- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 26, 2023
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Faraway Downs doesn't entirely fix the criticism of white saviorism that Australia received. That would’ve been an impossible feat given Lady Sarah's character. That said, the series spends more time with the Aboriginal characters and expands on their origin story and aspirations, rather than casting them to the wayside. Overall, the series transforms the lukewarm drama into the grand epic that Luhrmann originally set out to make.
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In both the film and series, this approach risks romanticizing the experience of Aboriginals while keeping the central love story teetering on the edge of schmaltz. Faraway Downs’s ending goes partway toward remedying the latter, but fails to adequately address the former.
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It’s notably longer than the film (about 40 minutes). Still, you never feel the awkward insertion of deleted scenes like in other projects. It’s pretty seamless. It's also just pretty.