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The Slap TV series (my review) with spoilers

posted 13 years ago by Stardreamer2008
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The Slap: my review of the TV series

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Part 1: Hector

The plot quite faithful to the book. I thought the actress playing Connie was really good, as the one who played Rosie.
The actress who played Aisha was African, not Indian, but her acting was good too...close enough :)

I thought Hector was shown a bit more sympathetic, than in the book, trying to calm down his guests and being a good father.

Part 2: Anouk.

Perhaps I misunderstood that part of the book, but I thought book!Anouk was much more confident and laid-back in her outlook on life,
much more in control. She didn't seem to be shaken up by the pregnancy, like the TV!Anouk. Also, there was a plot change in that part
of the series, with Anouk's boyfriend finding out about her pregnancy and abortion, then him leaving her, because he thought. she was
not honest with him. I suppose if she really wanted him to stay with her and if she could pull it off convincingly, she could have said she
had a miscarriage instead of the abortion. Then he wouldn't have broken up with her, so the plot change wouldn't have been so significant.

Rosie gave advice to Anouk to do what she wants, not what Anouk thinks she should do. That showed some depth to her character.

Part 3: Harry

The actor played the role of Harry quite well. The plot followed the book quite closely, with a small change, about Harry's son feeling guilty
about Hugo got slapped by Harry and how the boy wanted to go and confess that it was his fault, not his father's. Harry was shown comforting
his son. Made him seem more sympathetic.

Part 4: Connie

In my opinion the role of Connie was played very well. The extra plotline added, about Connie actually confronting Hector before going to the
party was interesting. I wish more info was included from those letters about Connie's parents etc, because all that was too brief, in my opinion.

Part 5: Rosie

I think the actress who played Rosie did a very good job portraying the various aspects of her character (positive) a devoted mother and (negative)
being stubborn and self-righteous.
Her husband was played well by the actor. Also, that actor who played a policeman on neighbours a few years ago, here played the role of Rosie's lawyer,
which was interesting. It was also interesting to see the more fleshed-out details of the trial and Rosie's family's past.

Part 6: Manolis

Generally well acted and told. I wish there were flashbacks to the past when Manolis and his wife were young. Liked the picking tomatoes part added as well,
one change from the book I didn't like: in the book Manolis cannot tell his wife he wants intimacy, because he remembers a moment of cruelty his mother
showed him in his early adolescence during one morning. This was an interesting insight into his character. In the TV series the episode was changed and
made almost humorous.

Part 7: Aisha

It was pretty close to the book, though there were some minor plot changes,
with Hector preferring the massage, leaving out some details of their getaway etc.

Part 8: Richie

Generally close to the book. The pool scene was less graphic, though there was a sexual implication as well. Also, it is a bit unclear, whether or not Aisha realized about her husband's affair (with Connie) *edited for clarification.
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[–] SPfromOZ 13 years ago

In the TV show the character's name is HARRY and yes I know Harry is a derivative of Henry, but still!
Hector confessed to Aisha about his affair when they were at the Resort but he didn't tell her that it was with Connie. Unless she figures this out when they tell her that Hector raped her.

[–] Stardreamer2008 13 years ago

Yeah i meant whether Aisha realized about the affair Hector had was with Connie and why Connie looked guilty etc. Aisha's reaction and facial expression seemed to indicate she suspected something..

And yeah I accidentally wrongly wrote Harry's name, sorry about that; will fix it now.
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[–] Stardreamer2008 13 years ago

OK thanks for your thoughts. I wasn't sure whether Aisha guessed about the affair Hector had with Connie or that Aisha just thought Connie had a crush on Hector and Connie had fantasies about him, like Richie did...
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[–] PL1981 13 years ago

Great assessment Stardreamer. I mostly think your assessment is very accurate, particularly in regards to Hector and Harry's episodes. I found Hector in the book to be absolutely lecherous in the first chapter of the book whereas his portrayal in the first episode actually made me have a degree of sympathy for him and a greater insight and understanding of his character.

I thought Connie was played very well but her episode seemed a little weak. Perhaps greater depth into her background -i.e. from the letters about Connie's parents - would have helped the episode along a little bit but I understand that this would have imposed time constraints for the rest of the plot

I agree with the others here -I think Aisha immediately realized after Gary, Rosie and Richie confronted her at her office that Hector had been having an affair with Connie. I saw it in her reaction to the allegation and in also the way she talked to Connie as she fired her -or perhaps it was just my interpretation of it. Additionally her reaction in the previous episode to Hector's efforts to lie to her about the idenity of the 19-year old he slept with makes me believe that she was able to put two and two together very quickly. But I think one of the strengths of the TV series was that it didn't try to spell it out for us -it left it for us to figure out whether Aisha knew or not

[–] Stardreamer2008 13 years ago

PL1981, thanks for replying...yeah i suspected those things too about Aisha's realization, but I wasn't 100% sure.
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[–] plazbo 13 years ago

Not having read the book but how was the pool scene less graphic? What happened in the book?

[–] Stardreamer2008 13 years ago

Not having read the book but how was the pool scene less graphic? What happened in the book?

plazbo , I don't know how much I am allowed to discuss about those things in detail on IMDB, but basically in the book the pool scene (or more accurately the scene just after it) involved more nudity, not sex, just more nudity.
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If I could fly I'd pick u up. I'd take u into the night & show u love, like u've never seen. Song<3