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The six-part series explores toxic masculinity and grief through a darkly comic road trip, with Nick Cave as executive producer and Matt Smith in the lead role.
- On November 20, Sky Atlantic premiered The Death of Bunny Munro , starring Matt Smith, actor as Bunny Munro, a sex-obsessed salesman taking his son on a south-coast road trip after his wife's suicide.
- Framed to probe toxic masculinity, the adaptation examines how misogynistic behaviour is taught to boys and amplified by the 'manosphere', while also exploring grief and drawing comparisons to Netflix's Adolescence.
- Filmed between May and August 2024, the series shot across Sussex locations including Brighton, Worthing, Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and Barnham and was crafted by director Isabelle Eklof, screenwriter Pete Jackson and Clerkenwell Films with a soundtrack from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
- Critics praised Matt Smith for his performance, while Rafael Mathé's portrayal of Bunny Junior drew acclaim and Radio Times awarded the show four stars.
- By bringing Cave's novel to television, the series reintroduces the provocative story and raises debate about toxic masculinity, while leaving open whether the cycle of violence involving social services and a mysterious killer will end.
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The Death of Bunny Munro review: Matt Smith disturbs in Adolescence gone analogue
Netflix's Adolescence brought much-needed attention to the hateful attitudes emanating from a growing corner of the internet and taking root in the minds of today's teenagers and young men.But the revelatory element of its story was less the misogyny itself and more so the method of transmission, with the web's now-infamous 'manosphere' serving as a powerful amplifier for harmful ideas that had once appeared to be in decline.The Death of Bunny M…
Does Nick Cave’s Death of Bunny Munro critique misogyny – or does it hate women?
Nick Cave’s controversial second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro (2009) was hailed as a wild and heartbreaking caricature of debauched masculinity. The story of a sex-obsessed middle-aged travelling salesman, it was also criticised for being pointless, tedious and repetitive. Now a Binge show starring Matt Smith, Cave’s book has been given a new lease of life. In the hands of a skilful production crew and a talented team of actors, the dubious n…
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