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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why black and white?

Why is Freddie a non-binary person…in the 1960s?

Why did they cast unattractive ordinary looking actors for Dickie and Marge?

A lot of weird choices. [/quote]

A lot of critics are lauding the series as a much closer adaptation of Highsmith's work.

You do realize, don't you, that nonbinary people have existed since the dawn on time? Ancient Greece ring any bells for you? Ancient Rome? The repressed morality of the last few hundred years is an anomaly in the human experience, and the pendulum is swinging back. There are hundreds of species in the animal world where bisexuality has been observed - it is far more the norm in nature than religious conservatives want to acknowledge.

I'm looking forward to seeing the adaptation and portrayal of Ripley by Andrew Scott, who I suspect does a much better embodiment than Damon, whose performance was very good. The choice of black and white is stylistic and I look forward to enjoying that, too - but I record tons of old movies on TCM so I'm used to the medium. Black and white film is really beautiful and also can be very eerie in a way that color film doesn't match. [/quote]

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