Considering how dark 2020 is, it is a good time for a lighthearted remembrance of things past, before the pandemic.
Sarah Osman
Television Review: “Aggretsuko” — The Season Three Blues
For some reason, Aggretsuko riffs on Japanese idols in its third season, and the shift makes the show less appealing.
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.
Television Review: “Love on the Spectrum” — Celebrating Autism
Love on the Spectrum is a trailblazing docuseries that dismantles myths about autism and romance.
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.
Television Review: Delightfully Revived “Baby-Sitters Club” — More Than ’90s Nostalgia
During a period when we are facing a ferocious pandemic, the biggest Civil Rights movement since the ’60s, and the possibility of flying snakes, it is the perfect time to remake the cheery The Baby-Sitters Club.
Television Review: “Beecham House” — A Steamy Passage to India
As a potentially thoughtful drama (hey, this is PBS) set during a revolutionary and colonialist era, Beecham House falls as flat as papadum.
Television Review: Netflix’s “Space Force” — Sucked into a Black Hole
Maybe Space Force will figure out what kind of comedy it is and launch into a rejuvenated second season turn. Though that assumes it will get a second season.
Television Review: “Ramy,” Season 2 — An Egyptian-American Muslim on a Hilarious Quest
Much of the fun of Ramy comes from its deadpan embrace of heightened absurdity.
Television Review: Hulu’s “The Great” — Russian Tyranny for Laughs
In The Great, Tony McNamara proves that period pieces that pit conniving yet sympathetic women against tyrannical men can make for a kind of refreshingly cathartic entertainment.