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Television Review: “Class Action Park” — The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Visitors (of all ages?) were invited to drink copious amounts of liquor and possibly get laid. This was as close to Pinnochio‘s Pleasure Island as they were ever going to get.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Action Park, Class Action Park, Gene Mulvihill, HBO, Sarah Osman, The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever

Television Review: HBO’s “Perry Mason” — American Justice, with Loose Ends

The parallel plot — maybe the real plot — percolates just below the surface: the meta-textual challenge of figuring out how the HBO Perry Mason will morph into something resembling its CBS progenitor.

By: Thomas Doherty Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: HBO, Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason, Raymond Burr

Television Review: “Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn” — A Soulless Man

Roy Cohn was much more pernicious than Joe McCarthy because he was far more adept at undercutting the relevance of so-called American values.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn, documentary, HBO, Matt Hanson, Roy Cohn

Television Review: ” I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” — True Crime, with Empathy for the Victims

To its credit, this “true crime” documentary treats the tragedy of each victim with empathy and respect.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: HBO, I Will Be Gone in The Dark, Liz Garbus, Sarah Osman

TV Review: “Barry” Season Two — All Bets Are Off

HBO’S Barry has finally started to hit its stride as a mirthfully dark comedy/drama.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Review, Television Tagged: Barry, Bill Hader, HBO, Matt Hanson

Television Review: “Crashing” — The Power of Being Earnest

Crashing shows us how Holmes’s innate sweetness and affability carries him through the awkwardness and indignities of being a working comedian.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Crashing, HBO, Matt Hanson, Peter Holmes

Television Review: “Jane Fonda in Five Acts”

The more we hear Jane Fonda’s homilies about needing to be “whole” and “self-actualize” the more her personal journey sounds more like a succession of carefully calculated branding exercises.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: HBO, Jane Fonda, Jane Fonda: A Life in Five Acts

Television Review: “Barry” — The Trials and Tribulations of a Low-Rent Hitman

One of Barry’s strongest attributes is its brand of dark, surreal, and unexpectedly witty satire.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Barry, Bill Hader, HBO

Television Review: Elvis Presley — The Searcher?

What we don’t learn very much about is Elvis’ inner life, his motivations, and his deeper ambitions.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: documentary, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, HBO, Matt Hanson, Thom Zimmy

Television Review: Gary Shandling — Your Favorite Comedian’s Favorite Comedian

Gary Shandling’s life and art are both given the redeeming appreciation they deserve.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: documentary, Gary Shandling, HBO, Matt Hanson, The Zen Diaries of Gary Shandling

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