Netflix's Baby Reindeer dares you not to look away
by The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club— Netflix’s Baby Reindeer is full of turbulence. Series creator and comedian Richard Gadd lifts from his real-life experience with a stalker to write seven jaw-dropping episodes that are tough to digest. They’re emotionally devastating and cause physical discomfort but deliver a profoundly human story that’s impossible to shake off long after the final credits roll. It’s no wonder Baby Reindeer has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon since its relatively quiet April 11 debut, jumping to the global...
The Independent—Baby Reindeer: Netflix’s Martha issue is here to stay after unusual feat. Controversial series has made rare streaming service achievement
MSNBC—Why fans can't stop talking about Netflix’s brilliant new show ‘Baby Reindeer’. Netflix’s new hit show "Baby Reindeer," a drama based on a true story, written and created by stand-up comedian Richard Gadd, adeptly explores how desire and intimacy’s relationship to shame becomes more deeply entrenched and harder to disentangle for those who have survived sexual abuse and other traumas. In real life, Gadd not only was stalked by a woman for four years — Variety counts “41,071 emails, 350 hours of voicemail, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages and 106 pages of letters” — but he...
The Scottish Sun—Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd reveals what football team he supports as Netflix star says ‘we’re back where we belong’. THE star of the biggest Netflix show right now has revealed which football team they support. The streaming platform’s hit series Baby Reindeer is based on the life of Scottish writer and lea