“Don’t make me an optimist, you will ruin my life.”

ME is SO grateful to have seen this show.
If you haven't done so, go watch Fleabag RIGHT NOW.




Seriously, stop reading this and go





Im telling you there WILL be spoilers so..... just sayin'







Okay, now that you've seen it lets take a deeper look into what makes FLEABAG so good, and what I took away from it.

First, I want to start by saying I haven't finished it, because I literally don't want it to end. BUT, I have noticed a few little things that I wanted to document because they are so well done, and I would love for my short film to be a little as good.

The breaking of the fourth wall is simply perfect. Especially how towards the second season they acknowledge it with the Father, as if it makes up part of Fleabag's personality. It is amazingly well done, and brings so much to the story. One of the most powerful ways they handle it is when she starts confusing the audience with her world when speaking, to symbolize her convoluted and confused self, and the fact that she is not fully in control.  I saw this video on Youtube and it's worth to check out.

Another thing that really inspired me when thinking about my story was the character idiosyncrasies, that aid the audience and the story in seeing the character development and personality. I think the best example of how well done this is done, is the Dad. The dad goes through a major loss in the series, and he is quite an abstract character in the beginning of the show. He has detached himself from dealing with his emotions, and therefore his daughters since the death of his wife, and this is shown by the lack of clarity when he speaks. He struggles to formulate a sentence that makes sense and is saying everything he actually means. He speaks in few words, relying on his listener to catch up on to what he actually trying to say. The only time he does not do this is in the Sexhibition scene when Fleabag throws the champagne. Here he WANTS to be clear, he wants to tell her exactly why she should stop behaving as such. But the most curious part is in the first episode of the 2nd season. We see godmother controlling almost everything the dad says. Filtering and censoring what he says and how he says it, highlighting the dynamic of their relationship. 

The last thing I want to mention, is how beautifully Boo's story was introduced. The show started out all fun and games. Maybe they fought, or maybe we will see her best friend later. Everything is teased and slowly revealed through choppy introductions of throwbacks, and an occasional full on throwback scene. The repetitiveness of the Boo standing in the street scene, makes it even more powerful when we realize it was Fleabag the one that also betrayed her friend.  We realize our narrator hasn't been entirely honest, and so we hear from it when Claire says it. This story arc is completely perfect, and it carries so many more little stories with it. 

This are all things that I want my film to be influenced by. They make up some of the most brilliant aspects of the series that I want to take something away from. As I continue watching I'll see what else I can find. 

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