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Review: More Than Just A Sci-Fi Show  Posted: Updated:  tatiana
maslany orphan black  Before you read that Orphan Black is a
sci-fi show and click away, give me a chance to sell it to you.
It's so much more than simple sci-fi. It's mystery, it's action,
it's drama and it's as sexy as hell.  Truly, this joint BBC
America/Space Channel venture is what productive TV
collaborations should aspire to. It's like the joining together
of all of western civilization: you can literally sense the
Britishness in the show's aesthetics (not unlike Doctor Who),
the Canadianness in the cast and scenery (shot in a very gritty
Toronto) and the American touches of fast action and zippy,
perfect dialogue.  Starring Tatiana Maslany as the title
character Sarah, Orphan Black starts off with a bang -- or more
specifically, a grim suicide on a train platform. Sarah
witnesses the act, and notices just before she jumps that the
woman killing herself looks exactly like her