
Hey Internet,
I’ve recorded my thought process when I thought about clicking on the Flesh And Bone stream on Stan. I was really umming and aaing as to whether I should watch this show:
Me: A whole series of Black Swan!?! Sounds pretty good. Well….it can’t be as good as an Oscar winning movie….
Flesh And Bone: Meet Claire Robbins, a young woman who has moved to New York…

Me: Okay, I’ve heard this one before. Keep going
FAB: She’s a dancer with a troubled past.
Me: Ooohh, mysterious. Still sounds a bit like Black Swan….
FAB: She’s going to save an evil/corrupt Ballet Company.
Me: Yeah…still sounds a little familiar.
FAB: There are heaps of evil mobsters and night club owners. Psychos in and out of the ballet company. Exotic ballet dancers and crazy ex-boyfriends.
Me: I’m in.
Flesh And Bone is incredibly dark, sexy and engaging. It offers an intimate view into the dark, twisted world of professional dancing. This mini-series is definitely worth the investment. We follow Claire Robbins (Sarah Hay) as she escapes the domestic traumas in her home city of Pittsburgh and moves to New York City to make in the prestigious American Ballet Academy, which is led by the kind of insane, dick-flinging artistic director Paul Grayson (Ben Daniels).
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I watched the first 2 episodes and found it to be one of the most depressing things I have ever watched on TV. The acting, dialogue and cinematography is incredible, but seeing a young woman constantly being physically and mentally abused with no up side is distressing. There are flash backs to her incestuous brutal brother and she gets raped by her nasty 'patron'.
It reminds me of a lot of French films that have very young girls having sex with older sophisticated (vicious) men because they are "helping" them to become a woman.
I binge-watched this show in one day. I love it! It was somewhat confusing at times but then surprisingly sincere and beautiful. By the end though, I was questioning whether Claire's relationship with her brother was consensual or not.. Thoughts?