Deep cuts: how Sharp Objects offers up a radically dark view of women

In the small screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s thriller, Amy Adams brings to life a fascinatingly complex female antiheroIn new limited series Sharp Objects, based on the 2006 novel by Gillian Flynn, everything smolders. Dilapidated buildings are covered in old graffiti and fraying posters. The green leaves on plants and trees sit lush and heavy in the hot air. Women and men fan themselves as they sit on the grass or park benches. There are cracks on walls and ceilings that slowly seem