Fingersmith, adapted from Sarah Waters' novel of the same name, produced by BBC, which can undoubtedly guarantee the quality and spirit of the story, and make myself a faithful follower of its adapted masterpieces for a long period. I may find a time to pile up all the things I have collected and wrote about these operas and novels together to share with friends of the same interests, it sounds too ambitious to fulfill, anyway, time will tell.
Back to this very story about girls' love, say, lesbian, I don't think it really matters when you are moved by heart-shaking love, which has triumphed over men's rule, broken through mundane taboo, and obtained eternal spiritual union… I can't wait to search out spoilers to satisfy my curiosity after watching episode 1, which obviously affect my later enjoyment in terms of suspense episodes, but still allow me more capable of focusing on acting itself, trust me, those two actresses were born for these characters. I am not familiar with Elaine Cassidy, who is quite a beauty to play the lady, Maud, though she, being tempted by Gentleman to long for freedom, intended to play on Sue since the beginning, I can't help treating her like an innocent pigeon, as expressed in the episode.Sally Hawkins (played Sue) has already impressed me in “Daniel Deronda” with her excellent abilities of portraying for bearing emotions deep in heart, I should say she has improved a lot over these 3 years after “Daniel Deronda” and made herself more qualified for this sort of character. The director should feel blessed to have these two lovely and professional actresses to make this touching as well as thrilled story more complete!
This story was set in Victorian Era, around 1862, there is another opera review pointing out that the author, Sarah Waters, was a writer as well as a strict scholar, who has delved deep into history of that era and precisely wrote every single detail she liked or found interesting into her novel. We can also argue the case for BBC's adaptation, which has always exquisitely unfolded an idyllic landscape before your eyes leaving you no choice to resist its attraction…Except for this, the episode itself is also distinguishable… No attempt of analyzing history or detailed episodes here, if there is a question about why I was deeply moved by this opera, my answer can be quite simple: girls' goodness and courage in time of extreme adversity.
"How much I want you, How much I love you", this closing line firmly whispered by Maud will make you never regret choosing this drama! en, I am an advertiser...
One more brief note: the title “fingersmith” is a brilliant pun : Sue is raised by kind pickpockets (fingersmith), two girls are adept at “finger work”…but I prefer to call them “heartsmith” in secretly stealing each other's heart.
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