It is a reviews of a popular TV show called "Big Little Lies". The writer is using the interior design of their houses to characterize the main characters.
Is is not really a critique of open kitchens, it is a critique of a character in the fictional show.
TV shows and movies love kitchen islands because because you can have people moving around while interacting and the camera moving around them.
The article is not about interior design per se though, it is about characters in the HBO TV series "Big Little Lies", characterized through their homes. If you haven't seen the show the article probably makes little sense.
Off the top of my head: Succession, VEEP, Barry, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects, True Detective (seasons 1 & 3), Chernobyl.
Big Little Lies was probably the worst of that bunch, and is still lightyears ahead of any recent Netflix drama.
On Prime, The Man in the High Castle is a guilty pleasure despite its flaws. The bizarre spy drama Patriot is absolutely excellent.
I like that with Prime, I can subscribe to HBO within the app, and also buy seasons of some cable shows, like FX’s Legion, Fargo, What We Do in the Shadows.
I prefer that experience much more than Netflix. With Netflix, the original content has to be so good that it offsets the lack of being able to purchase non-Netflix content, and frankly Netflix originals have just not been good enough to cut it for a while.
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> Hey everyone, before you comment: This article is a reviews of the HBO TV-show Big Little Lies.
Thank you. This was rather odd without context.
> Apparently HN cares a lot more about kitchen islands than about mainstream TV-shows!
HBO is mainstream, now? I thought it was premium. Super-duper-premium, maybe.
Ah well. I suppose in a land where Netflix can make its own movies, HBO is positively dowdy.
It is a reviews of a popular TV show called "Big Little Lies". The writer is using the interior design of their houses to characterize the main characters.
Is is not really a critique of open kitchens, it is a critique of a character in the fictional show.
TV shows and movies love kitchen islands because because you can have people moving around while interacting and the camera moving around them.
The article is not about interior design per se though, it is about characters in the HBO TV series "Big Little Lies", characterized through their homes. If you haven't seen the show the article probably makes little sense.
Off the top of my head: Succession, VEEP, Barry, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects, True Detective (seasons 1 & 3), Chernobyl.
Big Little Lies was probably the worst of that bunch, and is still lightyears ahead of any recent Netflix drama.
On Prime, The Man in the High Castle is a guilty pleasure despite its flaws. The bizarre spy drama Patriot is absolutely excellent.
I like that with Prime, I can subscribe to HBO within the app, and also buy seasons of some cable shows, like FX’s Legion, Fargo, What We Do in the Shadows.
I prefer that experience much more than Netflix. With Netflix, the original content has to be so good that it offsets the lack of being able to purchase non-Netflix content, and frankly Netflix originals have just not been good enough to cut it for a while.