Reindeer
Jessica Gunning plays Martha Scott in "Baby Reindeer" Today - September 23rd 2024 - was grey and miserable - so different from last Monday. I didn't feel like going out and I have been in the house all day. Recently, Shirley renewed our subscription to "Netflix" so I riffled through what was available and settled on the award-winning series "Baby Reindeer". It had echoes of my own experience with Sylvie that I blogged about very recently. I did not intend to binge-watch the entire seven part series but that is what happened this afternoon. It was a gripping, unusual show and I guess seeing all of the episodes in a row made the drama more intense - like watching a feature-length film in a pitch dark cinema. As you know, the producers of modern day dramas will often insert songs that perhaps date the artifice or heighten the emotional impact. With "Baby Reindeer" I was a little taken aback by the number of songs that meant something to ...