Mar 17, 2021
Silence of the Lambs Has A Prequel From CBS, “Clarice” TV Series
Clarice is a 2021 American psychological horror crime drama television series created by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet.
Produced by CBS Studios, MGM Television, and Secret Hideout, it is based on the best-selling novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris.
From CBS, “Clarice” offers a deep dive into the untold personal story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, one year after the events of “The Silence of the Lambs.” Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice’s bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. However, her complex psychological makeup that comes from a challenging childhood empowers her to begin to find her voice while working in a man’s world, as well as escape the family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.
Indiewire covered Clarice in detail. “Absent any framework, the new CBS drama series ‘Clarice’ is still a bit worse than fine. Anyone familiar with the broadcast network’s preferred genre of rote crime procedurals may be satisfied (though certainly not thrilled), and anyone expecting more than that, frankly, should know better.
But even the most pop culture-averse viewers are likely to start “Clarice” with some level of base knowledge.
There’s the recent “Hannibal” TV show, the less recent “Hannibal” movie, and Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning 1991 classic, “The Silence of the Lambs”; only the latter serves as backstory here, but they’re all reasonable comparison points, and they’re all vastly superior to “Clarice.”’
Picking up a year after Clarice Starling tracked down Buffalo Bill, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet’s continuation quickly positions its lead (now played by Rebecca Breeds) as an outsider at the FBI, who’s despised by jealous colleagues for her highly publicized experience catching a serial killer. (Due to rights issues, the show can’t mention Hannibal Lecter by name.) Her boss thinks she got lucky, the press hounds her like a celebrity, and she just wants to do the work: to help victims. The article first appeared on RileyRoseMcKesson.com and continues here…
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