January 20, 2021 was a momentous day. I spent the entire day – from 8:30am to 10pm – watching the various broadcasts on NBC, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC. As Nancy Pelosi said in a press conference today, what a difference a day makes. Amanda Gorman gave an absolutely standout performance reciting her poem, “The Hill […]
The HBO documentary “The Apollo” that came out last month is so worth watching! Everyone should see this legendary theatre’s history so beautifully told.
Ellen DeGeneres talked about her coming out episode in “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” on Netflix. Happy #Pride!
Ava DuVernay has an incredible talent for historical storytelling. Her attention to humanity in cinematography is unmatched. As “Selma” made real the experience of Dr. Martin Luther King, “When They See Us” tells the story of the lives, families and community of the wrongfully accused boys known as the Central Park Five.
Season 4, episode 1: “America the Beautiful” Draughtlander is finally over! It’s been a long eleven months. Season 4 of Outlander is finally here. This is where I stopped reading the books – I read the first few in high school, so most of what happened is a distant memory anyway, but now I really […]
In 1973 Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared before the Supreme Court in the case of Frontiero v. Richardson. Sharron Frontiero was interviewed for the CNN documentary “RBG.” “Nice girls don’t speak up, nice girls don’t make demands… well, too bad.” -Sharron Frontiero Hear and read the transcript of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first Supreme Court argument as […]
The #metoo movement and the successful Harvey Weinstein takedown has triggered a fresh and massive charge in the national discussion about sexual misconduct at work and in the production of television and film. We’re now even beginning to use terms to parse the type: misconduct, harassment, discrimination. It seems new but it’s been broached steadily […]
The PBS/BBC’s production of “Sherlock” begins not with himself, but with John Watson.
Catching the last episode of Naked City. The show is about different underbellies of New York City. There is an interesting mix for the 1958-1962 television drama. It’s what I imagine characters like Breaking Bad to be… only older, from a different time. I saw Season 4, episode 13. The theme of this episode was […]
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