Again, it’s hard to speak about Dark without spoiling it but to summarise, this is the best I can do: The timeline and family trees in this show are easily the most complicated I’ve ever seen. Get out your pen and paper because, to keep track of Dark, you’ll need it. Though the majority of the story takes place in Berlin, the show delves deep into orthodox culture and customs, providing what was to me, a fascinating window into a world of which I know absolutely nothing.Īll parts of the show are great but what really stands out is the acting, especially from Shira Haas, who takes centre-stage as Esther Sahpiro, and the costumes, for which a whole BTS documentary was released by Netflix shortly after the show dropped. Unorthodox follows Esther Shapiro, a young orthodox Jewish woman that flees her home and community following a twist in an already-complicated relationship. I imagine this is partially due to the Netflix label that award shows are still shying away from, partially the use of three languages (English, German, and Yiddish) that makes the direct target audience relatively small, and las but not least, the obscure subject matter that probably doesn’t put a show to the front of most people’s watchlist. It slid under the press radar and, though it got a few awards, it didn’t garner much attention in large media sites/sources.
To that I say that you’re not looking hard enough and Unorthodox is a brilliant example of that. It seems that a lot of people in recent years have been saying that there is nothing new coming out on film or TV, only sequels, remakes, or thinly veiled retellings of the same stories.
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