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THE FOUR SEASONS

There is something deeply hu- comfort of seeing others change
man about witnessing friend- when we are stuck in time.
Netflix has a new, star- ships that endure (or fall apart)
studded offering: “The over time. Netflix's “The Four The cast brings together solid
Four Seasons”. When Seasons” explores this idea with names from comedy and drama,
an unexpected decision sensitivity, humour, and a cer- capable of bringing to life charac-
shakes up the dynamics tain melancholy, portraying the ters who are both caricatures and
of a group of friends, passing of the seasons not only reflections of real relationships.
the usual seasonal on the calendar but also in the Kate (Tina Fey) is a sharp and
vacations for couples are emotional lives of the characters. pragmatic woman who tries to
no longer the peaceful Taking its starting point and ins- maintain stability in the group
retreats they once were piration from the 1981 film of the even when everything around
but become a stage for same name, the series reinvents her begins to fall apart; Jack
tensions, revelations, the concept without indulging (Will Forte) is her affable and so-
and new beginnings. in easy nostalgia while offering mewhat passive husband, while
a contemporary narrative that Nick (Steve Carell) is the friend
SARA QUELHAS touches on very human wounds: who unleashes the storm, namely
ageing, separations, and the dis- by showing up with his new girl-

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