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‘Sirens’ Director on Approaching Greek Mythology With a “Female Lens,” Julianne Moore’s Bird and Why Everyone Is “Dressed Like an Easter Egg”

Sirens heavily leans into Greek mythology. How familiar were you with Greek mythology? How did you go about tying that into your work on these episodes and making references? I am aware of Greek ...
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The original sirens weren’t the seductive mermaids we imagine

Forget everything Disney taught you… The first Sirens of Greek mythology weren’t beautiful mermaids. According to National Geographic, they were half-woman, half-bird creatures, feared not for their ...
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‘Sirens’ Creator on the Power of Lilly Pulitzer, Michaela’s Bird Obsession and Turning Greek Myth Into New England Nightmare

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from all five episodes of “Sirens,” now streaming on Netflix. Hey hey! Starch your pastels and delete all your incriminating texts — Molly Smith Metzler’s ...
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When The Siren Sounds – A Useful Circuit

In Greek mythology, a siren was a demonic being (half bird, half woman). Later on this idea was transformed in art into a mermaid: a combination of a fish and a woman. Mechanical and electromechanical ...
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‘Sirens' Director on Approaching Greek Mythology With a "Female Lens," Julianne Moore's Bird and Why Everyone Is "Dressed Like an Easter Egg"

Already familiar with Greek mythology and once an art history major, Kassell, who also exec produced the show, was all for exploring the series' strong tie to Greek mythology but with a new angle ...