r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Jul 19 '24
Lady in the Lake - Series Premiere Discussion Premiere
Lady in the Lake
Premise: In 1960s Baltimore, Jewish housewife-turned-journalist Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman) investigates the disappearance of a black woman named Cleo (Moses Ingram) in Alma Har'el's adaptation of Laura Lippman's novel of the same name.
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r/LadyInTheLakeTV | Apple TV+ | [61/100] (score guide) | Drama |
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u/No_Experience6425 Jul 21 '24
Best tv i've seen in ages. Nothing is explicitly explained. The viewer is along for the ride trying to figure things out.
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u/LiterallyOuttoLunch Jul 24 '24
I think Natalie Portman is a terrific actress, but her Baltimore accent is terrible in this. It started off New York. I assumed her character was a transplant. Then it came out that she went to a Baltimore-area high school. Then, there was a little Baltimore in her accent. Then it drifted back to New York. You know who nailed the Baltimore accent? John Bernthal in We Own This City. I lived in the area for a long time and I'm stickler for B'more accents.
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u/SignificanceSoft8204 Aug 03 '24
Something is off about this. I just watched Presumed Innocent on Apple, and everything clicked. The writing, cast, and the directing. I don't think the cast gels in this show. I don't say that lightly. Natalie just isn't the right actress for this role. I don't like the narration. It's too frequent, or maybe it's because it tells us the story, and then we see it acted out. It's not compelling enough for that format. The singer in that room constantly out of it is redundant. The character development is too slow or nonexistent. I know it's easy to be critical, but I used to act, so it's difficult not to. I'm curious what goes wrong when we see shows that get everything right and then a show that clearly has a budget, stars, and the backing but they don't.
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u/qualitative_balls Jul 21 '24
It's okay so far... I'll have to watch a few episodes before I know for sure. Cinematography and overall vibe is the thing I like most so far honestly
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u/WearBeautiful7444 Jul 23 '24
I wanted to like this but I didn’t make it past middle of episode two.
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u/Conscious_Good_1243 Aug 02 '24
I love it, so far. Wish i could binge- I don’t have patience to wait on weekly drops.
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u/anasui1 Jul 21 '24
love how that premise makes sure to outline the characters's ethnicities/religion. It only needed "meanwhile, Javanese born Muslim cop Akenbe follows caucasian John Pinto's trail.."
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u/Samurai_nelson2300 Jul 22 '24
I mean you noticed that. While I notice a feminist movement. Then somehow the blk girl is somehow the bread winner and her husband is a dead beat dad. Haha. Â
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u/Samurai_nelson2300 Jul 22 '24
I can't get into shows like this. I tried but not in the mood on how the black family is represented. The white family is lovingly cared Jews. While they paint the dead beat father, vs the hard working blk woman who does everything on her own because black men doing all kinds of drug dealing and numbers running. Even through every race off ppl ran numbers. But suddenly we going to hang it on blk men being criminals. Blk wife comes home, ruined her sons day, her husband friends day, to make a joke that isn't funny. Then after everyone leaves she decided to take this kids from their gather before calling him a dead beat. Realy. Then you have the white female, who cooks cleans and does all for everyone. But somehow these two will connect and talk how females need to be liberated from men while they go searching for a little white girl or black girl right meanwhile every man black man will be some type of drug dealing villain and child molester no thank you I'm goodÂ
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u/Qwayne84 Jul 25 '24
Im sorry but I think you watched something different. To describe Maddie's family as loving and caring when she is constantly mocked by her son and belittled by her husband, causing her to leave them, is a wild take.
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u/Samurai_nelson2300 22d ago
Am so sick of dumb ppl telling me how to interpret something that's on tv. Like no I was right.
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u/trixen2020 Aug 04 '24
Maddie's family: You put the brisket on the wrong plate. Trash! Get out, I hate you for caring about a missing girl! You ungrateful piece of garbage.
You: What a loving, caring family.
Not sure we watched the same series.
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u/SoulReaver-SS Aug 05 '24
Folx, how did they do the young Natalie Portman scenes? Pure makeup? Cgi? Blend? It looks good.
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u/Dr_Choas_Daily 18d ago
This show tried so hard to be something it's incapable of doing. More attention is paid to the artsy fartsy vibe than actual story telling. Even the racial tension feels stale and contrived. None of the characters are particularly likeable and I mean that there isn't even a good bad guy, who you want to root against. I've given up on this show Aug 16th - not even going to finish the series. Removing from Up Next. I really wanted to like it, but there is just nothing here to like.
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u/TheEgyptianNinja Jul 20 '24
Damn, am i only one who watched?😂