becoming kirsten
IN a world suddenly intrigued by the trailer park anti-hero, On Becoming a God in Central Florida finds itself in good company: Netflix series Ozark had been widely praised by critics, and the success of trashy yet entertaining documentary series Tiger King is unprecedented.
Kirsten Dunst plays the lead role in this dark comedy series: the impossibly tough Krystal Stubbs, a waterpark employee who has to claw her way up the ladder of a cult-like pyramid scheme that caused the death of her gullible husband.
Set in 1990s Florida, working mom Krystal has to scheme her way through a system set up for failure. ‘It is a story of false image, desperation and exploitation, one that gets at the core lie of the American dream,’ as Vanity Fair puts it.
While has its tigers, features Kirsten firing a shotgun into a swamp of alligators and dismembering one to feed her daughter. ‘It’s about a
