Kate Winslet Powers Through Grief in ‘Mare of Easttown’: TV Review
variety.comDaniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIt begins with the accent. Kate Winslet hasn’t significantly disguised herself in order to play a cop in small-town Pennsylvania in HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” until in the first two minutes of the first episode when she informs us that she investigates the burglaries, and the ooooo-verdoses — that first “o” as broad as a football field — “and all the really bad crap that goes on around here.” Shortly thereafter, a scene in which she buys a tank for a new pet turtle seems constructed at once to show her frugality, her concern for her grandson and the way that Winslet has taught herself to refer to the liquid this reptile will need as “wooder.”The Philadelphia intonation Winslet has learned — and mastered, much.
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