The sun beat down as characters young and old all received their individual moments.
It all made for an unnecessarily mundane viewing experience.
Unfortunately, you couldnt see either D’Arcy or Smith delivering them.
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All the fraught feelings and vulnerability of this moment were undercut by this woefully poor presentation.
The magic is then broken as the artifice takes hold of the story and wont let go.
Whatever sense of tension or suspense carried through the show becomes hamstrung as a result.
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There are certainly any number of explanations for why all this happened.
It may even be an intentional choice, but it is a poor one.
In many ways, “Driftmark” was quite daring and engaging.
It just required overlooking the way much of it was presented.
