Emmy Rossum Crime Drama ‘Furious’ Elevates Trauma Tropes Through Strong Performances: TV Review
The Hulu crime drama 'Furious' is a series about a child trafficking victim who targets her former abusers.
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The Hulu crime drama “Furious” may be (loosely) inspired by the 1987 thriller “Black Widow,” but the series has several other, and frankly stronger, influences at work. After all, in swapping out a serial killer of rich men she marries for money in favor of a child trafficking victim who targets her former abusers, creator Elizabeth Meriwether (“New Girl,” “The Dropout”) has left only the barest outline of the original film. But in making one of those abusers a New York mogul with an appalling interest in underage girls, Meriwether knowingly conjures the ghost of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. And in making both Catherine (Lola Petticrew of “Say Nothing”), the killer in question, and Alice (Emmy Rossum, also an executive producer), the rookie FBI agent hot on Catherine’s trail, survivors of trauma that at times explain their connection a little too neatly, “Furious” fits comfortably into the current yen for psychologized storytelling.
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Why it matters
A new TV show called 'Furious' is on Hulu. It's a crime drama about a woman who was a victim of child trafficking. She targets people who hurt her in the past.
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- The Hulu crime drama 'Furious' is a series about a child trafficking victim who targets her former abusers.
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Emmy Rossum Crime Drama ‘Furious’ Elevates Trauma Tropes Through Strong Performances: TV Review
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