs (who is in ST: Discovery).
