Candy Review
Over forty years ago, Candy Montgomery killed her best friend, Betty Gore, with an ax in the suburban town of Wylie, Texas. The homemaker and frequent churchgoer seemingly had it all, a doting husband, two kids, and an esteemed reputation in her community, but there was something missing. She was desperate to stir things up a bit, thus finding herself in an ill-advised affair with Gore’s husband. What happens when her cravings stop being satisfied?
In the new Hulu crime drama, Jessica Biel transforms herself into Montgomery. She dons a super curly wig, a pair of twig glasses, and a naturalistic Southern accent — adding a bit of twang to her every word. The character is balanced masterfully by her incredibly normal husband Pat, played by Veepactor Timothy Simons. Filing away his knack for brash comedy, Simons portrays the character with such precision that even his most validated suspicions are hidden under his can-do attitude, his love for his kids and family, and the trust he has for his wife — despite her lack of reciprocation.
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As innocent as it may seem, this series manages to put an unlikable female murderer in front of its viewers and still deliver the ultimate “men are trash” message. Co-creators Nick Antosca and Robin Veith juxtapose Candy’s wrongdoings and crimes with Betty's (played by Melanie Lynskey) descent into hysteria driven by patriarchal forces. Her husband Allen (played by Pablo Schreiber, who can also be seen as Master Chief on Halo) is clearly unhappy in their marriage, he travels for work against her wishes and leaves her in an unsupportive community with a young child and a newborn baby, her actions and thoughts — whether right or
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