Dietland
Paul and Elgin review #Dietland:
Dietland on AMC, created by Marti Noxon, based on the novel by Sarai Walker, and starring Joy Nash and Julianna Margulies. This show is a dark satire about dealing with the beauty industrial complex during the #MeToo era. We discuss Nash’s central performance as Alicia “Plum” Kettle (the show’s plus-size protagonist, who ghost-writes an advice column for her Miranda-Priestly-type boss played by Margulies); the complicated plot lines involving several supporting characters and multiple feminist groups vying for Plum’s attention or allegiance; and the show’s debts/homages to Fight Club and Mr. Robot. Do all the key performances, complex story lines, and formal pyrotechnics add up? We discuss.
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