My mother converted away from the Methodist to nondenominational Christianity because she called the Methodist Church a "dead church." Well, Mom must never have visited Candy Montgomery's Methodist church because there was a whole lot of something going on! I was fascinated by the sets and costumes and the series gets a lot right. The music department sets the scene with disco hits from the era, but no country music is played. Wouldn't the soundtrack of Texas at the time include Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers or Eddie Rabbit? It's as if the production department has no real interest or ability to capture the scene or humanize the characters; it's kind of a melodrama in a groovy wax museum.
Elizabeth Olson is pitch perfect here as the restrained yet unhinged Candy. The awkward "affair" plays out in fits and starts, yet I can't imagine someone as beautiful as Elizabeth Olson settling for tacky motel rooms in real life. Candy's joyful sensuality seems to be contrasted with Betty's (her romantic rival) rigid views of sex. A scene where Betty forbids her daughter from trick-or-treating dressed as a pink lady from Grease reveals the character to be a ticking time bomb. I'm only three episodes in and I know the series is building momentum to an explosive conclusion.
The series is weird and interesting. Elizabeth Olson is a leading lady who can carry a show and she has a lot of talent to back her up. I wish Kristen Ritter had more to do here than play a supporting friend to Candy. Her noncommittal "cool" disco dance was unforgettable and a perfect contrast to Candy's crazed freestyle dancing in a rare dance scene.
Elizabeth Olson is pitch perfect here as the restrained yet unhinged Candy. The awkward "affair" plays out in fits and starts, yet I can't imagine someone as beautiful as Elizabeth Olson settling for tacky motel rooms in real life. Candy's joyful sensuality seems to be contrasted with Betty's (her romantic rival) rigid views of sex. A scene where Betty forbids her daughter from trick-or-treating dressed as a pink lady from Grease reveals the character to be a ticking time bomb. I'm only three episodes in and I know the series is building momentum to an explosive conclusion.
The series is weird and interesting. Elizabeth Olson is a leading lady who can carry a show and she has a lot of talent to back her up. I wish Kristen Ritter had more to do here than play a supporting friend to Candy. Her noncommittal "cool" disco dance was unforgettable and a perfect contrast to Candy's crazed freestyle dancing in a rare dance scene.