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Join Us In late August, Netflix released Kaos , a dark comedy reimagining Greek mythology for a modern audience. British actor and writer Charlie Covell, a self-professed mythology nerd , created and wrote the eight-episode series, relying on a heavy dose of high fashion and art history to bring the chaotic world of deities, mortals, and three-headed dogs to life. Numerous visual references and cues help the audience read the series, especially the use of color — or lack thereof.
The monochromatic, bureaucratized Underworld that Riddy ( — a nickname for Eurydice , lover of Orpheus, whom he sought to rescue from death by charming the gods of the underworld with his music — enters after her death is devoid of color and life. And while the polychromatic nature of Kaos’ s upper world may be jarring because we are so used to the whitewashing of antiquity, it cleverly captures the visual realities of the ancient world. The color palette of the .
