tv review
My Brilliant Friend
Two girls in the violent Naples of the post-war years, bound by a friendship compounded in equal measure of love and rivalry, adapted with rare fidelity from Ferrante. Female friendship rendered whole: devotion, envy, and the lifelong agon of becoming yourself against another.
what it left me with
Your dearest friend is also your unit of measure, and there is nothing shameful in that; it is precisely how girls forge a self. Learn to hold both truths at once.
this is one entry from a wandering list of films, books, shows and albums, kept by someone trying to live a slightly more deliberate life.
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