awakens

A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum.

As the city awakens, motorbikes weave through the streets in a hurry, and any driver will tell you that it’s dogs and cows—not cats—around whom they will swerve on their morning commute.

For the first few episodes, Norma is unconscious, but once she awakens, Burnett shows off the skill at physical comedy that has been her trademark since before her pioneering variety series, “The Carol Burnett Show.”

The British actress is known for appearing in Star Wars films including The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, as well as the recent dramas Magpie and Young Woman and The Sea.

The curiosity awakens in young people who don’t know who she is, and they visit or revisit her films and realize the power that she holds.