Inventing Anna

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Anonymous wrote:Anna Chulumsky looks like shit. seriously.

I'm wondering if that's part of the role? Because her looks are noticeably unretouched, shall we say? I'm wondering if Rhimes did that intentionally to further emphasize that she's not a part of this rich world. Like, everyone is all made up and perfect and she's the plucky girl reporter (who is a woman, who is about to have a baby)!

DP. That's the impression I got. She was "everywoman" compared to Anna and Anna's circle. I recently saw Anna Chlumsky interviewed and she looked lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:Tried watching it last night (episode 1). there's something grating about it and it's slow paced. I won't be watching.

Also, Stewy and Roman's GF from Succession as a couple is total cognitive dissonance!!!!

Yes - and Stewy himself as Anna's lawyer!

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Anonymous wrote:So in real life did Anna have some kind of money? She had to have some money so was her family really wiring her money? I think that was part of the scam but some of the cash had to come from somewhere.

This is the part I just don't understand. She must have had SOME money to have started out with all the designer clothes, etc.

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The writers in Scriberia were so helpful. Wish my coworkers actively tried to help me succeed like that!

They were a lazy plot device. Every time they opened their mouths to say "So when X happened Anna was doing Y" I rolled my eyes and thought "greattttttt more exposition." This miniseries needed an editor badly. It could have been 6 compelling episodes instead of 10 boring ones.

DP. Totally agree.

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Rachel was so, so, so annoying when she kept begging Anna to pay her back. Who lets that go on for THREE months?? And yes, it was her fault for handing over her credit card - but once it became clear Anna had no intention of paying her back, Rachel should have taken the advice of the woman in accounting at her office and reported Anna then. What a ridiculous doormat.

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I loved it and found it fascinating, and I think the acting is great.

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Question: who was paying Todd (her lawyer)? Who paid the stylist for court? I don’t understand how all these people did things for her without payment!

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Just finished - I find it so weird that Vivian and Todd were so fond of Anna at the end. WTF? She was a criminal and not a nice person - what was her appeal to them? Barf.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it. I thought it was compelling enough to watch all 9 episodes, but hated the tone in the last 2 episodes. Why do all the likable characters (Neff, her lawyer, Anna Chlumsky, Kacy) end up in her corner? She was horrible to them - repeatedly verbally abusive - and of course a verified scam artist. I thought it was just poor storytelling. Your supposed to sympathize with Anna because the likeable characters do? I saw nothing redeeming about Anna and was just confused by the end. I transitioned from liking the beginning episodes to hating it by the end.

I have yet to watch the last episode, but the bolded is a central theme - why do any of these people believe Anna or like Anna? Go back earlier in this thread and witness the posts deriding Rachel and even one saying they had more respect for Anna. When by pretty much all accounts Anna was the one offering to pay for the meals, the trips, the spa days, etc. - things that Anna well knew Neff, Rchael, and even Kacy couldn't afford

Agree that Episode 8 was just strange. Vivian's obsession with imagining Anna's early years as something much different then they actually were was bizarre. I felt like they really lost the thread between real and a good story.

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Anonymous wrote:Question: who was paying Todd (her lawyer)? Who paid the stylist for court? I don’t understand how all these people did things for her without payment!

People love things for exposure. OTOH I get approached to do things for exposure and I'm like exposure didn't pay my bills!

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The episode of Vivian in Germany was completely ridiculous, but I enjoyed most of the other episodes.

She could have married any of the wealthy men she came across, she could have gotten rich that way and then started her foundation, but she wanted to do it on her own.

So many men lie and cheat and fake their way to the top and it's never shocking or newsworthy. But she does it, she becomes the female grifter and it's shocking.

Anna is sympathized with because she really did have this vision of making it big. Like lots of people do when they come to States. She went about wrong, she lied, A LOT. But people were so obsessed with money that they would go to any lengths to convince themselves that she had money because it benefit them to do so. Plain and simple, they were using her for gain as much as she was using them.

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Anna talked so much of her father that I felt like the episode in Germany was a necessary evil. Weren't people curious about the truth about the father?

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Anonymous wrote:Anna talked so much of her father that I felt like the episode in Germany was a necessary evil. Weren't people curious about the truth about the father?

I liked the idea of this much more than the execution.

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People who met the real Anna say she is kind funny and charming. That makes more sense with her success than this b****h portrayed. No one would stick by her. Also I read the book my friend Anna. OMG that girl LOVES herself. According to her she’s the nicest best most unassuming (name dropper) ever born. And who accepts an all expense paid 5 star vacation? Reminds me of the REAL orange is the new black character. She wondered why she was so lucky to stay 5 star all the way … to prison. Sorry off topic !

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Anonymous wrote:Anna talked so much of her father that I felt like the episode in Germany was a necessary evil. Weren't people curious about the truth about the father?

I liked the idea of this much more than the execution.

DP. Agree! I definitely wanted to know the truth about her father, but the vignettes of Vivian imagining some wild tale were ridiculous and a waste of time.