Television
Neal Brennan’s mix-and-match of styles manages to combine deadpan sensibility with shocking poignancy.
Read More“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”
Read MoreThe Get Down has the tragic resonance it deserves, though Baz Luhrmann pulls back from confronting the narrative’s political implications.
Read MoreLouis CK has said that he is more proud of this show than anything else he’s done.
Read MoreThe trajectory of O. J. Simpson’s life eventually touched on almost every aspect American society.
Read MoreIf you really want a full-on immersion into the halcyon decade that that gave us the Beatles and free love, you simply must watch Aquarius.
Read MoreIt says something about where we are at as a country when the absurdist’s voice is the only one that is persuasively human.
Read MoreThe Golden Globes Equation: Glitz + Glamor + Action = Win.
Read MoreIf the creators of Flesh and Bone want to whip upanother trite soap opera, that’s their prerogative. But hush about the “realism.”
Read MoreMaster of None is an exercise in emotionally intelligent storytelling that delves into the real lives of its characters.
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