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The two overlap in a number of ways, actually.
Both highlight musics ability to transport human beings to other places and times.
I said the same thing during the all-too-briefBig Little Liesbinge of 2017.
But, of course,Sharp Objectsdeparts significantly from its Monterey-based predecessor.
For starters, it is consistently darker in tone.
I wanted to live inside that show; I definitely do not want to live insideSharp Objects.
I dont just watch it, I get drunk on it.
We learn pretty quickly that someone died, but we dont know who and we dont know why.
The climactic closing moments oftheBig Little Liesfinalereveal (obligatory spoiler alert!)
Sharp Objectsdoesnt just do that fantasy/reality dance once or twice.
The personal relationships people develop with music was a major part ofBig Little Lies.
The scene isnt just memorable, it burrows into the subconscious and puts down roots there.
Thats something else both series share in common: a strong sense of place.
That mood is thick and so intertwined with the setting that the two become synonymous.
Camille and everybody else residing in Wind Gap is trapped and the landscape never lets us forget it.
Vallee returns again and again to images suggestive of restricted movement.
Camilles half-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen) and her friends are constantly shown rolling down the street onXanadu-era skates.
Sure, theyve got sets of wheels, but the kind that will only get them so far.
Once that place gets in your head, it stays there for good.
