![]() ![]() Their passive relationship is unsettling. The cherry on top of this blunder? The two characters’ interaction throughout the rest of the season is nothing more or less than casually cold as Lisa tries to exact her revenge. ![]() ![]() This does very little to serve the emotional impact of the harm being done, as well as degrades the issues of violence against women, violence in the workplace and just how hard it may be for viewers to absorb this sloppy and nonchalant use of brutality, especially in conjunction with Lou’s unwanted sexual advances towards his young protégé. The intimate and excessive type of violence that is shown was not treated with appropriate care but rather tossed into a climactic moment in a ruthless, quick and dirty sort of manner. The nature of the scene that contains Lou physically assaulting Lisa was incorporated into the episode in a thoughtless and jarring way. You can see its strain to be a timely commentary, but it ultimately becomes nothing more than an uninteresting, unhelpful contribution to the “Me Too” conversation by using abuse as nothing more than an inciting incident. Brand New Cherry Flavor tries to assert itself among the ranks of those instant classics with eerie supernatural elements and a complex cast of characters but under-delivers on every spectacle it attempts to execute. Connecting to the spirit world to accomplish her goals proves to be a huge misstep as the lives of everyone around her begin to go up in flames (there’s a pun hidden here) in untimely and grotesque ways.įrom Kill Bill to Promising Young Woman, I can appreciate a well-done revenge flick with a strong female lead. After their deal goes sour, she seeks revenge with the help of your local eccentric 900-year-old witch Boro (Catherine Keener). Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) heads to Hollywood to option the rights to her short film after being discovered by big-time producer, and obvious sleazeball, Lou Burke (Eric Lange). (Trigger warning for these topics as well as spoilers ahead) The most unnerving aspect of these recurring themes? A desensitization to abuse, violence and revenge. Unfortunately, this is not a stand-out in its genre.īrand New Cherry Flavor has been praised for its “uniqueness” among viewers and critics - I find this particular accolade a hard pill to swallow, as I can’t help but notice this exact formula pop up again and again in recent years, specifically within series aimed at teen to young adult audiences. If you were to stand all of these titles together in a lineup, I wouldn’t be able to identify the worst offender for half-baked expositions and shallow protagonists. But without context, it’s weird as heck, although I imagine that’s true even with context.ĭecider reports that “ Brand New Cherry Flavor is currently getting a boost from, as users challenge each other to record their ‘blind reactions’ to one of the series’ strangest scenes.” The scene, which is also all over Twitter, happens at the 35 minute mark of the show’s fourth episode, “Tadpole Smoothie.” I won’t describe it (that would spoil the, um, fun?), but fair warning, it’s NSFW and involves a hand and a wound.From the same Netflix adaptation gravy train that brought us Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, comes Brand New Cherry Flavor : a drama series based on the novel by Todd Grimson. I’ll admit that I haven’t watched the limited series about a filmmaker in the 1990s (played by Rosa Salazar) who moves to Los Angeles and, following an encounter with a shady male producer, hires a witch (Catherine Keener) to hex him. Maybe everything that leads up to the viral sex scene in Netflix‘s Brand New Cherry Flavor is great, too. It’s everything that leads up to the fight that makes it great (that, and Jared Harris’ delivery of “grimy little pimp”). For instance, Mad Men is one of the greatest shows of all-time, but if the Lane Pryce and Pete Campbell fight was the first scene you saw, well, you would still probably think Mad Men rules. Look, it’s unfair to judge a random scene from a movie or TV show without context. ![]()
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