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Its at once breezy enough to easily fall for and emotionally hefty enough to linger.
Yet,Clawsisnt a heavy show.
Far from it.Clawstrades the shadows weve come to associate with noir for a sun-drenched, candy-coated fantasy.
Its core of female characters are tender-hearted ride-or-dies, not hardened criminals.
When choosing between darkness and joy whether aesthetically or narratively the show always goes for the latter.
She was, in fact, a male fantasy.
Ive always seen the femme fatale not as a male fantasy, but a female one.
And I want her to be mixed up to the top!
So I want to see what chances and risks and decisions she makes when she has all that power.
If she shines, they shine.
She wouldnt leave them by the wayside.
This season ofClawshas put Desna in impossible situations romantically, personally, and professionally.
Reality proves a bit more complicated: When Desna confronts her father, she is coldly rebuffed.
In facing him, she can take control of her own narrative instead of falling victim to it.
You will bear witness to her fury and extravagance.
As Polly put it plainly earlier in the season, Clothes are everything.
The entire series is infused with this maxim believing that what we wear speaks to who we are.
Under costume designer Dolores Ybarra, colors clash, broaches glimmer, tight fabric glistens.
