The Curse

I binged the entire series after the WTF twitter responses to the last episode, and the prevailing feeling is probably confusion coupled with crankiness. The series has plenty of flashes of brilliance, but I don't feel completely satisfied as a viewer. It worked best for me in moments of comedic satire on virtue signalling, over-the-top camerawork and the hypocrisy of the rich, but The Curse has many more of those genres and themes, and they don't all seem to come to a satisfying conclusion. The last episode is quite crazy from about the halfway point on, but it's preceded by nine hours of relatively down-to-earth normal drama. It strikes me as a reflection of the conceit of the creators, the same conceit that the show's protagonists suffer from. (14.01.2024)