Tag: TV shows
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“20/20’s: Sole Survivor” is the Imperfectest True Crime Show to Fall Asleep To
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
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“The Comedians” is Essentially When Billy Met Josh…
He’s a nine-time Oscar host and a revered comedy legend. He’s an up-and-coming comedy star who was a voice in the biggest animated movie of all time. So what happens when these two are forced to work together?
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“Trigger Warning with Killer Mike” is Brilliant in Concept But Mixed in Execution
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike, a part of Netflix’s Black Lives Matter Collection, features different social experiments showcasing the larger state of race relations in our society.
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“When They See Us”: Ava DuVernay’s Series Shines a Light on Systemic Injustice
The justice system in the United States of America is supposed to operate as you are deemed innocent until proven guilty. But “When They See Us” shows what happens for Black people is they are deemed guilty until proven innocent.
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V: The Cancelled 2009 Alien Invasion Series Deserved a Proper Conclusion
In 1983, V first debuted as a mini-series. It chronicled the story of alien visitors who arrive on Earth in motherships; they look like us, they talk like us, and they say they are of peace
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Hollywood: Netflix Tells the History of Movies That Never Was
To say Hollywood has had a troubled past is the understatement of the century. In Ryan Murphy’s (American Horror Story) new Netflix series, Hollywood, that past is confronted and even rewritten.
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After Life Season Two: Ricky Gervais Continues His Best Work Yet
When you first hear that there is a series on Netflix where the lead character’s wife dies from cancer and he becomes dangerously suicidal, you wouldn’t immediately assume that it’s a comedy.
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The Myth of Present-Day Italian-American Oppression as Told by “The Sopranos”
An episode of “The Sopranos” articulates an identity crisis unique to the Italian-Americans and demonstrates how Indigenous communities are pushed aside in the ensuing debate.