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Messages are hidden all overSharp Objects.
There arehidden words, hallucinations from Camilles point of view that appear for mere fractions of a second.
TheSharp Objectsfinale gives us one last covert bit of storytelling.
Then, a final scene shows Amma haunting the edge of the woods as the Woman in White.
Ive had an odd relationship with the hidden words ofSharp ObjectsbecauseIve been one of their cataloguers.
The shows visual hallucinations do more than scatter suggestions across the screen.
In the mode of the mystery box, theyre not just signs.
They are supposed to connect us to an otherwise inaccessible bit of knowledge.
When we catch flashes of the hidden words, the information they provide isnt new.
Its an explicit label for something that didnt quite have a name yet.
When Camille stands in a hunting shed full of porn and violence, the hidden word reads WICKED.
That dollhouse word is one of the rare exceptions when a hidden word is also a clue.
As we learn in the finale, the missing girls teeth are literally hidden in the dollhouse floor.
Thats the text and subtext of nearly every other scene in the show.
Like all the other hints ofSharp Objects, its a name for whats already there.
They double down on what we already knew, making us gasp at how direct it all is.
