Saturday, December 27, 2014

TV SERIES REVIEW: OLIVE KITTERAGE (2014) DDDF



This is a story of a mentally sick women, and her enablers, that does not fit into the category of conventional entertainment.  This story is in reality a case history that belongs in books  on abnormal psychology.  

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY ANYONE MADE A TV SERIES OUT OF THIS PAINFUL HORROR STORY.

And yet it got good reviews.  TRULY AMAZING!!!  Maybe not so amazing considering that the reviewers are paid by companies that are connected, in one  way or another, to HBO, the company that was responsible for the production of this monstrosity.

This is a synopsis of the series from Wikipedia with my comments: 
Olive Kitteridge is a misanthropic*, strict, retired schoolteacher (god help the children) who lives in the fictional seaside town of Crosby, Maine. (WW Comment: why wasn't she fired)? She is married to Henry Kitteridge, an absolute wimp /enabler who runs a pharmacy downtown, and has a troubled son named Christopher, who grows up to be a podiatrist. (It is a miracle that he survived her ugly hatred). For 25 years, Olive has experienced problems of depression, bereavement, jealousy, and friction with family members and friends.

*Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or distain of the human species or human nature. A misanthrope, or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. The word's origin is from Greek words μῖσος (misos, "hatred") and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man, human"). 

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