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Ann Skelly, left, Zackary Momoh, right, in a scene from The Nevers. (Keith Bernstein/HBO)
Published April 15. 2021 12:01AM
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Kicking butt in corsets and slaying with parasols, Victorian sci-fi drama “The Nevers” arrived under, or at least alongside, a cloud: Creator Joss Whedon, who left the series in November citing exhaustion, has been the subject of multiple allegations since last summer of creating an abusive work environment on other projects, including by “Justice League’s” Ray Fisher and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” Charisma Carpenter and Michelle Trachtenberg.
But if this meant HBO faced an even taller order turning its ambitious new series, now helmed by showrunner Philippa Goslett, into a worthy successor to “True Blood,” “Game of Thrones” and “Watchmen,” it’s one the cable giant has surmounted. “The Nevers” ably continues the networ
The Nevers, a new show about people with powers, is pretty far removed from garden-variety superhero fare.
Set in the late Victorian era, it is about people who, by the reckoning of the elite in such class-conscious times, should never have the kind of power they wield – let alone be seen wielding it.
Somehow, an unknown phenomenon in the year 1896 granted extraordinary ablities to a number of individuals, largely women and those on the fringes of society.
Like Marvel’s mutants and George RR Martin’s
Wild Cards, these “gifts” differ wildly from one person to the next, and sometimes they could hardly be regarded as such – bordering more on curses.
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