Why can’t we have a decent TV drama about figure skating? GlobeArts
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.It’s fair to say that Tessa Virtue is an admired and beloved national icon in Canada. The now retired ice dancer hauled in medals and championship wins with Scott Moir. As we all know, they had this aura, this magnetism, as performers and athletes, and we were enchanted.
Thus it’s rather odd to see Virtue’s personal and professional style, from her hair, costumes and the gaze on her face – you know that gaze – mimicked, adapted and embraced, without acknowledgment, in a new figure skating drama series on Netflix. It’s a bit outrageous, actually. The matter raises two issues.
, which arrived on Netflix last week without much fanfare, is beyond bizarre, and not in a good way. Big-budget and lavishly made , it is essentially about promising-but-damaged figure skater Kat , who seemed on her way to Olympic glory but took a terrible fall on the ice in a crucial competition. Now, when the series opens, she’s offered a way back, a route to glory and excellence. She’s on her way if she agrees to pair with a hot, rich bad boy.
Everything is thrown into the story: sex, drugs, mental illness, lies, fights, deceptions and shocking revelations you can see coming a mile away. It’s an awful drama; a pile of clichés tossed onto a promising storyline and set alight. It’s an adult drama delivered as teen soap opera. All that money, talent and effort amounts to a banal, saccharine exercise in fake gravitas.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Fleabag,' 'Succession,' 'Chernobyl' win top TV Golden GlobesReal-life stories ruled the Golden Globe TV honours, as Olivia Colman's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, Michelle Williams' turn as Broadway star Gwen Verdon and the nuclear disaster drama 'Chernobyl' won top honours.
Read more »
TV mixup has Russian fans celebrating despite losingSome Russian hockey fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships because of a confusingly timed TV repeat.
Read more »
CES gadget show: How watching TV will change in the 2020sWhat will watching TV be like in the 2020s? The CES gadget show will offer some glimpses, as companies strut out celebrities such as Mandy Moore and show off shorter viewing experiences for the mobile era.
Read more »
Amazon Fire TV crosses 40 million active users globallyAmazon Fire TV stick features content from Netflix and Hulu among others and casts video directly to television
Read more »
TSB investigators trying to determine why jet skidded off Halifax runwayThree investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are trying to determine why a passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on the weekend.
Read more »