Why does InventingAnna turn its victim into a joke?
. The fact that most of the episodes are about 20 minutes longer than necessary. The way that it makes a Celine-obsessed grifter out to be a 21st-century Jay Gatsby, with 281 Park Avenue standing in for Daisy Buchanan. The accent—dear God, the. It’s the not-quite disclaimer at the beginning of every installment that feels most misguided, though: “This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.
All of which naturally leads viewers to believe that the majority of Rachel’s storyline falls under the “completely true” bracket. And you would be forgiven for coming away from the melodrama pleased that this self-proclaimed “bad bitch” is left high-and-dry after the trial. When Shonda Rhimes’s series first introduces Rachel, she’s refusing to visit Sorokin at Rikers Island, while wearing head-to-toe designer garb that Delvey gifted her.
Except that none of that actually happened. Delvey never once bought Williams an item of clothing. Williams has never watched. . And Rachel is no wide-eyed ingenue dazzled by Sorokin’s tacky displays of wealth and gaggle of celebrity hangers-on. This is someone who spent most of her 20s planning’s annual Hollywood portfolios, and scheduled that infamous Marrakech trip around a work visit to Arles for an Annie Leibovitz exhibition.
, which is a much more balanced take on the situation than her hysterical on-screen portrayal would lead you to believe . Perhaps the most ridiculous element of Rachel’s portrayal inis the way that she’s made out to be some fame-hungry opportunist for telling her story in, even as Vivian attempts to get her own career back on track using exactly the same method . “Once the tabloids picked the story up, I got contacted by a reporter fornow.
It would be more understandable if reimagining Rachel’s character added to the story’s resonance in a meaningful way. In reality, though, it’s symptomatic of’s general creative failure: removing all nuance from Delvey’s spectacular rise and fall. Every one of Sorokin’s victims is ultimately made out to have come away without any serious negative ramifications.
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