Everyone who watched "Big Little Lies" on HBO must remember the role of Reese Witherspoon in this TV series. This time, this great actress has reprised the role of a typical American suburban mom, but her family is far from ideal ...
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Little Fires Everywhere is a series based on the novel by Celest Ng. Reese Witherspoon, known for her literary interests, decided to produce this series for the Hulu platform. She also gave herself a leading role in this TV series which of course helped her to promote it.
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Her character - Elena Richardson is a woman in her 40s, a mother of four teenagers. The woman seems to have everything - a fantastic husband, a beautiful home, a nice job, and children to be proud of. Her life is close to ideal. Unfortunately, as we all know, ideals do not exist.
Elena is a typical control freak and she can't communicate with her youngest daughter, the rebellious Isabelle. To be honest, their relation can be described as pathological.
The conflict between the mother and the daughter is getting worse when the mysterious artist Mia appears in the neighborhood.
Mia, played by Kerry Washington is a very interesting figure. As an independent artist, she leads a very strange lifestyle. She rents Elena's parents' house together with her daughter, Pearl. Mia's past is shrouded in mystery, the woman is not happy to talk about it. However, she soon becomes friends with Elena's youngest daughter.
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As we can guess, Elena is not happy about it. Her character can be compared to the character of Bree Van de Kamp from "Desperate Housewives".
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Elena is furious that her daughter hangs out with the "wrong" people. What's more, she feels that she is losing Isabelle and, of course, she blames Mia for that.
Mia doesn't like Elena either. Their characters are completely different, and besides, Elena clearly considers herself a higher-class citizen because she is a white American.
The series exposes the hypocrisy of many Americans who consider themselves tolerant people, but in fact, they are full of prejudices and hidden hatred towards people of a skin color other than white. This makes the series extremely up-to-date, even though it is set in the '90s
Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington make a great duo on screen. The new role allowed Witherspoon to prove once again that she is not just a comedian.
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Little Fires Everywhere is a story about the power of motherhood, traumas, unfulfilled ambitions, prejudices, art. It is a psychological drama that will surely make everyone reflect a lot.
In Poland, all eight episodes of this fantastic series are available on Prime Video.
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