Under the Bridge - Hulu TV show with Riley Keough (no book spoilers!)

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Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

I think Keough is doing a great acting job of playing a very unlikable person. The writer was also very involved in the adaption of her book into the Hulu series, so she had to have known how her character is portrayed and was fine with it. She died of lung cancer BTW which is probably why they show her smoking 24/7

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Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

I thought maybe she was being misrepresented in the series but just read she was deeply involved in the project, for two years, before she died. Her whole 'thing' was anti-heroines but still, ugh.

Rebecca sees Warren as a kid who has had a tough life. She can’t imagine someone so kind to her would do something so awful.

It’s strange they got life in prison with no parole but now Warren is out while Kelly is still in jail.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

I thought maybe she was being misrepresented in the series but just read she was deeply involved in the project, for two years, before she died. Her whole 'thing' was anti-heroines but still, ugh.

Rebecca sees Warren as a kid who has had a tough life. She can’t imagine someone so kind to her would do something so awful.

It’s strange they got life in prison with no parole but now Warren is out while Kelly is still in jail.

I don't think that's it. She is identifying Warren too much with her brother and feels she has to save Warren to make it right for the way she treated her own brother on the day he died. If she felt bad for kids that had had a bad life, she's be more invested in the girls than she is. But she seems laser focused only on Warren. She also gives him her brother's suit.

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Anonymous wrote:Lily Gladstone's voice is constricted, its like she's talking one pitch and in her throat. I wish she'd get some voice therapy / lessons as she is otherwise wonderful.

NP here. I really like Lily Gladstone as an actress but I don’t think this character is good for her (her acting can’t save the character, it’s not Lily’s fault). I read her character is the only fictional person in the series, all the other characters (the shoreline 6, the families, the writer) are all based on actual people. But Lily’s police character was created for the miniseries to highlight the struggles of indigenous Canadians. IMO it’s not necessary because we already have the real racial conflict of immigrant East Indians with Caucasian Canadians which I absolutely believe contributed to Reena’s bullying and the way her father was treated by the police. But the side plots of Lily’s character (being a lover of the writer, being a friend to the deceased brother, being an adopted daughter of the chief of police, having previously lived in the teen girl home, etc) are all fake. There is enough already going on with Reena and her story, this manufacturer sec scene in a bar bathroom, Lily’s character playing a pivotal role in the brother’s death, etc are all superfluous.

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The character is connected to EVERY aspect or part of the story. It’s so unrealistic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

I thought maybe she was being misrepresented in the series but just read she was deeply involved in the project, for two years, before she died. Her whole 'thing' was anti-heroines but still, ugh.

Rebecca sees Warren as a kid who has had a tough life. She can’t imagine someone so kind to her would do something so awful.

It’s strange they got life in prison with no parole but now Warren is out while Kelly is still in jail.

Its not strange. Warren showed remorse and built a relationship with Reena's parents. He talks to at risk kids about not getting into trouble. Kelly never showed remorse she was only involved in herself.

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Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

Me too. She is a very good actress though because I have a visceral reaction of complete disdain and anger whenever she appears on screen. She is one of the most unlikable and annoying characters I have ever seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

Me too. She is a very good actress though because I have a visceral reaction of complete disdain and anger whenever she appears on screen. She is one of the most unlikable and annoying characters I have ever seen.

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She is so annoying. I think Riley does a good job portraying her as someone who thinks she’s cool but really is just annoying. And immature.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was outraged by the reporter in this episode. She doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Reena’s agonizing death. I understand her response to Warren is trauma-informed but her willingness to completely excuse his dehumanizing behaviors is disgusting.

Me too. She is a very good actress though because I have a visceral reaction of complete disdain and anger whenever she appears on screen. She is one of the most unlikable and annoying characters I have ever seen.

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She is so annoying. I think Riley does a good job portraying her as someone who thinks she’s cool but really is just annoying. And immature.

Yes, I think that's an interesting take on the true life writer. Easier to do now I guess, given she died.

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I love Lily Gladstone, and the plot is interesting, but the actress who plays the journalist is really annoying, and it is unbelievable that a grown woman would hang out at parties with a bunch of teens, even in the hopes of getting information.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Lily Gladstone, and the plot is interesting, but the actress who plays the journalist is really annoying, and it is unbelievable that a grown woman would hang out at parties with a bunch of teens, even in the hopes of getting information.

Can you believe that's Elvis' granddaughter?

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Anonymous wrote:I love Lily Gladstone, and the plot is interesting, but the actress who plays the journalist is really annoying, and it is unbelievable that a grown woman would hang out at parties with a bunch of teens, even in the hopes of getting information.

Well that's exactly what happened. The original writer was very petite and could be mistaken for a teen though in her early 30s at the time. She neither seemed like a threat nor someone who didn't fit in. So that's what happened.