Prepare, as a result of Sirens on Netflix is about to be your latest obsession! As if the names of the main women (Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, and Milly Alcock) weren’t sufficient to sway you, the premise certain will probably be.
All 5 episodes of the black comedy restricted collection will drop on Could 22. Scroll all the way down to study extra concerning the plot and discover out extra concerning the play that the collection relies on.
What’s Sirens based mostly on?
Sirens was created by Molly Smith Metzler, who wrote the play that impressed it. Sirens relies on Metzler’s play Elemeno Pea, which got here out in 2011. A synopsis for Elemeno Pea reveals that it’s the story of “worlds [colliding] and sisters [squaring] off” in a “keenly noticed comedy about ambition, remorse, and the alternatives that form who we change into.”
The play premiered in Louisville, Kentucky, and is concerning the relationship between sisters Simone and Devon. Simone is working because the assistant to Michaela Kell, a billionaire’s spouse, when Devon, a “social employee from blue-collar Buffalo,” comes to go to, main their very totally different life to intersect. Whereas Simone has managed to flee the center class life she grew up in, Devon remains to be caught in it, which units the scene for a present with commentary on class and social hierarchy.
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Metzler wrote the play based mostly on her personal experiences as a waitress at a yacht membership in Martha’s Winery.
“Class is one thing that I write about persistently as a result of I feel it’s fascinating, however I additionally suppose it’s a little bit of a efficiency,” Metzler defined. “One of many issues that shocked me is that the richest girl on the yacht membership, who had the best web value, was additionally the largest piece of white trash. Class has nothing to do with earnings. It has nothing to do with web value. It’s type of this imposed construction, and it’s a masks that all of us placed on and put on.”
What’s Sirens about?
In Sirens, Fahy performs Devon and Alcock performs Simone, whereas Moore is the mysterious Michaela. Devon decides to pay her sister a go to after struggling to care for his or her ailing father alone, and shortly grows involved with the seemingly unhealthy relationship Simone has developed along with her boss.
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“This Michaela b**ch has her talons so deep in your mind which you can’t even let you know’re in hassle,” Devon tells Simone within the trailer.
The official logline states: “Devon thinks her sister Simone has a extremely creepy relationship along with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish lifetime of luxurious is sort of a drug to Simone, and Devon has determined it’s time for an intervention, however she has no thought what a formidable opponent Michaela will probably be. Advised over the course of 1 explosive weekend at The Kells’ lavish island property, Sirens is an incisive, horny, and darkly humorous exploration of girls, energy, and sophistication.
Sirens, All Episodes, Thursday, Could 22, Netflix