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‘O’Dessa’ Review: Sadie Sink Finds a Few Grace Notes in an Otherwise Discordant Rock Opera
'Patti Cakes' director Geremy Jasper packs everything into an unwieldy musical that descends into white noise about a young woman who finds her voice.
It was an admirable enough plan, though few of those sophomore efforts amounted to much: “Beasts” director Benh Zeitlin’s follow-up “Wendy” barely registered, while another blazingly original pair, “Sound of My Voice” masterminds Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling, turning their attention to television after “The East.” And yet, while Danielle MacDonald had to refine her rap game in the familiar environs of New Jersey, there is nothing relatable at all about Satylite City, the dilapidated dump that is supposedly one of the last bastions of life on earth, where O’Dessa heads to fulfill her fate as the daughter of a rambler, a certain type of musician that’s fallen out of favor. It’s still a shame that the film is bound to get lost on a streamer when Jasper has made something that in its most rousing moments can play to the rafters, yet its best chance at a legacy is likely in being chopped up into TikTok clips and shared by Sink and Harrison fans, where its audacity can be appreciated without much other context needed.
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