Airing Mondayįrankie Drake Mysteries (CBC, 9 p.m.) has a notable episode.
What’s it all about, really? Well, “The humbleness that comes with glass,” as one unlucky participant says. The work of both is stunning, and the show is stunningly, wonderfully weird. I’m not telling you who wins, but in some ways it’s a classic duel of male-versus-female interpretations of the challenge. The second season ends in a faceoff between artists Cat Burns and Elliot Walker. We’re talking molten glass here, people, not three-ways-to-cook-an-egg. Admittedly it is sometimes reduced to sound-bite-length snippets of action, but you can’t help but be awed by the phenomenal amount of skill and dexterity involved. What makes it work, apart from the fact that the episodes are short and there are only five per season, is the challenging, intricate work being done before your eyes. Lauren Lee Smith as the lead character Frankie Drake in CBC's Frankie Drake Mysteries. The judges have the air of people who can’t wait to get back to the seminar where they scowl at the naiveté of students. One contestant’s piece looks like very accomplished work but a judge sniffs, “It looks like something in an airport gift shop.” Ouch. Also he asks the contestants, “Are you ready to play with fire?” You roll your eyes because the people he is addressing are serious artists who will talk about “the conceptual bravery” of a piece somebody creates. “What is glass, anyway?” he asks one of the judges in the very first episode. Host Nick Uhas, a former Big Brother contestant and, apparently a YouTube star, seems completely lost.
Yet it has a kooky quality that is highly amusing. I am only writing this to make you watch it, so I can have someone to talk to about it.” Time magazine said, “The fiery, delicate work of glass artists makes for more captivating television than cooking or fashion design.” A reviewer raving about it in The Guardian admitted it was indefinable, and wrote, “I can’t stop watching it.
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That might be one of the reasons why the series – the second season arrived in January – has got so much international attention. One of the reasons the series works as entertainment and education is the sheer weirdness of the reality-TV format imposed on what is a highly skilled, highly technical creative process. Binge-watching guide: More than 30 series and specials to help you get through winter
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