Bill Lawrence is one of the great television creators of our time. Scrubs is a binge watch classic. Ted Lasso gave hope to humans during a time of collective, extreme anxiety and grief. Shrinking is a story about an imperfect therapist that decides to broach the only professional indelible line and get involved in his […]
Single Drunk Female is about Sam, a woman beginning her journey with sobriety. It’s inspiring because it’s so messy. She’s not perfect, and isn’t really all that good. Eventually she tries. But sobriety would not be her first choice. I too am currently in a state of sobriety. I was sober for a few years, […]
Q-Force is a really fun animated comedy about a group of gay spies. The voice cast is incredible: Wanda Sykes, Fortune Feimster, Laurie Metcalf, Patti Harrison, Matt Rogers, David Harbour, Guy Branum and Sean Hayes (who also produced through Hazy Mills.) I loved how gay it was! It’s pretty lighthearted so made for an easy […]
Oh, man. 1883 was so good. I couldn’t get screenshots so am using press photos, which I don’t like to do. I try to capture the moments that made me feel. And boy – there was a whole lot of feeling, and a whole lot of crying. The acting in 1883 is pretty great. Isabel […]
The documentary “Stutz” by Jonah Hill premiered on Netflix November 14, 2022. In it, Jonah presents the life’s work of his therapist, Phil Stutz. Dr. Stutz has one rule: you are not allowed to tell yourself anything negative. You can’t put yourself through that. His other findings throughout the film include:Radical acceptance to answer anxietyNo […]
Today’s a Sunday that I need to fit both lounging and working in. Cannot procrastinate. Deep desire to chill out. Tasks absolutely need to get done – it’s crunch time. And I have been meaning to write, write write for such a long time! Solution: A program that will move my television agenda forward (my […]
Happy Pride 2022! Hulu is celebrating with the premiere of “Fire Island.” This film is written by and stars Joel Kim Booster and features Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho. It’s a very funny romantic comedy that was so sweet at the end I cried. The cinematography is fantastic, the lighting team did a great job! […]
Reservation Dogs is a 2021 television hit. FX and Hulu have partnered with Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo to produce the Native American comedy, filmed in Oklahoma and written by a team of all-indigenous writers. The show follows a group of delinquent teenagers in a rural reservation. They get into and out of trouble, trying […]
For a show with Man in the title, there sure are a lot of women in charge. Ronald D. Moore (or “L. Ron Moore,” as I’ve taken to calling him due to his tendency to inspire cult-like fanbases) is not shy about strong, complicated, flawed female characters. “For All Mankind” puts women on the moon […]
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