Orphan
Black is a
Canadian/American science
fiction television
series starring Tatiana Maslany as
several identical women who are revealed to be clones.
It is now being aired on BBC ONE in the UK every Friday
night at after the water shed to allow swearing, adult behaviour and sexual
references to appeal to a wider audience.
The series focuses on Sarah Manning, a woman who
assumes the identity of her clone, Elizabeth Childs, after she witnesses her suicide.
The
show’s concept is fairly complicated, Sarah Manning, witnesses the suicide of a
woman to who she bears an astonishing similarity. In what is actually a series
of well thought-out and well-constructured moments, Sarah steals the women’s
identity and starts to live her life.
What
she didn’t know was that the woman(Elizabeth ‘beth’ childs) is a suspended
detective, has various relationship issues and, importantly, that the detective
was investigating a strange connection with several other women that also share
an astonishing resemblance to Sarah.
The series raises issues about the moral and ethical
implications of human cloning and its
impact on issues of personal identity.
Genre – science fiction, drama, thriller.
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