Crime
Black Rabbit
Rabbits’ feet are meant to be lucky. But viewers of ‘Black Rabbit,’ a show filled with violence and crudities, won’t be as fortunate.
We each have our own set of experiences that shape us into who we are. And, for better or for worse, those experiences are often molded by love in one of its many forms: romantic love, affectionate love, self-love, obsessive love and so on.
Each form includes a connection of some sort. But that’s where things get messy. In the connection. We humans are quite complicated. Like, really complicated. We don’t always know what we want or who we want or how we want. And we often don’t truly know the people around us, let alone ourselves.
But, occasionally, we run across people who really get us. The ones that make a lasting impact on our lives. And when we meet them, we tend to hold on because, well, we all want a happy ending.
Or, at least, so this compellation series tells us.
Based on a popular New York Times’ column of the same name (which itself was inspired by readers’ personal essays), Modern Love is an Amazon Prime original that explores, as the name suggests, love and human connection.
This anthology series holds eight episodes, each running about 30 minutes. And each episode takes a brief look into the personal lives of everyday, ordinary people. There’s a woman learning to live with her bi-polar disorder, a gay couple seeking to adopt, a married couple fighting to keep their flame alive and many more.
But if the shows are about ordinary people, the actors playing them are not. Each episode features big names like Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Olivia Cooke, Dev Patel and John Slattery, to name a few.
It’s an interesting collection, one that takes the time to remind viewers that we’re all human, we’re all flawed and we each have our own, unique stories to live and to tell.
But just as we humans have our dark sides, so does this show. Language can be pretty rough as plenty of f-words are scattered throughout. Sex is prevalent (though not too graphic), same-sex relationships and kisses are a part of the mix and the episodes function more as tiny character studies than they do as anything else.
Maggie can’t seem to hold down a relationship and none of the men she brings home are worthy of her, according to Guzmin, the doorman of her apartment complex. When Maggie finds out that she’s pregnant, Guzmin provides emotional support.
Maggie realizes she missed her period and purchases several pregnancy tests. We see her bare thighs as she sits on the toilet to take the test. Maggie contemplates abortion but decides to have her baby girl instead. Later, Maggie gives birth and we see the doctor guide Maggie’s hand (with her bloodied glove) to feel the baby’s head as she’s pushing the child out (Again, we only see Maggie’s hand being guided).
Maggie kisses a few men and sends sexually provocative text messages. Maggie wakes up one morning after having sex the night before (we don’t see anything, but the act itself is insinuated). Maggie wears a cleavage-baring top.
A woman makes a joke about needing a strong drink to get through a difficult conversation. Guzmin asks Maggie if she’d like an “Ambien.”
God’s name is misused six times and Jesus’ name once. The f-word is heard once and the s-word three times. “B–ch,” “b–tard,” “d–mit” and “h—” are all used frequently.
Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).
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