Lessons in Chemistry TV show (Apple TV)

[Anonymous]

Love it but I wish they’d release all episodes at once so I can binge watch.

[Anonymous]

I watched the two available episodes and love it so far. Did not read the book. Love the casting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know nothing about the storyline; all I know is I am very lukewarm on Brie Larson. I want to like her, but I don't! She seems so stiff and fake.

SAME

I loved the book but I haven't watched the show yet because I dislike Brie Larson.

[Anonymous]

I'm enjoying this so much better than the book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I did not read the book, but just watched the first episode. While it’s true sexism was rampant (and to a lesser extent still is), I wanted to note that my mom was a chemist in the late 1950s when she was in her 20s. She may have faced discrimination, but she also had her name on journal articles. In fact, it was at that job that she met my dad. I just wish she was still here to discuss the show with me.

curious how she died.

That's really insensitive. Did you mean to write "I'm sorry for your loss"?

It would be interesting to hear perspectives from pp's mom and people around at the time. There weren't many female phds in chemistry back then, and rare to keep working once having children.

I thought the scenarios in the book were quite plausible and sadly what I've heard from mentors in science and engineering from even more recent experiences.

Different poster but honestly that was my first thought. Madame Curie died of luekemia from all the radiation exposure. I don't think they had all the safety requirements in the 50's and 60's for chemists. And I am sorry for your loss poster who had the chemist mom, she seems like she was a really interesting mom.

my mother was a chemist of the same era and died from cancer due to chemical exposure and lax safety precautions

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[Anonymous]

Larson’s character is so wooden and expressionless - I don’t think I can take much more of her.

[Anonymous]

I’m enjoying the neighbor and preacher friend plot lines which differ significantly from the book. It’s rare to see a professional African American family from this era portrayed on TV. At first I thought it might be a little far fetched to have these folks be neighbors in a time of legalized segregation, but then I thought of course- Calvin bought a house in cash just with his prize money (a key book point being that he was underpaid at Hastings) - it could be either a blue collar neighborhood or a black neighborhood and why not the latter?It also further highlights how differently Elizabeth thought from others of her time.

I do appreciate that they are giving the neighbor her own motivations and character and she’s more than just the friend. I hope they stick the landing on this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Larson’s character is so wooden and expressionless - I don’t think I can take much more of her.

Is her character supposed to have aspergers? I did not read the book, but that is how she strikes me and I find it to be part of her charm.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, I find her utterly charmless.

[Anonymous]

I’m enjoying but definitely they’ve taken liberties with the book. I’m gald they’ve kept Elizabeth clearly autistic coded and Bree Larson is playing it very well

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Larson’s character is so wooden and expressionless - I don’t think I can take much more of her.

Is her character supposed to have aspergers? I did not read the book, but that is how she strikes me and I find it to be part of her charm.

Just PSA that Asperger’s is not a term to use anymore. Asperger was a Nazi… people formerly diagnosed as such as simply autistic or level 1 autistic

Elizabeth is never named as such in the book which makes sense since even now it’s hard to get diagnosed as a woman but it’s clearly written to imply she has autism

[Anonymous]

The Harriet storyline is awful. I don’t know why they had to add that in. Did they just need a storyline using not white people?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Larson’s character is so wooden and expressionless - I don’t think I can take much more of her.

She’s exactly as I pictured.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m enjoying the neighbor and preacher friend plot lines which differ significantly from the book. It’s rare to see a professional African American family from this era portrayed on TV. At first I thought it might be a little far fetched to have these folks be neighbors in a time of legalized segregation, but then I thought of course- Calvin bought a house in cash just with his prize money (a key book point being that he was underpaid at Hastings) - it could be either a blue collar neighborhood or a black neighborhood and why not the latter?It also further highlights how differently Elizabeth thought from others of her time.

I do appreciate that they are giving the neighbor her own motivations and character and she’s more than just the friend. I hope they stick the landing on this one.

Ugh I hate it. I loved Harriet in this book. This storyline is completely made up and unnecessary.