My Cultural Diet

431 reviews of movies, TV shows, books, restaurants, etc. My own private Goodreads, Letterboxd, and Yelp all rolled into one (more info). Star ratings are 100% subjective, non-scientific, and subject to change. May contain affiliate links, which support Opus.
Paper Girls, Season One

Paper Girls, Season One

I wanted to like this more than I actually did. The story — based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s comic — was interesting and the young cast was game enough, but this is one of those cases where the various pieces just didn’t click. Also, don’t believe any Stranger Things comparisons; aside from being (partially) set in ’80s, Paper Girls has little-to-nothing in common with the Netflix series. There was a lot of potential here that will sadly be unrealized since Amazon canceled the series.


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