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In a breathtaking finale, <i>Sharp Objects </i>takes us to the underworld and back again

In a breathtaking finale, Sharp Objects takes us to the underworld and back again

It’s fitting that Persephone, the goddess most known for her suffering, is finally evoked in the last episode of Shar…

Laura Bogart

8/26/18 9:05PM

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In a beautiful, bruising episode, <i>Sharp Objects </i>shows us the pain of being extraordinary

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In a beautiful, bruising episode, Sharp Objects shows us the pain of being extraordinary

In “Falling,” Chief Vickery wryly, wistfully, wonders why the women of Wind Gap aren’t content to be ordinary. The…

Laura Bogart

8/19/18 9:05PM

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In a surprisingly tedious episode, <i>Sharp Objects </i>forgets what makes it such a special show

TVReviewsSharp Objects

In a surprisingly tedious episode, Sharp Objects forgets what makes it such a special show

Sharp Objects is a dark meditation of a show, long on mood and short on forward action. These six hours have been…

Laura Bogart

8/12/18 9:05PM

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In "Closer," <i>Sharp Objects </i>presents a not-so-grand unified theory of female pain

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In "Closer," Sharp Objects presents a not-so-grand unified theory of female pain

In her seminal essay, “A Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain,” Leslie Jamison assesses the ways that women are…

Laura Bogart

8/05/18 9:05PM

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In a powerful fourth episode, <i>Sharp Objects </i>explores the pain of a life left to wither on the vine

TVReviewsSharp Objects

In a powerful fourth episode, Sharp Objects explores the pain of a life left to wither on the vine

The episode titles for Sharp Objects offer a kind of wry commentary about the surface and subterranean events of the…

Laura Bogart

7/29/18 9:05PM

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In an intense third episode, <i>Sharp Objects </i>delves into the dark power of teenage girls

TVReviewsSharp Objects

In an intense third episode, Sharp Objects delves into the dark power of teenage girls

Sharp Objects is saturated in menace: The ugly, acid-washed lighting that haunts seedy motel rooms, hospital…

Laura Bogart

7/22/18 9:05PM

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<i>Sharp Objects </i>delves into the thin dark line between obsession and devotion

TVReviewsSharp Objects

Sharp Objects delves into the thin dark line between obsession and devotion

“Dirt,” the second episode of Sharp Objects, is a study in contradictions. Those contradictions revolve around…

Laura Bogart

7/15/18 9:05PM

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<i>Sharp Objects </i>begins with a redemption story wrapped in a murder mystery

TVReviewsSharp Objects

Sharp Objects begins with a redemption story wrapped in a murder mystery

Toward the end of the first episode of Sharp Objects, a teenage girl tells her half-sister that, “Mama says I’m…

Laura Bogart

7/08/18 9:00PM

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<i>Sharp Objects </i>is a gripping rumination on who perpetrates—and perpetuates—violence<em></em>

TVReviewsSharp Objects

Sharp Objects is a gripping rumination on who perpetrates—and perpetuates—violence

Nothing proves the summer TV landscape has shifted quite like debuting some Emmy bait in the wake of Independence…

Danette Chavez

7/04/18 10:00AM

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