LaKeith Stanfield’s ‘The Changeling’ Is a Bizarre Jigsaw Puzzle Told From the Wrong Perspective: TV Review
variety.comAramide Tinubu Fairytales can easily bend and twist into nightmares, which is the core sentiment of Apple TV+’s adaptation of Victor LaValle’s award-winning novel, “The Changeling.” In the series, a young father, Apollo Kagwa (LaKeith Stanfield), embarks on a desperate search for his wife, Emma Valentine (Clark Backo), after she vanishes following a horrific incident shortly after the birth of their first child.
Lavalle, who narrates this eight-episode series, set his book in New York City — across decades and realms, infusing Norwegian fairy tales with elements from the Black American experience, Ugandan traditions and magical folklore.
Regrettably, pulling all that together in a television adaptation of the novel has proven impossible for writer Kelly Marcel. “The Changeling” opens in Fort Washington, New York, in 2010.
Apollo finds himself drawn to Emma, a librarian who has dreams of seeing the world before settling down. When the pair reunite many months later following Emma’s extended stay in Brazil, they dive headfirst into a romance, and Apollo naively promises to fulfill all of Emma’s dreams and wishes.
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