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re: Variety....negative

Posted by: MikeR 01:11 am EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: Variety....negative - barna99 09:54 pm EDT 03/30/14

I haven't seen the show, but I'm told by a friend who has that the Variety review gets it absolutely wrong in the last paragraph (her spoiler about the ending). In his words, "100% completely, unquestionably, provably wrong." Any comments from others who have seen the show?


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Yes, Variety got it wrong (Spoilers)

Posted by: Showtunegal 07:33 am EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Variety....negative - MikeR 01:11 am EDT 03/31/14

Yes, the critic did misunderstand the ending, but in all fairness, it truly isn't that easy a show to follow and I could see misunderstanding what happens at the end--I'm sure she's not the only one. But the point is, the critic wrote that Elizabeth "chooses" one life over the other, but what happens at the end, as I see it, (SPOILER) is the man, Josh, who Liz marries, shows up in Beth's story at the end and it looks like they will get together, because, although he died in Liz's story, in Beth's he didn't defer his return to the army because their kid was born, so he wasn't in harm's way and didn't get killed.


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re: Variety....negative

Posted by: seeseveryshow 01:22 am EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Variety....negative - MikeR 01:11 am EDT 03/31/14

"And here comes the spoiler for anyone wondering which life Elizabeth chooses to live: did you really think it would be the feminist career woman who betrays her husband, has an abortion, and climbs to the top of her profession? If you do, then I have this bridge to Brooklyn you might want to buy."

I don't understand what Marilyn Stasio is referring to in the last paragraph of her Variety review. That is not how the story ends. I don't recall that either Liz or Beth betrays a husband.


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It reads like she hasn't even seen the show...

Posted by: UWS_JIM 09:31 am EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Variety....negative - seeseveryshow 01:22 am EDT 03/31/14

The whole concept isn't "I have two paths so which one will I decide I want".

Marilyn Stasio should be ashamed.


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