Television manages to put a new twist on the California state of mind
By Daniel D’Addario
Feb 11, 2017
2 minutes
THERE’S SOMETHING PARTICULARLY dreamlike about the California of HBO’s new limited series Big Little Lies and the Netflix comedy Santa Clarita Diet. The two shows have divergent tones but a unified vision of the state’s suburbs as the place comfort gives way to confrontation. Lies stars Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, playing neighbors and friends in easy, jumbo-wineglass comfort.
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