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Tonight's Pairing

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan
Tenseunsettlingclaustrophobic
The Pour
2
Erath Oregon Pinot Noir
Light redπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Oregon, USA Β· Pinot Noir

Light, transparent, and edged with tart red fruit, this Oregon Pinot Noir shows every nuance and every flaw. It mirrors the program's cameras and instructors, who scrutinize each of Frida's interactions with her doll for signs of failure.

The Mood

After one very bad day, Frida Liu, a Chinese American mother in Philadelphia, is sent to a state reeducation program where mothers are graded on how they care for eerily lifelike robot dolls. Dread-soaked and devastating, it turns surveillance and maternal guilt into a quietly harrowing dystopia.

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