Presented as a three-part, hour-long mini-series, the tone of Miranda Everlasting ebbs and flows. Good Juju and Bad JuJu. We follow young Miranda's life to experience her fame through the lens of her heirs.
Episode One: "Fò Miranda" (Miranda Strong) Beginning before WWI, the LaLonde family endures unthinkable losses through the pandemic of 1918-1919 and WWI, the War to End all Wars. Gray, Dank, Southern Wealth Fighting off the threat of becoming Poor. Also known as the Vodun or Vodoun, Voodoo is more widely used to dispense positive JuJu. Miranda's friend Albee learns that using the Vodun to dispense positive JuJu comes wrapped in layers of undesirable consequences. Miranda loves the optimism of the Roaring Twenties. Enterally Bright Skies. The Great Depression. A Perpetually Rainy Day.—R C Ducantlin
Episode Two: "Envié" The LaLonde family legacy is a melancholy existence through WWII. Mid-Century Modern with all its False Presentation. The resurgent nineteen-fifties. Rock and Roll with a chicken in every pot. The race is on. Ward and June Cleaver. We are rocking and rolling into the nineteen-sixties. Social turmoil. Strife in society. Psychedelic Man, Far Out. The misguided notion of societal norms coincides with freedom of thought. The nineteen-seventies are A Lost Decade. Lulled by terrible music through the eighties, Miranda Rebounds.—R C Ducantlin
Episode Three: "Gris-Gris" Decades after her passing, Miranda connives to continue the LaLonde legacy. In the nineteen-nineties, we meet the true heir to her fame. Gnarly, Dude. Through it all, the LaLonde family finds a way to Pass a Good Time. Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler.—R C Ducantlin