It’s indeed about normal people, the poor-rich love melancholy saga stirred with academic-financial complexes, intimacy & friends with benefits; in slow-mo; despite both the on-screen protagonists Marianne and Connell being so well-learned, well-behaved & well-spoken; beyond academic approvals.
Yet, there’re miscommunications, like in one scene Connell indirectly asking living with her as he couldn’t pay rent; & she doesn’t understand, or maybe, purposely ignored, further straining their relationship; despite knowing Connell wasn’t among those greed is good or contingent contractual pragmatic relationships with benefits, kind of guy; & furthermore, when they’re already spending so much time together.
Furthermore, the issue is, refuse to acknowledge any relationship in the public, is an indication of refusing the relationship, outrightly. And merely lust is love argument can’t be accepted from such on-screen well-learned characters; in a slow paced short series.
Marianne is decisive, outspoken, lucid. Connell is submissive, caring, well-behaved. And when one can’t remove eyes from their bonding, & further, as the entire series revolve around these two characters only; one can’t dilute such characteristics merely with friends with benefits or lust is love or vice versa notion, or miscommunications of this meticulous scale; directed even in a subtle classy manner.
All said & done, it was a good watch.
© Pranav Chaturvedi
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