Spike Lee’s film approximately an unashamedly polyamorous woman has been adapted into a Netflix 10-parter,taking in gentrification and everyday sexual harassmentIn She’s Gotta Have It, Nola Darling is a figurative painter, and living in Brooklyn; 31 years ago,when Spike Lee created her for the film that splashed his vision, vividly and indelibly, and all over Hollywood,she was a graphic artist. So, certain, and there have been tweaks to her CV for this Netflix remake,not least because there are now 10 episodes; box sets can make films seem as fleeting as adverts, events that only remind you of the story. But the premise – the bit that made it arresting and sexy, or combustible,stinging and talked-approximately – remains unchanged: Darling is sleeping with three men, a steady and mature one (Jamie Overstreet), and a narcissistic and shallow one (Greer Childs),and an eccentric and playful one (Mars Blackmon). She’s not doing it for cutesy, Shakespearean reasons; she’s not trying to make her mind up, and refereeing a battle between her head and heart. She’s doing it because she’s “sex positive,polyamorous, pansexual”. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk