The world can be a safe place. Within the mythology of Sweet Tooth: The Deer BoyThat idea is in constant tension. The last men, the army of animals or the armed wing of what is left of humanity collide regularly in pursuit of that goal. The result is the same as always when one of the parties manages to prevail over the others: fear and uncertainty.
The second season of Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy he delves further into this aspect, after having laid the foundations for it during the beginning of the story. That tension is more relevant because the viewer has already been presented with a series of coordinates through which to advance through the Netflix series. Gus (Christian Convery) is finding answers and, in his own way, making new friends. Meanwhile, the adults continue to be haunted by their past.
In Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy Nobility abounds through its second season. Getting moved will not be very difficult. To this is added a layer of maturity that strengthens the story.. It is no longer just about children trying to survive in a world of adults driven by fear and personal disputes; also from a series in which they, the little ones, begin to experience duels and lose part of their sweetness.
Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy
The second season of Sweet Tooth: The deer boy maintains the tone and tenderness of the first. But it offers an update: the children, its main protagonists, are growing up, mobilizing the story. Meanwhile, the adults try to settle accounts with their past. The result? Different searches that end up coming together in one: protecting the other, who has become part of the family, in a world where humanity is in crisis.
Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy:
the possible redemptions
series of Netflix it poses a clash between the ways of life of adults and those that children try to cultivate. While some have become coarse and insensitive, in others a sense of brotherhood and nobility persists. This duality mobilizes the story, since each group tries to save itself while remaining faithful to its characteristics. The interesting thing in Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy It comes when both groups must work together and integrate their visions.
If under normal conditions the other is a stranger, living together becomes even more complex if one takes into account that in this series they may be physically different. A crack opens that is summarized in good and bad, between those who want to “save humanity”, exterminating those who do not fall within that standard, and those who only want to survive. In that sense, Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy sustains a common plot throughout the history of film and television.
However, its particularity lies in a handful of characters that add a fantastic touch to the story, without ceasing to be deeply human. How does this look hold up? Through emotions. You can be a deer, have the tail and ears of an animal, but fear or joy do not distinguish between one and the other.. luck in the case of Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy is that they can recognize those emotions as common ground.
“Big Guy” (Nonso Anozie) symbolizes, perhaps like no other character, that constant desire to settle accounts with the past. Who before hunted some, now protects them. The one who became obsessed with finding his family, the one who crossed his own desert in mourning when he couldn’t find her, knew how to build a new bond to fill that void.
His obstinacy to protect this new bond, trying to leave his memories in other days and look forward, is one of the main axes of the story. Like someone who suggests that it is useless to observe the past, because there is a risk of losing the present. Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boywithout being a paradigm shift or reaching extraordinary levels, convinces by these kinds of details.
The representation of hope
Through artistic manifestations, it has been imposed in the collective imagination that children represent the future. Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy does not escape this idea, but as its seasons progress it becomes even more radical. Another close and successful example of this type of narrative axes is The Last of Us, with Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as the protagonist. What do both characters have in common? The obligation to save the planet, without them having been able to decide whether to assume it or not.
In the second season of Sweet Tooth: The Deer BoyGus is not entirely aware of this. His existence is summed up in surviving, saving his family and resolving his family circumstances. The series has sections in which it delves much deeper into this aspect, offering some explanations in relation to the virus and the child’s past.
From narrative perspective to realization, the series continues to grow. It is faithful to what was stated in the first season in both ways, even leaving some powerful panoramic shots, symbolically and photographically. To all the tenderness that runs through the story, to the moments of megalomania on the part of The Last Men and the desire for vindication of other characters, was added The Boxer to close the drama of several of them. The song of Simon and GarfunkelReleased more than 50 years ago, it brings an emotional tone that takes the story up a notch towards the end. What is necessary to leave the viewer thinking about the third.
The second season of Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy is available on Netflix from April 27, 2023.