The Power

After a long wait, fans are set to finally see Naomi Alderman's award-winning novel The Power adapted to screen. The 2016 sci-fi novel won the Baileys ...

Toheeb Jimoh plays Tunde Ojo, a Nigerian videojournalist who takes it upon himself to document the rise in power of women across the world with his camera. Ria Zmitroqicz plays through-and-through badass Roxy Monke, a Londoner who is the daughter of brutal gang leader Bernie. Halle Bush bursts on to the scene for her acting debut as one of The Power’s most important characters. Tatiana creates a new country into a matriarchy called Bessapara, quickly leading to bloodshed. The Mayor of Seattle, Margot combines her political venture with her plans for training younger girls once they get their powers. Toni Collette plays ruthless politician Margot Cleary-Lopez, who gets a serious taste for power once her electricity comes in.

Adapted from Naomi Alderman's provocative novel, the mix of dystopia and feminism has something in common with "The Handmaid's Tale," only here taking the ...

Separate plot threads play out in London, Eastern Europe and Africa, with the most interesting aspect of “The Power” stemming from how the empowerment of the young-female population is viewed in authoritarian states. The mayor’s family – including her husband (John Leguizamo) and teenage daughter (“Moana’s” Auli’i Cravalho) – is thrown into chaos, along with most of the world, by this current state of affairs, though she identifies the problem more clearly than most of her political brethren. One needn’t strain hard to find the metaphorical aspects of Amazon’s “The Power,” which imagines the terrifying scenario (to parents, anyway) of what would happen if teenage girls could suddenly shoot lightning from their fingers.

John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez and Toni Collette as Margo Cleary-Lopez in "The. The globe-spanning series follows men and women and explores how the new power – ...

It's the kind of energy that might just make a spark. It's possible the series eventually will rise to its lofty ambitions, with a good cast and solid source material. The series significantly slows down the action of the book, because it's designed (in success) to last multiple seasons, so a closed-ended story becomes an open-ended one. The shots of electric power are often beautifully rendered, and thankfully avoid any resemblance to a cheesy video game trick. Tunde (Toheeb Jimoh) is a Nigerian journalist whose coverage of the electricity launches his career. Her daughter, Jos (Auli'i Cravalho), is a typical rebellious teen girl before she starts sparking, and Margot's husband, Rob (John Leguizamo), is dragged along for her political ride.

Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli'i Cravalho, Ria Zmitrowicz and Halle Bush are among a massive cast in the adaptation of Naomi Alderman's novel.

It feels like it’s going to be an exhausting show to watch; for every moment that will be interesting and show the real change in the power dynamics between men and women, there might be two others that will will feel like we’re barely in one story before we rocket to another. It feels like The Power is going to spend the first third of its 9-episode season setting everything up with its many characters before getting into the meat of the story. It feels like, as the women of the planet learn to harness this new power they’ve acquired, and the power dynamics between the genders shifts, these stories might come together a bit. For instance, we get why Allie is escaping her awful situation, but what is leading Jos’s need to run, besides the fact that she’s a typical asshole teenager? And, yes, the idea is that the things that men do to degrade women will finally come to an end because women will have the power. But here, without knowing where the story is going, switching the introductions from the girls affected to a male journalist feels a bit jarring. Our Take: The Power was adapted by Raelle Tucker, Naomi Alderman and Sarah Quintrell from Alderman’s novel of the same name, and the first episode shows the beginnings of a sea change in world society. Not every story introduced is from the perspective of a teen gaining new powers. Back in London, Roxy comes back from the wedding early, drunk and annoyed at her father. She’s surprised when a spark comes through her hands to her keyboard. Opening Shot: A montage of scenes of various women around the world. Six months earlier, Allie Montgomery (Halle Bush) is in a speech therapist’s office with her foster parents, who are concerned that she hasn’t spoken in a long time.

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Based on the book, the Power TV series reminds us that life sucks for women... over and over again. Starring Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, ...

Clearly the creators of The Power want the audience to feel just as frustrated as the women in the show. But at a certain point, the show needs to trust that the audience gets what’s going on and knows that the way society treats women is unfair. However, having three episodes of women suffering while the plot crawls slowly to a revelation that the audience basically figures out in the middle of the first episode is excruciating. And it definitely feels like it’s going to do that, because this isn’t a show that is going to leave anything unaddressed. The cast is expansive, showing the different kinds of discrimination that a wide variety of women face. While some shows do admittedly need three episodes to establish lore and world-building, The Power pretty much takes place in a world like our own, save for that particular quirk.

The Power's Halle Bush genuinely 'scared and uncomfortable' filming disturbing Allie scene in episode 1,

And then I was just like, wow, this really sucks. ‘I remember being in elementary school, I was in kindergarten when this happened. ‘So then when I got older, I realised what they meant. It’s immediately, “We need to hunt her down and find her.” ‘So I really relate to her in that way, and then just being put down as a young black girl because I myself was put down as a young girl.’ It’s not, “Ok let’s figure out why she ran away.

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There was nothing else to shoot, so I felt like I was drowning.” There was no break, no let-up.” The rest of it had been shot, and it was just all on me, all the time.

Based on the hit 2016 novel by Naomi Alderman, The Power explores what would happen if teenage girls developed deadly powers. Stars Toni Collette and John ...

But actually, I think there's something so beautiful about these girls, some of them for the first time, having a real sense of safety in themselves, and a sense of agency and sovereignty. "I was petrified doing the fake debate scene, I can't imagine what it's like doing it in reality, there's too much at stake, there's so much responsibility," she says. Because everyone's very comfortable in the familiar, and I know that there's an inherent fear around it because it is very, it can be destructive if used in the wrong way. "Historically it's a bit of an ageist world - along with other 'ists' - and people can overlook kids in general, but for young girls, I think they're particularly overlooked," she says. While the idea of teenage girls suddenly developing deadly abilities might sound scary - particularly to men - Collette thinks the idea of them harnessing some power of their own is actually very positive. Stars Toni Collette and John Leguizamo speak to Sky News' Backstage podcast about how the series explores the way young women are treated in society.

Feminist dystopias serve as a warning of the dangers of keeping women oppressed and a shining example of the world we could live in if equality was in ...

[abortion legalised](https://inews.co.uk/news/health/irish-abortion-yes-celebration-158636?ico=in-line_link) in 2018. Feminist dystopias serve as a warning of the dangers of keeping women oppressed and a shining example of the world we could live in if equality was in reach. Spain has launched [an attack on sex work](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/sex-work-laws-around-world-explained-spain-ban-activists-move-1256397?ico=in-line_link). [banned girls from attending high school](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/afghan-girls-banned-high-school-meaning-life-2226538?ico=in-line_link). Even though I know the way the story develops into a warning about the problems of having just women in charge (which, I should make clear, I don’t think is a happy ending), I still can’t help being jolted awake by watching teenage girls find their power. TV producers clambered over themselves to buy the rights in an 11-way auction, and today, six years after it was published, the first three episodes of [The Power](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-power-prime-video-review-crackles-womens-rage-loses-original-books-spark-2242824) premiere on Prime Video. [Naomi Alderman’s The Power](https://inews.co.uk/essentials/naomi-alderman-female-protagonists-tall-slim-effortlessly-elegant-im-short-fat-never-hair-82302?ico=in-line_link) arrived at the perfect time: a new generation of women were tired of being repressed and oppressed by a patriarchal system and finding the strength to do something about it. In the years since I first read The Power, the world has not been kind to women. But then the scales start to tip in the other direction, as a matriarchy forms and begins to seek revenge on not just the men who have kept women under their thumb for centuries, but all men. The series remains relatively faithful to the book, introducing a cast of characters around the world as they discover the electric shocks in women’s fingers. As the world comes to terms with the girls’ powers, patriarchy begins to wobble. I was among them, holding hands with my friends and colleagues as we marched to Trafalgar Square, protesting the inauguration of Donald Trump, the new US president who talked about grabbing women “by the p***y” and who wore his misogyny like a medal.

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The mentality has changed." This scheme will also secure jobs in the local area for decades to come. "This will be a beacon and it could change the face of this part of the Midlands for decades to come," he says. Prof Freer believes while a target date of 2040 for commercial fusion is "optimistic", West Burton presents a unique opportunity for the UK as a whole, but also the region in particular. "The problem is how to heat and contain the plasma and then how to get useful energy out. - Safety: The fusion process is difficult to start and keep going, so there is no risk of a runaway reaction leading to meltdown. "So it's a question how to meet those demands, and for the scale of demand in the UK, nuclear guarantees very low carbon generation to ensure energy and grid security." So why is the huge West Burton A facility, still apparently of use to the UK's energy supply, being decommissioned - and what will keep the lights on once it is gone? In the event, of the three emergency coal power plants fired up for the cold snap, only West Burton A was used and just for a few hours, on 7 March. West Burton A - the past and the future of power? These stations used to provide up to a quarter of the electricity supply of England and Wales but only one of them - Ratcliffe-on-Soar some 40 miles (65km) to the south - remains operational as last of its kind in England. On Friday, one of the country's last coal-fired power stations - West Burton A - closed for good.

The Power has officially debuted on Prime Video, starring Toni Collette and John Leguizamo. Here's everything you need to know about the release schedule.

For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to [The Radio Times Podcast](https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/podcasts/). Meanwhile, [The Power book is available to buy](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-WINNER-BAILEYS-WOMENS-FICTION/dp/0670919969/?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1809270) if you want to read ahead. - Episode 9 - Friday 12th May 2023 - Episode 7 - Friday 28th April 2023 The full release schedule for The Power is below. - Episode 8 - Friday 5th May 2023 - Episode 6 - Friday 21st April 2023 - Episode 4 - Friday 7th April 2023 - Episode 5 - Friday 14th April 2023 - Episode 3 - A New Organ - Friday 31st March 2023 - Episode 2 - The World Is on F**king Fire - Friday 31st March 2023 - Episode 1 - A Better Future Is in Your Hands - Friday 31st March 2023

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Power, episode 1. Eddie Marsan makes quite the entrance into The Power, introducing Bernie Monke - a ...

Filming began before the pandemic and since then women’s progression has in many taken a tragic U-turn. The Power has quite literally been years and years in the making. But sadly, I think it’s become definitely way more relevant now.’ It’s been three years that we’ve been filming this. ‘I remember when I was driving and heard the news of that, and thinking, “wow, I mean, we’re in the middle of making a series about women having autonomy over their bodies, and in the real world, that autonomy has been taken away from them.”’ Bernie’s opening scene is certainly memorable.

Is The Power based on a book and what is the TV show starring Toni Collette about? Toni Collette stars in the intense sci-fi series The Power now on Amazon - ...

Anna’s words have appeared on Time Out New York, the Huffington Post, Fortune, Forbes, Us Weekly, Bon Appetit and Brooklyn Magazine, among other outlets. "Coming alive to the thrill of pure power: the ability to hurt or even kill by releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips, they rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women," reads the synopsis. However, it is pretty soon made clear that, in this fictional realm, all teenage girls suddenly have the ability to electrocute people at will. you'll be left begging for more! IS THE POWER BASED ON A BOOK? Is The Power based on a book and what is the TV show starring Toni Collette about?

By Evie Gifford, Second Year, English. Trigger warning: references to sexual harassment/assault in the series. The new limited TV series The Power (2023) is ...

The first three episodes of The Power already showcase and celebrate a diverse range of young female talent in its cast and are so far well produced. The violent and dynamic descriptions in the novel are well translated onto the screen through the impressive special effects of the lightning-like sparks of electricity and their consequential bodily damage. When she reaches out to the male governor for professional help concerning instances of female electric power, she is patronisingly told to ‘calm down’ and to not ‘get her panties all in a bunch’. Margot (Collette), the Mayor of Seattle, becomes key in exploring this. The final girl central to the story is Jos (Cravalho). The action that unfolds is driven by the world trying to terminate this harmful, growing phenomenon.