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The greatest stories are the ones that are universal, but told through a unique prism. And that& #39;s what makes Unorthodox exceptional. At it& #39;s core - it is the story of a young girl overcoming the limitations of her upbringing to achieve her dream
The greatest stories are the ones that are universal, but told through a unique prism. And that& #39;s what makes Unorthodox exceptional. At it& #39;s core - it is the story of a young girl overcoming the limitations of her upbringing to achieve her dream
And this show tells that story in a really compelling and beautiful way. Characters will typically tell you what it is they want at the beginning of a story, and then achieve it at the end. And depending on how they achieve it signals what kind of story you& #39;ve been watching
What does Esty want? She tells Yanky on their first date that she wants to perform (maybe even specifically for him). And what does Yanky want? He wants different. What makes this story beautiful is that they both get what they want in tragic ways.
Yanky gets "different," and a family, but not in the way that he dreamed of. Esty gets to perform, and perform for Yanky, but not in the way she had hoped for when they first met.
Like I just think it& #39;s really important that we don& #39;t know whether or not Esty actually gets accepted into the conservatory. Because that wasn& #39;t really what the story was about. It was about her just being able to perform. Everything after that is just tying up the loose ends
It does not set out to be a bashing of the Hasidic community, and while it does sometimes present the community in an unflattering light it has to do so in order to present Esty& #39;s point of view. That& #39;s who we are viewing these scenes via, and so we have to see them as she would
And while there are some scenes that people are commenting make them feel uncomfortable, that& #39;s a good thing! You should feel uncomfortable by art, it should challenge you to think about things differently.
And while it can be fair to ask, are those scenes true? It& #39;s also not necessarily relevant. The creative medium is not there to present "truth" per se, it& #39;s there to take you on the journey of a character, and to see things through their lens.
