Flesh and Bone
Flesh and Bone
TV-MA | 08 November 2015 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Platicsco

    Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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    Tedfoldol

    everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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    CommentsXp

    Best movie ever!

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    CrawlerChunky

    In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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    Maria Trim

    Finally, a dance show with REAL dancers. The series introduces a new actor and ballerina Sarah Hay, a real ballerina with lots of talent. Sarah is new to acting who would have thought it her portrayal of a darkly disturbed and emotionally challenged dancer who holds dark secrets was simply awe inspiring. Her use of pain to deal with emotions she did so well and I almost believed this was the real Sarah not Claire she had me believing in her character. Flesh and Bone for me I think a mixture of Gothic horror, and fairy tale. Was Claire a Princess escaping a prison and her abusive past. The ending at episode 8, was certainly down to a fairy tale, with the Knight slaying the Dragon to help the damsel in distress.Claire escapes her home to get away from a bully of a father who is disabled and very demanding, and a brother who is suffering with PTSD after coming back from Afghanistan who is also deeply disturbed. Was Claire the only victim in her life growing up? I don't think she was I feel her brother was also a victim of the violent father who treated them both like his slave. I feel the two simply became one to get through the life they had, and turned to each other in an incestuous way. I think they both needed each other and I believe Claire needed her brother more then he needed her in the end, as he had time to get away to the Marines and realise perhaps his life wasn't as bad as he thought it was, as he had seen far worse horrors in Afghanistan then in his own life and tried to get away from her in the end. There are dark secrets to this relationship which will explain in part why Claire is so emotionally in a mess but I won't say anything as it will spoil it but there are tiny little clues if you look for them. Claire arrives in New York and goes for an audition to a ballerina company which is virtually surviving on fresh air. She meets Paul the creative director, who sucks his dancers dry and lives in his own hell and dealing with his own demons. He is almost like a Svengali and manipulates and controls all around him and if they dare to question his methods will use his sinister influences to make their lives hell. He treats people who love him like dirt, he holds them all at arm's length because of the loss of his only love. He is cruel horrible at times, but then can turn into a mesmeric character who can get the best out of people especially when it suits him. Claire moves in with Mia who has a mother who smothers her, Mia has an eating disorder and other issues. We even have time in 8 episodes to meet Sergei Zelenkov. A man who loves ballet, but not a man to be trifled with. He runs a strip club where another principal dancer who is privileged and comes from a rich family Daphne moonlights and introduces Claire to this world. Claire is drawn there on several occasions when she is herself in a bad emotional place, and ends up working alongside Daphne until she realises that Sergei is running a sex slave operation and is actually working with the likes of the Russian Mob. We also meet my favorite character in the series. The amazing Romeo who is played expertly by one Damon Herriman who has been in many films and started off in The Sullivans a successful Soap in Australia. Romeo lives under the flats the girls live he is homeless. Romeo is a complex character perhaps an undiagnosed schizophrenic who has taken it upon himself to look after the two girls. He is also writing a book and shares this knowledge with Claire as towards the end he wants her to read it, he believes he is perhaps a soothsayer, someone who can see what is going to happen in the world, and suddenly this book is the most important thing in his life, and is entwined in the fates of the main characters. In Episode 8 as I have mentioned above he becomes her knight in shining armour and slays the dragon as Claire had earlier told him he was the Knight as in his story he had wrote he had cast himself as the fire eating dragon, but she told him he wasn't that, he was the knight …. And by saying that Bryan her brothers fate was sealed. The end of the series is simply amazing, not only do we see fantastic ballet but unfolding behind the scenes is horror which takes your breath away. The last scene of Claire standing looking in the mirror with Paul the director standing behind her will haunt me for a long time, the look in her eyes when she defies Paul is perfection. You can see she is finally free and curtain goes down. I can't believe the company Starz who made this fantastic series, never continued it with a season 2, I think it would have been great to have finished off all the stories, all the other characters their stories, it would have been so easy to achieve. WARNING. This is powerful over 18, with sexual content of a nature which may upset people.

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    duaneincali

    I was blown away by this movie/mini-series. I did not have high hopes but was very pleasantly surprised. Certainly the ballet dancing is realistic. I feel it goes well beyond both 'center stage' and 'black swan' (although those two are excellent also, especially the latter). More than the actors, I would say the direction drives this, as it was predominately rookie actors (excepting the male dance instructor). The episode 'charred earth' was one of the best eps I've ever seen. the reason i was pleasantly surprised was also the best thing in this: the dancing. they finished on a high note, literally and figuratively. this is one of my rare, "must sees'.

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    cekicesr

    The Series offer much more than dance series. It could been given bad review on the behalf of dances but The show isn't all about ballerinas. It has awesome storyline with great acting talents. The most important thing is to see well-rounded, complicated, outstanding characters with different obsessions. The versions of obsession,passion,love are portrayed with each character and It couldn't have been better than that. Especially Romeo served as prophet or hero adds so many deep points. You can each example of social norms in it. Family, friends,workmates, roommates, siblings ... You can write a deep analyze in each characters. The story contains a whole circle of people living with desire and passion Everyone has crucial parts on this circle. You can see how far can people take that Sacrifice matter. Leaving or staying,fighting or giving up Much more big dilemmas get into your brain and make you question. The lead character is astonishingly brilliant. She has war inside. All these personal clash with beautiful scenes is found rarely. The only problems were not-having more episodes. There are at least 6 stories to tell in this show. From music to scenery It was blessing to watch. Give it a try.

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    Domino Petachi

    This series has been heralded as a gritty masterpiece and what Showgirls should have been. To that I say, "settle down, bro." I have just finished binge watching this monstrosity of entertainment and a masterpiece it ain't. In fact, it is the dirty dog of scandalous TV and its bark is as delightfully vicious as its bite. I like that in a series and if you're even remotely interested in watching beautiful women dance en point and want to be entertained for a few hours then this is the show for you. Are you going to learn how to go over the box? No. Are you going to truly get an inside look look at the life of a struggling dancer? Nah. So, if you're looking for that then you just pirouette up to the wrong stage. This is not a learning tool. THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT!A couple of reviewers appeared to be just shocked to their pointed toes at the gratuitous 'this and that' and criticized the inaccuracy of this show's portrayal of ballet life and what an affront it is to their craft. Leave it two a couple of uppity wannabe "prima ballerinas" to think their niche in life really does "transcend". These folks need to transcend their egos. There are loads of legitimate documentaries on the life of a dancer which, in fact, does include a lot of ugly things about the business (e.g. drugs, eating disorders, etc). However, we aren't watching a television series with the intent to douse ourselves in reality. We are watching these series and movies to escape it. We don't work our asses off all day to get ahead just so that we can go home and watch someone else do it. We want to be entertained and this show delivers that; entertainment. That said, the plot and character development is about as thin as an anorexic counting the calories of a feeding tube which I can understand if more seasons are to come. However, if this is all we are going to get then I'll have to give it a FAIL stamp in that regard. The casting is great and there is some real chemistry happening among the actors, but the characters need a whole lot of developing and frankly so does that plot. Develop the former and the latter will fall into place, IMO. This show has the potential for at least three successful seasons. Wanna watch some pretty girls dance en pointe and plenty of "gratuitous" sex with a little incestuous romance a la V.C. Andrews? Don't miss this one. In addition to being totally entertaining what this show does very well is give a vivid illustration of how even the most talented, creative, wealthy and beautiful people in the world can be dredges of humanity.PS. The wacko bum was totally unnecessary and frankly just annoying. I kept hoping he would get hit by a bus the whole time.

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