After leaving her hometown years ago, Camille Preaker becomes a reporter in a famous newspaper. When a murder of two girls occur in her hometown, she is tasked to go their to cover it, the thing which may lead her to bad memories specially when she discovers that she knows the two girls.
Television has always loved its dead girls... But Sharp Objects feels different. Although we've yet to hear their voices or see them move amongst the living in any flashback, both these girls feel present.
In another terrific episode that masterfully blends the shocking past with the foreboding present, Dirt explores the pain, gossip and memories tormenting, namely, the women of Wind Gap.
We join our unlikely hero... um, our unlikely... uh... we join Camille Preeker in bed. Her memory is flashing between past and present, a disorienting experience that seems to plague her often.
The natural assumption in a murder mystery show is that the protagonist will gradually unravel clues until they discover the truth, but Camille's grip on the truth seems to be loosening, rather than the other way around.
We do love to look. And this is where Sharp Objects lives up to its title. There are lots of sharp objects, all causing pain, and director Jean-Marc Vallée turns our attention on to them with intense focus.
