.annabaryshnikov talks living in Emily Dickinson's shadow, loving musical theater, and playing tourist in New York:
is unlike anything else on television—or streaming, for that matter—at the moment. The characters may be dressed in mid 19th century period garb, and the social pressures placed on women of the time loom over them , but their dialogue is straight from the mouths of teens and young adults speaking to one another in 2019. "It was fun to do a ton of research, but also fully trust the script that Alena [Smith] had written, which broke a lot of those rules.
And as any researcher knows, there are occasional roadblocks to discovering the truth of your research subject. "At one point I found a website that claimed that Lavinia was the first person to write down the recipe of onion rings, and they were called Devil’s Loops," the actress laughed. "I was so excited about that being true. Turns out it was false. You have to check your sources, the Internet is a wild place.
"I think Lavinia is really easy to underestimate. She’s frivolous and kooky, but she also is trying just as hard as Emily to figure out her own life," she said. "As a young actress, I think you’re often told that the best role available to you is the ingenue. That always feels kind of odd because you’re like, ‘I have so much more going on inside of me.
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