It’s surprising that it’s taken this long for one of Octavia E. Butler's classic books to be adapted—and extra disappointing that it’s such a misfire. LegsFrank writes our full review for beastobsessed.
, plops Butler’s themes into a centrifuge and spits out a gray, cold, unappealing mush of an eight-hour drama. Bereft of the observational intimacy that made Dana’s story in the novel so heart-wrenching and shocking, this version of Butler’s story is a modern-day mystery-thriller—with a superficial exploration of racism for good measure.In Jenkins’ telling, it’s the present day. Dana has just bought her own house in L.A., after selling the New York brownstone she inherited when her mother died.
The addition of these subplots is meant to give the story another pillar beyond Dana’s travails on the Maryland plantation, where she is sent to in the middle of the night for unknown reasons. The show also introduces a set of next-door-neighbor Karens, who are instantly suspicious of a young Black woman moving into a big house in their upscale L.A. neighborhood.
Yet instead of creating a contrast between what it’s like to be a Black woman today and what it was like to be a Black woman back then—perhaps obvious, but potentially thematically rich—is more invested in Dana’s pursuit of answers. There is curious little insight into how Dana’s position as an educated woman of color in a place where such a person was anomalous affects her ability to survive.
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