Inventing Anna

2022 - 2 - 11

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'Inventing Anna': A Review Of The New Limited Series On Netflix (Forbes)

'Inventing Anna,' created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner and Anna Chlumsky, has jumped to the top of Netflix's Top 10 Shows a day after its ...

It is a fascinating tale, but one that looses steam, with its last few episodes dragging on a little, when the series fails to reveal who Anna "Delvey" Sorokin really is. Later in the series, Vivian also questions whether Anna would have had such a harsh sentence if she were a man. The series is more concerned in portraying how as a female scammer, Anna was treated differently than a man would have been. This is a society, the series suggests, hungry for money. Inventing Anna begins as an absorbing series with an intrigue that hooks viewers in. As Vivian meets Anna in prison while she awaits trial, the reporter discovers how the young 25-year-old conned friends, businesses, and the New York elite out of very large sums of money.

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Seen 'Inventing Anna'? Here's What It Gets Right (and Wrong) (The New York Times)

A reporter who has followed the scammer Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, for years watched the new Netflix series about the scandal.

Sometimes the outfits weren’t processed by Rikers in time for court, resulting in fashion meltdowns as she rejected subpar substitutes, one day delaying the court proceedings for almost an hour and a half. But as the weeks passed, Sorokin ran out of looks, she told me, and associates including Spodek and Pressler stepped in, as with the white dress. In the distance: a brick castle labeled “FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE,” decorated with a hypnotic swirl of dollar, euro and pound signs. (New York magazine apologized for the article.) But by the time she met Sorokin in 2018, the writer had already bounced back at the magazine, publishing a December 2015 cover story about strippers who stole from “(mostly) rich, (usually) disgusting men.” That became the caper film “ Hustlers” (2019), starring Jennifer Lopez. Sorokin definitely worked it during the trial with the help of Anastasia Walker as her personal stylist. “Don’t crowd my entrance,” Anna instructs her lawyer in the finale before strutting into the courtroom. The one shown in the series is on Chambers Street, about a 10 minute walk from where Sorokin actually stood trial. In the series, Vivian is a disgraced journalist at the fictional Manhattan magazine who is looking for a big break. Sorokin confirmed that the decision to go to trial was her own — and made against the advice of confidantes. Sorokin, played by Julia Garner (“Ozark,” “The Assistant”), is just one of them — and not the only one who is ethically challenged. The series, all nine episodes of which debuted Friday, is the first show Rhimes has created for Netflix herself, and in true Shondaland tradition, the show luxuriates in a soapy mix of sex, power and intrigue. The new Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” about the con artist Anna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, includes a playful disclaimer that leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

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Netflix Paid Anna Delvey/Anna Sorokin a Small Fortune to Make ... (menshealth.com)

Anna Delvey (AKA Anna Sorokin) was paid six figures by Netflix for the rights to make 'Inventing Anna.'

She's also paid $75,000 in attorney fees, and will have more to pay once her legal matter has resolved/concluded. With her fees being paid, her funds were unfrozen in 2021, but she won't have much, if anything, left over from that payday. She was first arrested in 2017, before sitting trial in 2019, when she was found guilty of defrauding hotels, restaurants, banks, and more out of more than $200,000. Well, for the most part; as text at the beginning of every Inventing Anna episode says, "This whole story is completely true.

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Analysis: 'Inventing Anna' is Shonda Rhimes' drama of a grifter who ... (CNN)

This Super Bowl weekend, super showrunner Shonda Rhimes has a new Netflix drama series, "Inventing Anna," inspired by a real-life grifter who scammed the ...

The new season started streaming Friday. What did we miss? What did you like about today's newsletter? a few years ago, and it was one of the highlights of my career. That was the premise of the first season of "Love Is Blind," which took fans by storm back in 2020 and resulted in some marriages Let's go ahead and declare "super-ness" as the theme of the week.

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Netflix Paid Anna Sorokin A Large Lump Sum To Adapt Her Story ... (Deadline)

Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorkin, the fake German heiress, was paid a hefty sum of money from Netflix for her story in a Shonda Rimes...

After she paid the restitution, the courts let her keep what little is left. Of the $320,000 Sorokin received from Netflix she paid 199,000 in restitution, $24,000 in state fines, and $75,000 in attorney fees. Her story became national headlines in 2018 after New York Magazine ran a story about her plan to create a mixed use space by borrowing money from banks.

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Breaking Down Julia Garner's Unique Accent on 'Inventing Anna' (NBC New York)

Like, it's so shocking, the first episode should have a 5-minute opening scene explaining that this is what the real Anna Delvey sounds like.

I tried to sound a little more Russian in those scenes because she was emotional." Once she had that down, she transitioned to learning the classic American accent, saying, "Then she learns English. People in Europe learn English in the British way. And then she comes to America, and the musicality is not European. So she speaks like an American, and, in America, people end every sentence with a question mark? Then I had to incorporate Russian." "First, I had to learn a German accent," she explained. different. Garner admitted that it's hard to believe this is what she sounded like but insists she's done her research.

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'Inventing Anna' review: A Netflix miniseries puts the accent in the ... (CNN)

"Inventing Anna" transforms a juicy real-life drama about a con artist among the influencer crowd into a fairly inert limited series, in part by giving ...

But it does make "Inventing Anna," finally, a bit of a slog — a series that seeks to be a little too inventive for its own good. Strictly as a viewing proposition it doesn't help that most of the episodes run more than an hour, which breeds a certain flabbiness in the storytelling. Anna's story was a tough one to crack, due in part to the reticence of those she fooled.

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Inventing Anna Series-Finale Recap: There's a Little Bit of Anna in ... (Vulture)

The Inventing Anna finale — and with it, Anna's court date — has arrived. What follows is a bit of an unwieldy courtroom drama that wraps up key players' ...

If you’re the rest of us, you get to watch an entertaining show, sure, but you also are maybe going to think a little bit about what it means to “fake it till you make it,” and why we seem to rabidly gravitate toward these scammer stories in the first place, so much so that articles become books become shows become podcasts become T-shirts, and so on. I’m no psychologist, I’m just your loyal TV recapper, but it seems like the Anna Delvey of the show is a con artist who may also have been in over her head, which may also be lonely but is also a little bit mean. He tries to show the jury that we’ve all got a little Anna Delvey in us, and while they may judge her for faking it till she made it, she never actually came close to stealing one dollar from anyone. And then there are the competing stories about who Anna (Sorokin) Delvey is and what — important in the legal context — her intention was when it came to all this. There’s how Vivian and Todd both came to care about Anna and how even though they’ll both benefit professionally from their Anna Delvey connection, none of it totally sits right with either of them. The Inventing Anna finale — and with it, Anna’s court date — has arrived.

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'Inventing Anna' Ending, Explained - What Happened To The Anna ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix, 'Inventing Anna' is a limited biopic series about a real-life con-artist, Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey).

In the last scene of “Inventing Anna,” Anna, in her cold signature style, unburdened Vivian of all her self-doubts and guilt-trips while clearly stating that her decision to reject the plea offer was a matter of choice, which she autonomously took because Vivian promised to make her famous in exchange for an interview and a story. However, before the sentence was announced (and Anna’s story made Vivian, a star journalist), Vivian felt a sense of guilt for using Anna for her benefit (like everyone else did in the series), and so she decided to plunge into Anna’s background, looking for a traumatic story that might save her. Anna thanked Vivian for fulfilling her part of the deal, and for Vivian, she had already achieved the goal she had set out for in the beginning of the series. And to get the loan from Citibank and the Fortress, Anna needed a sponsor and thus lured in Alan Reed. During her stay in La Mamounia with Kacy, Rachel, and Noah (a videographer), Anna believed that the Fortress would fund her loan, through which she would be able to pay for the trip. Alan was influenced by Anna’s words and her passion, but he needed confirmation about Anna’s assets in Germany. To convince or trick Alan, Anna used a virtual sim and voice distorter app and spoke to Alan using an alias, Peter Hennecke. The man never existed, just like Anna’s trust fund. Rachel tried to connect with Anna and begged her to return the money, or she would lose her job. In the meantime, Catherine McCaw gives a plea offer to Anna through Todd, according to which Anna will get a four-year sentence, and the case will be closed quickly. Later, in a report, it was found out that Donovan never made that kind of money and told the reporter at The Post that Vivian forced him to lie. She has a past, a plight, and an ambitious goal that leads to a complete change in her life. And the third most important figure is Anna’s lawyer, Todd Spodek, who married a wealthy elite but was never able to become a part of that social circle. I like the irony of the word “artist” in “con-artist,” which is often used for Anna Delvey. The reason being, an artist, never asks you for money; instead, he or she influences you to hand over your millions.

'Inventing Anna' showcases Shonda Rhimes' talent for stories about women and power (KNAU Arizona Public Radio)

It's called "Inventing Anna," and it tells the story of how a magazine journalist unraveled the real life saga of con artist Anna Sorkin. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it's a creative triumph centered on how hard we all strive to matter.

That's subtext is what elevates "Inventing Anna" above some other TV shows in the fall of major con artists emphasizing how the con only works if it's based on something the victims already believe. DEGGANS: In the series, Rhimes not only explores the often carelessly decadent lifestyles of the super rich, she reveals how being the right color, with the right accent, the right clothes, and the right sales pitch can get you pretty close to a fortune. CHLUMSKY: (As Vivian Kent) I thought I was going to have it fixed - my reputation - before there was a tiny person I'm required to keep alive and pay attention to. DEGGANS: "Inventing Anna" is the first series Rhimes has created for Netflix. She's an executive producer on the streamer's hit "Bridgerton," but she didn't create it. She pitches the idea to a roomful of middle-aged, white, male editors who are clueless about a saga that could have been ripped from one of the juiciest scripts for Rhimes' long ago hit, "Scandal." UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: (As character) The fake heiress allegedly scammed her way through thousands of dollars, gourmet meals, luxury hotel rooms, and private jet flights.

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