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A genre that's mostly seemed stale and predictable to me over the years has gotten a turbo boost from my frenemy Stephen Glover, brother of Donald Glover (Community, "This Is America," Atlanta). Swarm doesn't rely on sex appeal and M Knight Shamalamadingdong-style plot twists, although it has a little of both, the storytelling is very gripping and sneaks up on you over the course of the first two episodes.
I'm on my first watch so I haven't caught all the symbolism but it's a pretty straight-forward premise: a commentary on stans, using the Beyhive as an example that's established not only in the title but numerous incidents identical to Beyonce scandals and actual events. The show follows an obsessed fan chasing her favorite singer and murdering anyone who says anything bad about her. I'm currently at the halfway mark and I don't wanna be presumptuous but I think episode 4 is gonna end up being my favorite. The lead, on the road to a music festival to catch her idol, ends up at a holistic women's compound where, shocker, things aren't quite as they seem. Billierr Eilish turns in a not-terrible guest appearance. Speaking of, you'll also see Paris Jackson (yes, THAT Paris Jackson) playing a "biracial" stripper and my husband the legendary sex symbol Leon you may remember from The Five Heartbeats back when Vh1 wasn't a reality show dumping ground for B-list celebs and a notalgia channel.
Anywho, the episode I'm on is fav for a single line that summarizes the show: "She's not your friend." One sentence says soooo much about the relationship between the audience and celebrities, a dynamic I think changed since social media has given fans a false sense of closeness to the artist. Before I started watching I had that fan/artist conversation about rap music-- the difference between my generation of fans who simply listened and might occasionally have a heart debate about which artist or album is better vs younger rap fans whose fandom is a huge part of their overall identity.
Anyway you know I'm a fickled bitch and as a cinemaphile will watch literally anything (including those cheesy B-camp horror flicks with bad special fx) so my endorsement is as good as gold. BITCH, WATCH THIS SHIT. There's a sweet treat in episode 2 with a whole bunch of full frontals, some beautiful cocks bitch I'm talkin lovely big penises.
It's on Prime or whatever totally-legal streaming site you use.
SEMI-SPOILER ALERT: My favorite trope so far is the killing makes the lead ravenous. Every murder isn't shown on-screen but when you see her stuffing her face..... Favorite scene, while at the women's compound, well into her serial killing career and using aliases, the lead is coaxed into blurting out her real name during a meditation scene that's the turning point for the episode.
I'm on my first watch so I haven't caught all the symbolism but it's a pretty straight-forward premise: a commentary on stans, using the Beyhive as an example that's established not only in the title but numerous incidents identical to Beyonce scandals and actual events. The show follows an obsessed fan chasing her favorite singer and murdering anyone who says anything bad about her. I'm currently at the halfway mark and I don't wanna be presumptuous but I think episode 4 is gonna end up being my favorite. The lead, on the road to a music festival to catch her idol, ends up at a holistic women's compound where, shocker, things aren't quite as they seem. Billierr Eilish turns in a not-terrible guest appearance. Speaking of, you'll also see Paris Jackson (yes, THAT Paris Jackson) playing a "biracial" stripper and my husband the legendary sex symbol Leon you may remember from The Five Heartbeats back when Vh1 wasn't a reality show dumping ground for B-list celebs and a notalgia channel.
Anywho, the episode I'm on is fav for a single line that summarizes the show: "She's not your friend." One sentence says soooo much about the relationship between the audience and celebrities, a dynamic I think changed since social media has given fans a false sense of closeness to the artist. Before I started watching I had that fan/artist conversation about rap music-- the difference between my generation of fans who simply listened and might occasionally have a heart debate about which artist or album is better vs younger rap fans whose fandom is a huge part of their overall identity.
Anyway you know I'm a fickled bitch and as a cinemaphile will watch literally anything (including those cheesy B-camp horror flicks with bad special fx) so my endorsement is as good as gold. BITCH, WATCH THIS SHIT. There's a sweet treat in episode 2 with a whole bunch of full frontals, some beautiful cocks bitch I'm talkin lovely big penises.
It's on Prime or whatever totally-legal streaming site you use.SEMI-SPOILER ALERT: My favorite trope so far is the killing makes the lead ravenous. Every murder isn't shown on-screen but when you see her stuffing her face..... Favorite scene, while at the women's compound, well into her serial killing career and using aliases, the lead is coaxed into blurting out her real name during a meditation scene that's the turning point for the episode.
