#like. rebecca's arrested development and her identifying with warren was super interesting. just out of place. and imo inappropriate.

[cowes]

just finished under the bridge (2024) and wow... what a terrible way to handle such a sensitive topic. rebecca talking about her book is her/the writers talking about the series and i just don't think their vision came across as intended.

e.g. rebecca says it's about young girls of victoria - about violence and isolation. and one of the final ~poignant lines is "it's mercy and mercy alone that transforms the human heart". i see what they were trying to go for, a look into the psychology of what could make someone do that terrible thing and then the psychology of what could make you come to terms with that and forgive.

BUT it ended up being a lot of focus on how sad it made rebecca and warren feel. and that focus just got more and more intense the further into the story - like, as more about the murder was revealed, it became more about rebecca, rather than the killers and, crucially, reena. just bizarre.

in an episode (can't remember which), rebecca says that she doesn't want to write only about reena because that would make it just a sad story. and.

well.

it IS a sad story.

[cowes]

ugh thinking about under the bridge again.

still kind of mourning the lost potential here. the writers anchored themselves to a horrific true story, with real people, but seemed way more interested in the fictional ones that they created.

just make a new story! just make something up! it ends up being disrespectful to the real people and not that satisfying as a show. i said in my original tags #like. rebecca's arrested development and her identifying with warren was super interesting. just out of place. and imo inappropriate. i was very interested in the rebecca godfrey character. i would have watched a whole show about her grief-ridden, emotionally stunted, inappropriate investigation and connection with the murderer. but it was so weird and uncomfortable knowing that she was getting all the show's attention and sympathy instead of - you know - the girl who was beaten to death and drowned ??