This is how Miranda has chosen to process her damage and what she believes she must accomplish before she can come to terms with her unfathomable pain. And once the work is completed, only then can she live. “Love will try to see the words before it’s finished,” Deadwyler’s narration intones during a moment of betrayal, her voice low, resigned to the predictable fallibility of the human heart. She’s so dedicated to this ideal that it spurs her break-up with Arthur. In these moments she’s guarded, protective of her privacy and her process, unwilling to share information about her work with anyone, even those dearest to her. Throughout “Hurricane,” we see Miranda toiling away on her book, “Station Eleven” - during quiet moments in bars, in booths at underpopulated diners, in the gorgeous pool house she shares with Arthur during her marriage. That’s the dream for any artist, right? To pour your heart and soul into your creation only for it to resonate long after your own life has ended? Danielle Deadwyler in “Station Eleven” Warrick Page/HBO And then she absorbs those conversations into her art, a graphic novel that ends up nearly as important to post-apocalyptic society as the works of Shakespeare, through a cosmic accident. And the creation of art involves the artist absorbing elements of reality, then reflecting them back into the world around them. She is engaged with what’s going on around her, absorbing what she sees and repurposing the emotions in her work.Įven at a dinner party in which her husband’s co-star (and eventual second wife), Elizabeth (Caitlin Fitzgerald), gushes about spending time in Prague and getting lost in the world of the paintings, it’s Miranda who gently reassures the woman that her feelings are valid, not silly.īroadly speaking, “Station Eleven” is about the creation of art. In another performer’s hands, the logistics expert/graphic novelist might read as cold or disinterested, but Deadwyler - who deserves every possible acting award she’s eligible for - radiates a warm, if wary, energy. And that’s exactly what she does in every scene. It would be easy to dismiss Miranda’s way of moving through the world as standoffish, if it weren’t for the fact that early in the episode, during a job interview, she states that her strongest quality is listening. ![]() How ‘The Other Two’ Cameos Became New York’s Hottest Club
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