Best in Arts & Entertainment 2020: Unorthodox (TV)

by Nathan Ligon | Dec 12, 2020 | TV, TV Reviews | 0 comments

Unorthodox (Netflix, Streaming)

Selling a story about escaping the orthodox Jewish religion must have been a tough sell in Hollywood. It’s pretty well known that a plurality of Hollywood producers are Jewish. However, that’s one of the magic things about Netflix. It doesn’t walk a lot of the same lines that other networks or studios have in the past. Taking on Christianity or Judaism is not something they sweat about. It’s just another show in a sea of content.

In this show, a young woman named Esther is forced into an orthodox relationship and pressured into having a baby. The show juxtaposes Esther’s liberation with the events that lead her to leave. And it all gets more powerful as it goes along. Shira Haas gives a commanding and memorable performance in a show that you won’t be able to stop watching.

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Nathan Ligon

Film / Theater / Music Critic at Red Carpet Crash

The son of Executive Producer Jon Ligon, Nathan has spent his life in the company of filmmakers and some of the best musicians in Dallas, TX. He has since become a highly viewed critic and short filmmaker for Red Carpet Crash and Shot & Cut Films.