![]() ![]() Innocents are there after witnessing horrific events they need to forget, being a crime victim or are in hiding after testifying. Adding to the mix are a few “innocents,” such as Fran Adams and her 8-year-old son Isaac, the only child in the town. Then they are given new identifies, choosing a first and last name from a list of movie stars and ex-vice presidents. Here, for the past eight years, vicious criminals have every memory of their past completely erased. Located in the most remote area of Texas, the small town of Caesura – “rhymes with tempura” – is home to 48 people who have entered an unusual witness protection program. The Blinds expertly melds the thriller with the Western, adding a soupcon of medical-science fiction while paying a bit of homage to Jim Thompson’s The Getaway, the novel, not the movie, and Pop. Adam Sternbergh’s imaginative The Blinds doesn’t solve the problem but offers an unusual alternative: round up the most violent murderers, house them in a remote, unescapable town and, as a kicker, wipe their memories clean. ![]() ![]() The prison system – and how to treat incarcerated criminals – has always been problematic, no matter the plan. ![]()
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