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‘Baby Reindeer’ creator says he feels sorry for real-life stalker
Netflix hit Baby Reindeer has revealed that he “feels sorry” for the stalker character in the show.The show has been created by comedian Richard Gadd, and is based on his 2019 one-man play of the same name. It depicts a version of the real-life story of his own stalking ordeal.The synopsis clarifies that the show focuses “on struggling comedian Donny Dunn’s (Gadd) strange and layered relationship with a woman named Martha (Jessica Gunning), whose initially friendly demeanour unravels as she begins to stalk Donny relentlessly”.“Their first interaction is innocent enough: While working his shift as a bartender, Donny shows an act of kindness to Martha, a customer whose vulnerability is readily apparent,” the synopsis adds.“But, as the saying goes, ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’ and this casual encounter sparks a suffocating obsession that threatens to wreck both their lives and forces Donny to face his deeply buried trauma.”In a new interview with Variety, Gadd said that he intended to make the Martha character somewhat sympathetic, based on his experiences.“Stalking usually is depicted as someone who is kind of evil, whereas I felt like there was a vulnerable person who genuinely couldn’t stop, who for whatever reason had believed the reality that was inside her head and no matter what couldn’t change from that,” he said.“I mean, it is a mental illness and I wanted to portray that.
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‘Baby Reindeer’ viewers have spotted a secret code hidden in Martha’s emails
Baby Reindeer have been reacting to a hidden reference to another show.The series follows a struggling comic named Donny (played by Richard Gadd) who is being stalked by a woman called Martha (played by Jessica Gunning).The harassment appears to take place over four and a half years, involving a series of invasive behaviour from Martha to Donny, including following him home, turning up to his workplace and sending him multiple emails a day.One scene in the seven-episode series shows Donny’s inbox, filled with emails from his stalker, using an email address consisting of a series of random numbers.The Independent’s Chief Culture Reporter and co-host of The Lost Boys podcast noticed that the numbers are not as random as it first seems.Stolworthy posted on X: “The ‘random series of numbers like spam’ used in the stalker’s email address are, in fact, the cursed numbers from Lost”.Baby Reindeer: the 'random series of numbers like spam' used in the stalker's email address are, in fact, the cursed numbers from LOST pic.twitter.com/JksoAJwLJs— Jacob Stolworthy (@JacobStolworthy) April 18, 2024The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, appear consistently throughout Lost, the six-season series which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in September.Following survivors of a plane crash who find themselves on a mysterious island, Lost refers to those specific numbers throughout the show, typically featured in background shots of flashback sequences.Users on X have been responding to Stolworthy’s observation, with several calling it a “brilliant spot”.Another user reposted Stolworthy’s tweet, which showed the number series’ appearances in each show side by side, writing: “2024 and we still getting Lost Easter eggs.
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