Little Fires Everywhere virtual watch party SPOILERS

[Anonymous]

I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

Book fan here. This was all for TV. There was no race issue in the book.

The post abortion scene was terrible. In the book, Mia comforts Lexie. Lexie walks in crying with the bag of pads and Mia knows right away. It’s a great book scene.

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe they made Mia and Pauline lovers. In the book she’s the “Virgin Mother”, right????

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe they made Mia and Pauline lovers. In the book she’s the “Virgin Mother”, right????

It's really outrageous to see a college professor screwing and snorting coke with her student and we are supposed to see this as making Mia a woman. Gross. I don't care if it's another woman, that doesn't make it better.

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Anonymous wrote:I havent watched it yet. Kerry Washington’s face drives me CRAZY. Her scrunched nose in Scandal...ugh.

And without watching it I knew that Reese as Elena was the same as Madeline in BLL.

Not really, in LFE she is a perfectionist. In BLL she is far from perfect (affair, murder, daughter moved out)

In LFE she also had an (emotional) affair, and her daughter moved out. Not that much different honestly.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe they made Mia and Pauline lovers. In the book she’s the “Virgin Mother”, right????

It's really outrageous to see a college professor screwing and snorting coke with her student and we are supposed to see this as making Mia a woman. Gross. I don't care if it's another woman, that doesn't make it better.

I also thought that was lame. It made Mia's decision to run off with the baby make even less sense. She would have found a way to stay with Pauline who was her benefactor rather than proudly lead a life of poverty with her daughter.

Along those lines, what was with all the random sex with strangers/acquaintances? When they showed her in the car with baby Pearl I thought she was doing it for money. But then the nasty guy who hired her at the restaurant? And Pearl's explanation that her mom slept with whoever she wanted was lame and just made me think Mia was crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

The point of the show is some women are this way. What about the OBGYN character? She stands up for what’s right and seems authentic.

What Lexie did to Pearl was truly heinous. Not teenage misjudgment. She took her on as a “pet” and only used her for her own benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

Book fan here. This was all for TV. There was no race issue in the book.

The post abortion scene was terrible. In the book, Mia comforts Lexie. Lexie walks in crying with the bag of pads and Mia knows right away. It’s a great book scene.

I strongly disliked how this out-of-character scene was done in the show, because in the book, it really showed Mia as empathetic, caring and as having a really sharp eye for details. And then you see that sharp eye at the end, when the artwork Mia created about the entire family was displayed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe they made Mia and Pauline lovers. In the book she’s the “Virgin Mother”, right????

It's really outrageous to see a college professor screwing and snorting coke with her student and we are supposed to see this as making Mia a woman. Gross. I don't care if it's another woman, that doesn't make it better.

I also thought that was lame. It made Mia's decision to run off with the baby make even less sense. She would have found a way to stay with Pauline who was her benefactor rather than proudly lead a life of poverty with her daughter.

Along those lines, what was with all the random sex with strangers/acquaintances? When they showed her in the car with baby Pearl I thought she was doing it for money. But then the nasty guy who hired her at the restaurant? And Pearl's explanation that her mom slept with whoever she wanted was lame and just made me think Mia was crazy.

In the book I’m pretty she stays a Virgin. And I love that aspect. She has a baby but never had sex. Brilliant.

[Anonymous]

Can someone remind me what the art work was at the end of the BOOK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone remind me what the art work was at the end of the BOOK?

She created a specific piece of art to represent each member of the Richardson family. Something they each would recognize.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone remind me what the art work was at the end of the BOOK?

She created a specific piece of art to represent each member of the Richardson family. Something they each would recognize.

It was a very powerful ending. I didn't love the book while reading it but that final scene describing the artwork sold it to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KW is beautiful but that thing she does with her teeth/ smile looks like angry disturbed person.

I'm just now reading this post since I just finished the show a couple days ago. I read the book, but don't really remember it, so I enjoyed the show.

But, I don't think I've ever seen anything with Kerry Washington in it, and her mouth in this show drove me nuts. She always looked so angry and pissed off. It was very off-putting, especially since she's a very pretty woman!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

Book fan here. This was all for TV. There was no race issue in the book.

The post abortion scene was terrible. In the book, Mia comforts Lexie. Lexie walks in crying with the bag of pads and Mia knows right away. It’s a great book scene.

I strongly disliked how this out-of-character scene was done in the show, because in the book, it really showed Mia as empathetic, caring and as having a really sharp eye for details. And then you see that sharp eye at the end, when the artwork Mia created about the entire family was displayed.

Just finished watching and thought both Mia and Elena were annoying as hell in the series. And the ending was ridiculous. I thought some deviations from the book worked and enjoyed the 90s nostalgia (I graduated high school in '97) but it was clear the producers felt the need to ramp up the drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not quite done with the series but it seems like the point of the show is that white women are unworthy of empathy and their aims at friendship are inauthentic because they are actually narcissistic psychopaths. The scene after the abortion is kind of cruel, I mean, she's a teenager. I'm waiting for Mia to point at the screen and lecture me that white women are why Hillary Clinton lost the election, and a "the more you know" rainbow to appear on the screen.

That’s not the point of the show- lots of people hate Mia as well