welcome to the cult of mama

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2013)

i titled this review as i did because yes MAMA is turning into a tried-and-true cultish hit, judging by what i've seen of its performances here lately. it remains for weekly late night shows only. endlessly bizarre and domestically nightmarish episodes, it has the potential at least of grabbing you early on. another post here claims "the last 30 minutes shot itself in the head", well i think the last 30 minutes steamrolls into a chasm of story tangents ridiculing all your narrative perceptions. the plot in a nutshell? ha! i defy anyone to condense or cogently summarize what develops in MAMA, beyond 'your 2 nieces--thought dead 5 yrs ago--have been found growing up wild in the woods, and now for the bad news....'