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Premier episode of this season's Fear the Walking Dead.
Excellent start to the season!
Be careful when and where you decide to go for a swim...
Excellent start to the season!
Be careful when and where you decide to go for a swim...
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Indeed; Faulty Towers is still seen as a model by sitcom writers today. There's a real culture of "end it while it's till considered great", or following a particular story arc. UK TV historically doesn't seem to have the same commonality of shows being kept going as long as the ratings stay high - though that's changing somewhat with the age of reality TV (Big Brother, X Factor, et al).
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The second and concluding part of Burns' "Jackie Robinson."
The final two hours of this four-hour documentary were even more compelling than the first, detailing Robinson's post-baseball life, which amounted to sixteen years of continuous disappointment and tragedy before his death at the age of fifty-three. Robinson's political trajectory is the major theme of the film, as he tried to find a home in the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party, only to see the party itself veer sharply to the right, first with the rise of the Goldwater movement, and then with the Nixon's embrace of the "Southern Strategy." Robinson had been a solid supporter of Nixon in 1960, and he took the betrayal personally. Meanwhile, Robinson himself was being rejected by the increasingly-militant Civil Rights movement, whose young firebrand leaders considered him an accomodationist relic. He took this betrayal personally as well, as he struggled to find some relevent place in the sixties. Against all this came the loss of his oldest son -- who had managed to overcome addiction to drugs only to die in a car accident.
Burns weaves all this together without making it seem manipulative -- Rachel Robinson remains the primary voice of the film, and you really pick up the sense of just how much she still misses her husband, forty-four years after his death. The most shocking images in the film are of Robinson throwing out the first ball at the 1972 World Series -- he was the same age I am now, and looked like a frail, broken old man. I remember watching that game, and seeing his appearance and thinking of him as some fossil out of the distant past, not realizing he'd only played his last game sixteen years earlier.
He died just nine days after making that appearance, and Rachel Robinson's description of how he died was genuinely heartbreaking. She avoided tears in relating the story, which means she's a much stronger woman than I am.
The final two hours of this four-hour documentary were even more compelling than the first, detailing Robinson's post-baseball life, which amounted to sixteen years of continuous disappointment and tragedy before his death at the age of fifty-three. Robinson's political trajectory is the major theme of the film, as he tried to find a home in the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party, only to see the party itself veer sharply to the right, first with the rise of the Goldwater movement, and then with the Nixon's embrace of the "Southern Strategy." Robinson had been a solid supporter of Nixon in 1960, and he took the betrayal personally. Meanwhile, Robinson himself was being rejected by the increasingly-militant Civil Rights movement, whose young firebrand leaders considered him an accomodationist relic. He took this betrayal personally as well, as he struggled to find some relevent place in the sixties. Against all this came the loss of his oldest son -- who had managed to overcome addiction to drugs only to die in a car accident.
Burns weaves all this together without making it seem manipulative -- Rachel Robinson remains the primary voice of the film, and you really pick up the sense of just how much she still misses her husband, forty-four years after his death. The most shocking images in the film are of Robinson throwing out the first ball at the 1972 World Series -- he was the same age I am now, and looked like a frail, broken old man. I remember watching that game, and seeing his appearance and thinking of him as some fossil out of the distant past, not realizing he'd only played his last game sixteen years earlier.
He died just nine days after making that appearance, and Rachel Robinson's description of how he died was genuinely heartbreaking. She avoided tears in relating the story, which means she's a much stronger woman than I am.
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^^^Great, insightful review Lizzie.
Watched the first episode of the new season of "Call the Midwife." The show's plots have, overall, a wash-rinse-repeat structure too them, but they usually manage to bring in a fresh angle or interesting perspective to the familiar story. That said, the enjoyment in this show comes from the period style - 50s East End London - and characters you come to know overtime - who grow and evolve in, mostly, true-to-life ways. I'm always amazed that this - not great, but good and very period thoughtful - show has almost no following at Fedora.
Watched the first episode of the new season of "Call the Midwife." The show's plots have, overall, a wash-rinse-repeat structure too them, but they usually manage to bring in a fresh angle or interesting perspective to the familiar story. That said, the enjoyment in this show comes from the period style - 50s East End London - and characters you come to know overtime - who grow and evolve in, mostly, true-to-life ways. I'm always amazed that this - not great, but good and very period thoughtful - show has almost no following at Fedora.
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Boardwalk Empire. How is it that Boardwalk Empire keeps getting better? Each scene is done so well as if it were to be the director's last chance at ever directing. Incurrably addicted. 
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My wife and I got to Monday's Gotham.
OH MY GOD!
I turned to my wife before the punchline and said I thought Penguin had served up the DOG!
Wow....
OH MY GOD!
I turned to my wife before the punchline and said I thought Penguin had served up the DOG!
Wow....
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Ahem.... Ahem Ah Say.... I thought you said... no spoilers!!!!!! Eh?????
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Finished season 1 of Gotham. Will hopefully start season 2 this weekend.
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2 is even better!
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UFC's Road to the Octagon
Nice interview with Glover Texeira. Hard to not like such a down to earth, humble, and giving person such as he.
Nice interview with Glover Texeira. Hard to not like such a down to earth, humble, and giving person such as he.
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can't wait! I really enjoyed the first season!
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This week's episode of The Americans, "Clark's Place" - great as usual.
For fans of the show, check out this fascinating, very detailed article about how an episode (this one, originally aired 4/13) is made, from table read to broadcast:
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11411564/how-tv-gets-made-americans-fx-production
For fans of the show, check out this fascinating, very detailed article about how an episode (this one, originally aired 4/13) is made, from table read to broadcast:
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11411564/how-tv-gets-made-americans-fx-production
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What? I didn't say what he DID serve...
Stop trying to wriggle out of this on "technicalities"!
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Yes, you do!I have to get around to watching this show.
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I'm a lawyer - technicalities are my specialty...
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Well that explains EVERYTHING!!!!
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