Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
| Tidying Up with Marie Kondo | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Marie Kondo |
| Written by | Marie Kondo |
| Directed by | Jade Sandberg Wallis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original languages | English, Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 35–47 minutes |
| Production company | The Jackal Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is a reality television series developed for Netflix and released on January 1, 2019.[1] The show follows Marie Kondo, a Japanese organizing consultant and creator of the KonMari method, as she visits families to help them organize and tidy their homes.[2] Marie lida acts as Marie Kondo's interpreter.[3][4]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tidying With Toddlers" | January 1, 2019 |
| 2 | "Empty Nesters" | January 1, 2019 |
| 3 | "The Downsizers" | January 1, 2019 |
| 4 | "Sparking Joy After a Loss" | January 1, 2019 |
| 5 | "From Students to Improvements" | January 1, 2019 |
| 6 | "Breaking Free from a Mountain of Stuff" | January 1, 2019 |
| 7 | "Making Room for a Baby" | January 1, 2019 |
| 8 | "When Two (Messes) Become One" | January 1, 2019 |
Reception
Reviews of the show have been generally positive. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a score of 78%, noting that Marie Kondo "makes for a delightful instructor".[5] On Metacritic, the show has a score of 69 based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
In The Atlantic, Sarah Archer says that the show is about "cultivating empathy for the things that surround us", noting that Kondo's empathy is the key to her success in helping people.[7] In Vice, Nicole Clark writes that by showcasing the inner workings of family homes, the show has unintentionally highlighted differing gender expectations towards tidying and organizing households.[8]
Jack Seale in The Guardian is less positive, noting that the show is simply "a show where a woman just tells people to tidy up." He adds that the before and after reveals lack excitement, revealing the same house except tidier.[9]
Effect on donations to charity shops
In the immediate wake of the show's release, some charity shops saw an increase in the number of donations received. Donations to Goodwill stores in the Washington D.C. area were up by 66% for the first week of January, an effect attributed to the show encouraging people to tidy their houses.[10] Beacon's Closet in New York also saw similar increases in donations.[11]
References
- ^ Annear, Steve (January 8, 2019). "What is KonMari and why are people folding their shirts weird?". Boston Globe.
- ^ Nguyen, Hanh (January 18, 2019). "The World Loves Marie Kondo, But It Was America That Needed Her". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Marie Kondo Returns, Just in Time for Your New Year’s Resolutions On the set of her new Netflix series, Tidying Up., vulture.com, 31 December 2018
- ^ Marie Kondo's brilliant interpreter is the unsung hero of the Konmari phenomenon, qz.com, 19 Januar 2019
- ^ Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 2019-01-20
- ^ Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, retrieved 2019-01-20
- ^ Archer, Sarah (2019-01-04). "'Tidying Up With Marie Kondo' Isn't Really a Makeover Show". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ Clark, Nicole; Zaragoza, Alex (2019-01-10). "'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo' Is Inadvertently About Women's Invisible Labor". Vice. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ Seale, Jack (2019-01-04). "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo review – TV destined for the bin bag of shame". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ Koncius, Jura. "The tidying tide: Marie Kondo effect hits sock drawers and consignment stores". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
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