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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh why do people post spoiler alerts?!? Start a new thread.

What are you talking about? Don't click on a thread if you haven't seen the show yet. Obviously, we're going to be discussing it.

Someone posted the ending to the book which is presumably also the ending to the show, which hasn't aired yet, which is annoying for those of us who haven't read the book (DP but I kind of agree, I felt blindsided by the spoiler and would have preferred not to have seen it).

[Anonymous]

In the book she is actually 1/4 Korean.

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Also in the book she is kind of overtly racist. She is freaked out by the culture and the food and the noise and the crowds. And her husband seemed whiter when they lived in the states. There is this whole sense that she is surrounded by this culture that she doesn’t understand and possibly dislikes.

That makes sense. I picked up on all of these in the show (her distaste for Asian culture), being out of sync with husband who has probably embraced his Asian heritage more so recently, etc).

I thought the scene with the nanny tossing the food was weird (and likely written by a white person) - what self respecting Asian would toss perfectly good ingredients like that?

[Anonymous]

In the book she is 1/4 Korean and her husband is white and they have a different dynamic where he is the more racist one.

Anonymous wrote:In the book she is actually 1/4 Korean.

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Also in the book she is kind of overtly racist. She is freaked out by the culture and the food and the noise and the crowds. And her husband seemed whiter when they lived in the states. There is this whole sense that she is surrounded by this culture that she doesn’t understand and possibly dislikes.

That makes sense. I picked up on all of these in the show (her distaste for Asian culture), being out of sync with husband who has probably embraced his Asian heritage more so recently, etc).

I thought the scene with the nanny tossing the food was weird (and likely written by a white person) - what self respecting Asian would toss perfectly good ingredients like that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom how anyone would throw themselves a huge gala, less than a year after their child disappeared. That entire scene was just completely unbelievable.

Mom who lost a child. You don't act rationally. That's the whole point. The entire first year after child loss is a trip to Crazy Town.

I almost lost a child, and I can, at least if gala throwing was something I had done before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh why do people post spoiler alerts?!? Start a new thread.

What are you talking about? Don't click on a thread if you haven't seen the show yet. Obviously, we're going to be discussing it.

Someone posted the ending to the book which is presumably also the ending to the show, which hasn't aired yet, which is annoying for those of us who haven't read the book (DP but I kind of agree, I felt blindsided by the spoiler and would have preferred not to have seen it).

+1 if you had watched everything that had already been posted, it's a spoiler beond what should ahve bveen presented

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Anonymous wrote:I'm watching the first episode. It sounds like Nicole Kidman but I'm assuming she's had a lot of plastic surgery.

I was surprised. she's in her late 50s and playing someone who is likely much younger, at least 10 years judging by the age of her kids. I kind of appreciate that for once the woman isn't married to someone who is 20 years older than her in real life.

My question-what parts to I skip if I find child death/disappearance hard?

last part of second episode. They go to the market.

All of ep3 was about the kid. So if you can't handle the child death/disappearance you should probably skip the entire show.

Ooh thanks. I'm going to skip this episode.
Can you come back after 4 and make sure I'm not lost because of skipping that? I know there are a few of us that can't handle this so we all thank you. I'm very interested in the filipinas' lives so would like to stay with. Appreciate you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm watching the first episode. It sounds like Nicole Kidman but I'm assuming she's had a lot of plastic surgery.

I was surprised. she's in her late 50s and playing someone who is likely much younger, at least 10 years judging by the age of her kids. I kind of appreciate that for once the woman isn't married to someone who is 20 years older than her in real life.

My question-what parts to I skip if I find child death/disappearance hard?

last part of second episode. They go to the market.

All of ep3 was about the kid. So if you can't handle the child death/disappearance you should probably skip the entire show.

Ooh thanks. I'm going to skip this episode.
Can you come back after 4 and make sure I'm not lost because of skipping that? I know there are a few of us that can't handle this so we all thank you. I'm very interested in the filipinas' lives so would like to stay with. Appreciate you.

I mean, this is a central storyline. This may not be the show for you. I don’t (up to ep 2) find it that upsetting, maybe because they aren’t actively looking for the kid or just haven’t made the show that intense. I couldn’t ever watch Gone Baby Gone for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

I found episode two a lot more upsetting in regards to a missing child than episode three. But yeah its only a 6 episode series, doesnt make sense to skip a whole episode because of a topic you don't like. Either just dont watch the show or fast forward the parts that feel too bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t fathom how anyone would throw themselves a huge gala, less than a year after their child disappeared. That entire scene was just completely unbelievable.

Mom who lost a child. You don't act rationally. That's the whole point. The entire first year after child loss is a trip to Crazy Town.

This makes perfect sense, thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I really like this so far!

Only watched two episodes. But this is every parent’s worst nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is the nanny was following them and took him.

Am I right?

That would be nice.

There's also the older man neighbor who died. It could be a coincidence. Or he could have been involved.

I had thought the old man did it, but the nanny makes total sense. It was interesting how Nicole Kidman tells her no dinner tonight, then she throws the onions away and turns off the light and looks sad when they all leave, like she feels discarded by the family despite being a crucial part of its functioning, especially for Gus. I am looking forward to seeing where the story goes.

Nanny’s all have that worry. That the family will outgrow them

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Anonymous wrote:I really like this so far!

Only watched two episodes. But this is every parent’s worst nightmare.

And grandparents watching grandkids. You really don’t want to F up.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone else get annoyed by all the characters saying how beautiful Nicole is, either to her face or telling each other that? Somebody first point it out to me in Big Little Lies and now I can’t unhear it. It only happened in the 1st episode (so far), but I did count it happening three times in that episode. Maybe as producer she puts a clause requiring that in every vehicle?

[Anonymous]

I was annoyed by all blame being put on Mercy - who takes a random 20 something out to dinner and leaves your toddler with them in a chaotic night market. I didn't even like leaving my husband with my kids when they were toddlers in crowds because he would get distracted, she did lose the kid but she never should have had him in the first place without a serious talk about how likely he was to r un away

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else get annoyed by all the characters saying how beautiful Nicole is, either to her face or telling each other that? Somebody first point it out to me in Big Little Lies and now I can’t unhear it. It only happened in the 1st episode (so far), but I did count it happening three times in that episode. Maybe as producer she puts a clause requiring that in every vehicle?

Who’s Nicole?