Anais Nin

I so hope there is a second season. I watched this after watching Bloodlands (which Charlene McKenna was also in. Check that out, but be warned - there won't be a fourth season 😭). Clean Sweep is well worth sticking with. I found it to be a great commentary on how we still find ourselves in 2023, in the grip of the patriachy. A husband, obsessed with his wife, but unable to control his wandering... eye 😉 A recurring theme involving the little woman at home (and out and about) wearing all manner of gloves, which culminates in hubby asking wifey to wear them in the bedroom. The husband's work partner (and sometimes lover), already disillusioned by society's inequalities, comes to the slow and horrifying realisation that there is no escape from them. The world is a misogynistic, racist, bigoted place, where the most physically strong, lord their power over those physically weaker. BUT if a little woman finds the right man... well then; what is more powerful than that woman's little finger? Clearly, the show was written by someone with an exceptionally dark sense of humour. On the one hand we have the victims of the patriachy (the girls trafficked, the partner's story), while on the other, the women who (with as much evil as the patriachy can muster) use it to their advantage (the eldest son's extremely immature ex-girlfriend; and the wife). I mean, it's no wonder the patriachy is hell bent on dividing and conquering the demographics it makes money from. This show proves how scared it is, of its enemies banding together to conquer it. So scared, that it tries to tell us that the only way to survive, is with the right man. I hope I live long enough to see it proved wrong. Alas, I can only watch women wreck havoc in men's lives in unhealthy fashions, until someone is able to get enough opposers of the patriachy together, and we can crush it once and for all. Hey, a girl can dream 🤭

Hubby and I saw this at the cinema last night. I loved it so much I came home and watched the Swedish original. Then I read the google reviews of the Tom Hanks version, starting with the 1 stars as I couldn't believe ANYONE could fail to adore all versions of this beautiful story. Good gracious, the 1 star reviewers seemed to have taken the film as practically a physical assault 🫣 How can you not love this movie? I love the US and the Swedish as individual films - the nuances are darling. Stop reading now if you haven't yet watched either - I'm about to ruin the ending. I am so glad Otto was portrayed lying on his side with his face hidden, I could not bear to see Tom Hanks even acting dead. One 1 star reviewer said he's not a fan of Mr Hanks 😳 Who is this reviewer and what could he possibly have against this hero?? When Ove was portrayed peacefully with the cat sitting guard over him, I was so glad to see him in peace. And while I think Ove waking up in heaven on the seat across from his beloved on the train was THE BEST end to a movie I have ever seen, I loved that Otto became a photographed member of the family he took care of financially after his passing. 100 stars 🌟 HOW could you not be touched by this film? I will say, though, that we did no research before watching the film, & were not expecting the mental health elements. But the ending made up for that entirely 🤗

I really wanted to like this version, but it's all bitter, and no sweet :( I liked the historical and literary faithfulness, until it became clear that there would be Zero romance to compensate for the grinding filth and misery. Wuthering Heights is a tragedy, a story of two star crossed lovers that Shakespeare would have been proud to critique. This film version is an orgy of pain and retribution (and stinking mud) - with no romance. What's the point?