I watched every episode of this and as a whole, it struck me as being presented from the viewpoint of someone with a terrible, pointless crush on a girl named Hedwig - crushing to the point where Hedwig could be devoid of anything at all and it made no difference because it was all about how she looked anyway. A statue would have done.
Hedwig is boring. There's just no other word for her. But we are expected to believe she is beautiful, smart, talented, a great friend, interesting, captivating etc, all because other characters say she is. Other than being beautiful, there is no evidence of these qualities. She is antisocial, jaded, desultory, disillusioned, lifeless...boring. Almost all camera shots are like model shots. I can hear them telling the actress 'just look really passive - no, more passive...okay that's perfect'. This does kind of fit in with the story as she's pretty much the victim of being everyone's fantasy (for some unspecified reason) and fantasies work heaps better if the subject is passive.
I feel a bit sorry for Bebe Bettencourt. She was in The Dry in essentially the same role. I hope she hasn't been typecast already.
It's a shame as this could have been way better. It wasn't just the characterisation of Hedwig that was an issue - a fair bit of stuff wasn't particularly believable.
Hedwig is boring. There's just no other word for her. But we are expected to believe she is beautiful, smart, talented, a great friend, interesting, captivating etc, all because other characters say she is. Other than being beautiful, there is no evidence of these qualities. She is antisocial, jaded, desultory, disillusioned, lifeless...boring. Almost all camera shots are like model shots. I can hear them telling the actress 'just look really passive - no, more passive...okay that's perfect'. This does kind of fit in with the story as she's pretty much the victim of being everyone's fantasy (for some unspecified reason) and fantasies work heaps better if the subject is passive.
I feel a bit sorry for Bebe Bettencourt. She was in The Dry in essentially the same role. I hope she hasn't been typecast already.
It's a shame as this could have been way better. It wasn't just the characterisation of Hedwig that was an issue - a fair bit of stuff wasn't particularly believable.