Jordan H. Manigo | Blog | Editorials and journals on the design process, film, and storytelling.
The Shape of Water is an adult fairy tale about misfits that exist on the margins of society. I can see why Del Toro chose to write a mute protagonist with a black female and gay man as supporting characters, taking place in the 1950’s during the height of civil rights activism.
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, my parents hid a VHS copy of the movie this this series is based on, at the very top of the china cabinet in our dinning room. I never stood on top of a chair and a small stack of books to find that out, or watched it or anything of course...honest
Read MoreCreative Director. Designer. Storyteller. Nilla wafer enthusiast. Under no circumstances should you ever allow my talented and amiable disposition to fool you into thinking that I am anything more than young, dumb and full of ideas.
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