Muslims in the wind, returns to Moordale and Lépanges: the series of the week

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The series factories are running at full speed again, which allows this week to delicately balance the comeback of large productions – Sex Education, The Morning Show – and two unexpected creations, each in their own way.

“We Are Lady Parts”: five Muslim women in the wind

The result of patient, even laborious work (three years elapsed between the broadcast of the pilot and that of the following episodes), the series written and directed by the British Nida Manzoor arrives in France, after shaking viewers of the respectable Channel. 4. Score in the form of a sitcom on the place of Muslim women in Western society, We are Lady Parts features a white goose named Amina, a microbiology student and passionate guitarist, whose horizon revolves around the search for a husband. When her path crosses that of Lady Parts, a punk group made up of four musicians with very different religiosity, Amina discovers a new freedom. Deceptively naive plea in favor of art and sorority, We are Lady Parts is also a learning story tinged with burlesque and full of self-mockery. Directed with precision and a form of urgency by Nida Manzoor, the actresses – foremost among them Anjana Vasan (Amina) – bring madness and warmth to this series whose irreverent tone does not prevent it from addressing itself. to a large audience. Audrey Fournier

We Are Lady Parts, series created by Nida Manzoor. With Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela, Juliette Motamed, Faith Omole, Lucie Shorthouse (UK, 2021, 7 × 25 min). On demand on BrutX from September 15th.

“Sex Education”: last return to Moordale?

Pandemic obliges, it will have been necessary to wait a few more months than expected before finding the high school students of Moordale, for what could be their last return to the fictitious establishment which serves as a framework for Sex Education : Otis, Maeve and their comrades will soon turn 18 (and the actors who play them are starting to look their age). Laid off during the second season, the principal Groff is replaced by a younger woman (Jemima Kirke) who, under her pleasant air, does not hide her desire to wipe out the sulphurous past of the school. From the return of the uniform to the promotion of abstinence in sex education classes, the conservative revolution is underway in Moordale and this rebound allows the writers of the third season to broaden the point of the series to a reflection on the school system in general, and its adaptation to changes in the world.

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