The story takes place in a sultry, dusty town. One summer, Camille and her sister were on roller skates on the road among the trees. She stretched out her arms, but her fingertips didn't touch her sister's.
1. The Shackles of Hometown
Fengkou Town is a typical southern town with extremely traditional and depressed economy. Gossip is rife here, racism is rampant (Adora hires black maids). Even Camille, who has had little contact with his family and has moved to the city, has difficulty getting rid of the painful memories it brings.
ASK, the first implied character to appear in the show. As a very professional reporter, Camille will carefully explore the truth of the matter during the interview, and asking and understanding are her working principles. However, interpreting it from another angle, in Fengkou Town, no one ever asked her any questions. Camille's childhood was poorly understood and she herself was misinterpreted by her mother, Adora, and even by the whole town. All along, her heart has also urgently needed an outlet to be understood.
Stereotypes and expectations of women may be a common problem in every closed town. In Fengkou Town, this gender bias has also been deeply ingrained in the minds of residents.
People are stupid and sickly guarding the "purity" of girls, just like Adora is frantically trying to control her children.
2. Mother's Haze
Anyone who has seen "Sharp Objects" must have felt the same, Adora, with her pretentious tone and elegant dress has become a symbol of control and oppression. Her harshness and desire to control have left a deep shadow on her daughters Camille and Amma, so that Camille, who has grown up, still maintains the habits of a teenager.
The youngest daughter Amma, who has been treated as a doll by Adora, is a rebellious social sister outside the house, but at home she can only use the doll's house to try to find a trace of control in this family where she has no right to speak.
In the flashback clip, Camille loses control at her sister Marian's funeral. She tries hard to wipe off the lipstick from Marian's mouth, lipstick, which is also Adora's arbitrary manipulation of her daughter and the town's standard of femininity. symbol.
The opening song uses Franz Waxman's The Dance (A Place In The Sun Soundtrack), and the first segment is called "Come to Mama". The image of the mother is exactly what the show wants to portray.
3. A weapon that stabs at oneself
Everyone knows that Camille has a serious tendency to self-harm, and she has been wearing long sleeves to cover her scars - a painful memory, but the details of the show also seem to suggest that she is not the only person in the family who is prone to self-harm.
The camera showed Adora tearing her eyelashes more than once, and when she was stressed, she also acted like hurting herself. Thus, in the Preaker family, this seems to be a hereditary behavior, and it is only passed on to females. The resentment bred in the town has long been deeply buried in their hearts. However, in order to maintain a dignified appearance, they can only choose to swing the sharp blade at themselves or their relatives.
The first episode of Sharp Objects explores these themes, women, motherhood, and abuse. Through the flashbacks of the camera again and again, the past of the heroine Camille is intertwined with the investigation clues. In the rushing hot breath, in the dim bathroom with flickering lights, she once again returned to this nightmarish outlet town...
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