you’re free to look atHBOs newThe Penguinseries as a case of addition at work.
Its an expansion of Matt Reeves well-received 2022The Batmanfilm.
It gives starColin Farrella larger opportunity to play the shows criminal title character.
Colin Farrell in ‘The Penguin.‘Macall Polay/HBO
And the prosthetics used to turn the handsome actor into the obese, scarred Penguin make him physically bigger.
you could also look atThe Penguinas an exercise in subtraction.
All that latex prevents Farrell from accessing his innate charisma.
Instead of Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguins surname is Cobb, and most people call him Oz.
To be fair, this is consistent with Sofia in the comics.
The poorer neighborhoods of Gotham are still reeling from the flooding unleashed by the Riddlers bombs.
(Most of the characters Michael Emerson plays, fromThe PracticetoLosttoEvil, fit this description.)
The only performer who manages to mostly break through all the silliness is Milioti.
The first episode ofThe Penguinpremieres on HBO and Max on September 19, with additional episodes releasing weekly.
Ive seen all eight episodes.
