The Light We Lost

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Thousands of hopefuls auditioned for the lead role of a blind character in an epic second world war drama series for Netflix that is based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel.

From the time I was twelve up through college, I performed in a bunch of plays and musicals, and writing, for me, feels a lot like acting. While most protagonists are seen as the “hero”, “good one”, among other positive attributes, Lucy is not the same case. Originally recommended by the book club's December authors, Americanah is a powerful story about love, immigration, and finding the American Dream that feels more relevant today than ever. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. Update from later: I ended up writing the majority of this review at a later date from this initial bit (had to let the injustice simmer into humor, you know how it is) (yeah, I just hit you with double parentheses, what are you gonna do about it?A feel-good, heart-wrenching tribute to the female friends we cannot do without, as well as the men that we fall for. He truly feels urged to follow his wishes past New york city City, where he along with Lucy share a residence. Lydia is pulled again and again through the doorway to her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. The viewpoint character drives my storytelling, and that’s true no matter what age my character is or what audience I’m writing for. The present of this specific, superbly heartbreaking, as well as additionally great story differentiating Santopolo was simply that – an existing.

Maybe it’s the act of opening yourself up, letting someone else in— or maybe it’s the act of caring so deeply about another person that it expands your heart. Gabe f*cked a married woman, Lucy betrayed her whole family, and Darren’s just a bag of garbage that missed trash pickup day personified. But the producers of All the Light We Cannot See have chosen a student with no formal acting training who is registered blind, in a move that has been welcomed by disability rights activists. It was fascinating to me that Gabe is a photographer, because Jill herself has an amazingly sharp eye, zooming in on emotions and the small ways in which they change while also pulling back for a wide-angle view of Lucy and Gabe’s relationship during the course of a tumultuous decade.The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some self-care while she figures out the next steps in her love life and her career. Lucy did not object because she felt that her marriage was strong enough to withstand having Gabe in her home.