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« on: January 17, 2021, 09:52:42 PM »

Just finished the other day and luvved it
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 10:11:39 PM »

Looks great. Since Netflix made it themselves, I know I'll be able to watch it literally any time I want to. That causes me to watch other things I have a limited time to watch instead. Eventually, I'll get around to it. I'm a big Anya Taylor-Joy fan.
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2021, 09:46:37 AM »

It was excellent, yeah.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2021, 11:22:14 AM »

I'm interested in this but haven't seen it yet.  A somewhat relevant chess story:

Many years ago I was a serious player, and at that time competitive chess was almost exclusively male.  It was quite rare to see a female player in a tournament.  Back in the late 1980's I once played in the Louisiana State Open Championship.  One of the unrated entrants, playing in her first tournament, was a very attractive young woman wearing clothing that didn't leave much to the imagination.  She was also a very very good player, later revealing that she'd been taught by a Senior Master (the highest USCF rank - Grandmaster is an international title) who was a regular in the French Quarter playing for money against all comers.  Between the combination of her skill and the distraction she posed to some of her introverted male opposition, she ran roughshod in the first few rounds and finished pretty high in the final standings. Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2021, 01:57:08 PM »

Great show
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2021, 07:08:07 PM »

I liked it alright.  Ana Taylor-Joy's performance was magnetic, the show had great period details, and the script/dialogue came off as emotionally intelligent.  The show also dealt with substance abuse in a way I don't think other projects have approached. 

My only critique would be the story felt a bit padded and Beth's resolution unearned.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2021, 07:11:30 PM »

I've wanted to see it for a long time, but Netflix doesn't have trials and I'm already paying for two monthly subscriptions as it is (one of which, incidentally, is a chess.com premium account).
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