Big Little Lies

Scream On: “Big Little Lies” Shows That Abuse Doesn’t Always Die with the Abuser

Nicole Kidman, a redheaded white woman, sits beside Meryl Streep, an older white woman with gray hair and glasses, on Big Little Lies
by Caroline Reilly
July 12, 2019 at 11:01am
Big Little Lies never lets us forget that it’s a show about the inextricable hold that domestic violence has on those who experience it, witness it, and survive it.
four white women and one Black woman stand together, in a conspiring stance, on Big Little Lies

Guilty Parties: “Big Little Lies’” Glorious Reflections on Female Penitence

by Aline Dolinh
July 3, 2019 at 11:38am
There’s something aspirational about the way Big Little Lies imbues even the most dysfunctional situations with a gloss of camp-adjacent catharsis. Read more »

Monterey Mothers & Murder: A Postmortem on "Big Little Lies"

by Andi Zeisler
April 5, 2017 at 11:20am
Who is killed at Otter Bay Elementary’s Audrey & Elvis Trivia Night, and who is the killer? Read more »

Mommies & Murder: "Big Little Lies" Roundtable for Two

by Dahlia Balcazar
March 28, 2017 at 11:18am
We gathered for a roundtable on schoolyard scandal, parents, and murder predictions. Read more »