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    <em>Big Little Lies </em>Ponders What Makes a Man

    The second season of the acclaimed HBO series, about a group of California women who share an unlikely bond, explores the inheritances of masculinity.
    by Hannah Giorgis Jun 10, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / HBO

    This article contains spoilers through Season 2, Episode 1 of Big Little Lies.

    The women of spend their lives picking up the pieces men leave behind. In its , which was initially conceptualized as a stand-alone adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel, the HBO series earned both critical acclaim and a touch of as it introduced viewers to five women navigating murder and myopia in Monterey: Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), Celeste (Nicole Kidman), Jane (Shailene Woodley), Renata (Laura Dern), and Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz). The season ended with the death of Perry (Alexander Skarsgård), Celeste’s abusive husband, who attacked her at a themed fundraiser held at their children’s elementary school—and mysteriously fell down the stairs

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