Archive for the 'Television' Category


Paul McCartney On SNL

Does he know how bad he was? Is he in a bubble, is it the emperor’s new clothes, does he not know how he comes across? In case you missed it, try this: It’s positively sad. Then again, athletes retire, why not musicians? Then again, musicians never retire, they say they do a few times, […]

Tehran

1 Apple pulled off a masterstroke, but it’s not the fruit company news everybody is talking about. Yes, Apple gained the rights for Formula 1, which used to be free on ESPN and… Free TV is going the way of the dodo. There’s just too much money in desirable product for streamers not to lay […]

Beef-Season 2

This goes off the rails in the last two episodes. We were watching three series at once, “Beef,” “Drops of God” and “Mudtown.” I occasionally do this with books, when nothing grabs me, I read a chapter of each in rotation and then wait to find a book I want to continue to read. Same […]

Unfamiliar

This series really doesn’t kick in until the fourth episode (of six). Before that… I was wincing at some of the fights, which were extended and choreographed to the point you thought you were watching a lame kung fu movie. And the plot twists? They overtook the main plot itself. Which was not completely comprehensible […]