Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog September 2, 2013, 10:53 am 81 Comments Send In The Clones (Unserious Entertainment Advice) Hey, if I can post music videos once a week, I guess I can recommend a TV show now and then. Just finished watching our DVR’d Season 1 of Orphan Black, and wow. If you haven’t heard about it, it involves a number of women who discover that they are clones, products of an illegal experiment; all of the clones are, of course, played by one amazing actress, Tatiana Maslany, who not only changes accents but changes her whole body language when she shifts from London grifter to soccer mom to science geek to murderous religious fanatic. She even does the soccer mom impersonating the grifter and vice versa, and somehow makes it clear that that’s what’s going on. Eat your heart out, Alec Guiness! And with the magic of modern technology, there are multiple scenes in which, say, three of the clones are talking to each other — and you really do forget that we’re watching repeated takes of the same actress. Oh, and Max Headroom appears to be the big villain, although in this show nothing is what it seems. I think they’re rerunning Season 1 this fall, and there will be a Season 2 next year. Highly recommended.
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