The day of 'female rage' has dawned – and Kate Winslet is its fed-up face | Emma Brockes

The I’m-done-with-it energy of Mare of Easttown has resonated because it reflects exactly how so many of us feel
‘It’s irritability, crossness, the oh-for-God’s-sake, complete lack of surprise when the latest outrage comes along.’ Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown. Photograph: AP
‘It’s irritability, crossness, the oh-for-God’s-sake, complete lack of surprise when the latest outrage comes along.’ Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown. Photograph: AP
Fri 7 May 2021 07.04 EDT
Last modified on Fri 7 May 2021 12.43 EDT
There’s a scene in Mare of Easttown, the new crime drama on HBO/Sky Atlantic starring Kate Winslet, that with minimal fuss captures a mood rarely seen on TV. Winslet plays a detective in smalltown Pennsylvania, where – when she’s sitting on her sofa one night eating an enormous sandwich – a neighbour throws a gallon of milk through her window. She stops eating, briefly, to survey the wreckage, before returning with exquisite deliberation to the sandwich. Through Winslet’s character, Mare, Easttown nails that rarely excavated, beautifully enacted vibe of the fed-up middle-aged woman.

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