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Is this a plausible instance of childhood trauma paying itself forward in the form of multiple killings?
All of those things, probably.
Its that last aspect that most fascinates.
This is all easy to make fun of, andIve kidded it myself.
The tension between those two impulses is what makes it pop.
But were getting there, andSharp Objectsis part of that shift.
What a strange, alternately infuriating and intoxicating ride this miniseries was.
I started reading Flynns book before I began watching the HBO adaptation.
Wind Gaps mythology is built around a Civil War gang rape and a womens rebellion that never happened.
The biggest local employer is a hog butchering factory that the citizens can hear and smell from miles away.
The characters wander through a landscape of metaphors, both incidental and created.
Camille even has completely legible words on her back.
How did they get there?
As realistic as the sounds and textures may be, this story unfolds in a dreamscape.
Horror is what binds it together.
The entire story seems to be at risk of collapsing on itself.
Adora grinds chemicals with a mortar and pestle and poisons her two living daughters.
Im just helping nature along, Adora tells her husband.
Its better if you dont venture to stand, Amma tells Camille.
I want to go back again, now.
