Pallavi Sanyal

Chhaava

Vivarium

Style over substance. Too many characters and they aren't that different from each other so when they're introduced in quick succession and then started swapping bodies I had an impossibly rough time keeping up with who's who. Instead of being entertained I found myself feeling tired and annoyed. None of the characters are likable so I didn't really care what happened to them/their bodies. I don't remember what happened, who are the 2 people that died? At one point I tried keeping a list but gave up. Wasted almost 2 hours of my precious sunday.

It's What's Inside

4 likes

Why would they do this to us?? I know the story is more realistic. But what's the point of a show if not to at least help us imagine a better outcome?? 3 murders, including 2 kids, and 1 man gets a year with possibility of parole in 30 days?? Very unsatisfactory. There are too many insane plotholes and I know it can be explained away with "police and the judiciary are incompetent" but I'd watch the news if I wanted to binge on reality and disappointment. Also, the prosecutor, KJ, why is she portrayed as being so unstable and sentimental and bad at her job? The white defense attorney did her job but not the African American one? What message is the show inadvertently sending?

Seven Seconds

5 likes

Hollywood

I think the show did a good job of portraying the ambiguities in this case. Because let's be clear ghis isn't a documentary, it's a fictionalized retelling of true events. No one knows really what went on in that family, or how much of the brothers' account is true. I think the show maintained adequate objectivity, presenting all that we know is objectively true and implying things that might be. For example, that the dad had a weird thing about ancient Greek culture or whatever, which the brothers also talked about. To me that was the show trying to imply that there might be sufficient truth. The courtroom scenes were fantastic and follow the actual footage to a T. The acting by everyone was great. Special mention for the song Girl I'm gonna miss you and the way it was used twice in the show. I think too many people are letting their personal experiences and subjective ideas about the brothers cloud their judgements. In the end I feel, and if you pay attention, the show really did a great job creating a somewhat sympathetic portrayal of the brothers. Like in the end I was left with a horrible feeling of tragedy. Whatever the reality or the accuracy of the case may be, the truth is 2 people were murdered brutally in their home by their own children and 2 young men lost their entire adult lives to a cruel system. And that's the tragedy the show really portrayed

The Fall of the House of Usher

Trial by Fire

I happened to catch bits of it on tv when i was home for the lockdown. The bullying etc shown is completely unrealistic and illogical. Why would anyone let their classmates bully them, what for? Even where ragging does happen in india, it is done by seniors not classmates. I haven't seen any yaariyan in the show. People calling this the best youth shoe, have they watched operation mbbs, kota factory, etc?? And are colleges in Mumbai this bad? No wonder it has no position outside iit when it comes to college name recognition

Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan

9 likes

Tales from the Margin