- Network: Netflix , ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 8, 2020
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There no doubt that it is a gripping watch and a worthwhile effort, regardless of reasons that may draw in viewers. Whether audiences will effectively process the messages imparted behind the dual serving of celebrity tease and well-meaning white people angst is frustratingly unclear.
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Stateless has the pedigree and the performances to match its prestige drama ambitions. But the first episode suffers from tonal mismatches and doesn’t bring the stories together in a satisfying enough way to make us automatically want to watch more.
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The show’s emphasis on Sofie—and in particular, the cult she was involved with—seems to come at the expense of its desire to shed light on Australian immigration.
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The system is a mess, no doubt, fully awful, unfair and brutal. And “Stateless” approaches this head-on. It just would have been nice to reflect more on those who are abused than the white folk who cage them in. Again, yeesh.
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Despite moving and deeply human performances throughout, Stateless' refusal to take a stance makes it oddly futile.
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It’s a case of good intentions undone by hackneyed and creaky execution, although solid performances and a sense of palpable outrage at least keep it from totally crumbling under the weight of its leaden drama.
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