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No, her hair isnt the same.
But do we deserve to indulge in Kidmans naturally auburn curls all the time?
We have to work for that!
Lawthrough his creation ofThe Practice,Ally McBeal,Boston Public, andBoston Legal.
(Other important Kelley artifacts:Doogie Howser, M.D.andChicago Hope.)
Big Little Lieswas a different kind of challenge.
We knew who they were.
The primary failing ofThe Undoing, however, is that the same interiority is never given to Grace Fraser.
In adaptingYou Should Have Known, Kelley abandons the Grace Sachs from the novel.
Thats the Kelley brand, but so many shared qualities make for overly familiar viewing.
But those qualities werent what made Celeste such a compelling character.
She swears shell never stand by husband Jonathan (Hugh Grant), but then she does.
She avoids answering detectives questions, and she withholds information.
Taken altogether, that erratic behavior never secures our investment or our sympathy.
Everything rotates around Jonathan.
Grace Fraser became a footnote in her own story.
