A Curiously Unusual Review of the Peaky Blinders #1
A Curiously Unusual
Review of the Peaky Blinders
By: Naufal Ubaidillah
Currently at the 6th
episode of the 2nd season
Thomas Shelby and his
calm gaze combined by his suave attire has been the highlight of my week so
far. I am really attached to it. The politics. The psychological roller
coaster. Here, I will give you a new brand of magnifying glass to see the
mighty Peaky Blinders.
For starters, let’s
see the alarming love story of Tommy. He has had relations with Grace, Lizzie,
and May. This is quite intriguing. I have come to think that it is perfectly
natural for a man to want to have more than one female partner. Because, a man
is a king of his own realm. A king needs variation, to keep his mental strength
going. Without any variations, a man will face the worst situation possible:
boredom. Boredom is the thing that kills people, not guns. To kill the boredom,
man needs more than one woman in his life. This is a simple fact. Ask any man,
and he will testify to this. Even though they might have made the decision to
commit to one woman, deep inside his heart, he definitely wants the second
woman. If not in this world, maybe in the next one, man will definitely want
this desire to be met.
If I may symbolize
each of Thomas’s women, Grace is the symbol of longing. He has never been able
to have her by her side on a daily basis except for the short time she served
at the bar. Other than that, she is a faraway muse of the heart.
Next one on the line
is Lizzie. I don’t know what will happen in the season 3, 4, 5, or 6 yet, but
so far, Lizzie is the symbol of transformation. Thomas helped Lizzie change
from a prostitute into a noble secretary. And I can see why Thomas like her a
lot.
Then, on comes May.
She is the symbol of impermanence. She just happened to be a widow who was
charmed by Thomas’s elegance. Thomas needed someone by his side, so the
relation happened, but that’s it. Thomas doesn’t feel that May deserves his
true attention and long-term endeavor. She reminds us about the wind, it passes
for a while, it’s soothing for a while, and then it’s gone.
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