Director Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is rightfully drawing praise from critics and body horror fans these days. It’s a colorful, creative, and surprisingly entertaining examination of the self-loathing generated by society’s expectations of the female body. If you’ve heard nothing else about the film so far, you still probably know that it is one of […]
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Showtime’s Yellowjackets (which just saw a season 1 release on Netflix) features a group of women whose lives we see from two different perspectives. The first point of view comes in the aftermath of a plane crash in the wilderness in 1996 while the ladies are in high school. The second one shows what the trauma survivors are up to 25 years later. As anyone would expect, these middle-aged women are really going through it. Not only do they still grapple with the guilt and consequences of the choices they made while trying to survive their own apocalypse a quarter-century before, but they also deal with contemporary problems that plague many other women their age.
There are four main adult characters that the audience gets to immerse themselves in when watching the 2021 timeline. Shauna Sadecki (Melanie Lynskey), Taissa Turner (Tawny Cypress), Misty Quigly (Christina Ricci), and Natalie Scatorccio (Juliette Lewis). Shauna and Taissa’s turmoil focuses mainly on domestic issues; Misty’s problems surround self-esteem. Natalie is the wild card and the true game-changer in Yellowjackets, though. When we meet the adult version of Nat, she’s in rehab for drug addiction and fighting to find a purpose that eludes her in civilian life.
With the flashback scenes to the 1996 timeline, audiences learn about how Nat grew confident and capable in the face of lethal danger. Much like someone like Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) on The Walking Dead, Nat derives her value from abnormal environments. When the world turned to shit, Natalie found herself. With excesses like substances and a dearth of friends to turn to, Nat loses all semblance of identity.
Lewis understands her character’s archetype from the jump. TV fans are familiar with the addicted, yet resourceful sidekick, right? Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli) on The Sopranos pioneered the template in the 2000s. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) on Breaking Bad cemented it in legend. Natalie falls under the same umbrella as these predecessors, and her story supplies the requisite contrast to h
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