Tiny Pretty Things - How far would you go for the spotlight?

 

This is a very interesting, raw, and hurtful portrait of the competitive world of ballet.

It all starts with a girl felling (or not) from the rooftop. This happening opens a spot for a new girl with a scholarship at Archer School of Ballet. It is a way to bring good publicity to the school and restore their name—a mere distraction.

Always the family

Most shows and movies tend to show that (almost) all of the teens ’problems happen due to their families' lack of understanding or respect. This one is no different.

Most of these kids are suffering, physically and mentally. Their parents demand more and more, even in an irrational way. Unfortunately, some of the kids are willing to go too far to please their parents.

Madame

Madame Monique Dubois runs the school, and it doesn’t take long for the audience to realize that she is not exactly a good girl. Yet, I must confess she surprised me. Scandals, schemes, sex with a student I assume she is underage, the “agreement” concerning the bar… She was receiving donations from wealthy men in exchange for access to young girls. Disgusting.

Talking about sex with students, there is a lot of sex between adults and kids in this show, isn’t it? I mean ... Caleb, Shane, Cassie.

Madame regrets her actions, but that regret disappears as suddenly as it appeared. 

The Whitlaws

Bette is a terrible person, but with a closer look at her family, you’d conclude she is the best of them.

Her mother is insane, and all she can think of is to gain power and be recognized. Her sister, Delia, is as fake as a person can be and unscrupulous. Beth’s father is… who knows? He is never there.

Ramon

Ramon Costa seems one more pedant idiot full of himself, but he is more than that, isn’t he?

He is dangerous, and apparently, he has a thing for students. He has Delia in his hands. Most surprising of it all, he was June’s Father! Talking of whom, is it just me, or is June a bit annoying?

The end of the season intends to be, no doubt, the mystery for the second season. Who killed him? The fact is that he knew a bit too much about many things.

They are simply kids

Accusations, traps, lies, treasons. These kids seem capable of anything to reach their goals. Ruthless competitors in some scenes, they are just kids in others—teenagers, like many others, with a lot of pressure due to their career choice.

They are strong and resilient though, and when they decide to unite, they are even stronger. They are fighters!

Just another teenage story

At the end of the day, this is another perspective of the same old story of teenagers trying to find their path. It simply has a different scenario.

The show doesn’t bring anything new, but it is interesting, and I liked watching it.