DEUTSCHLAND ’83 This was recommended by “The Week.” And I recommend “The Week” But it’s expensive. The magazine world has completely changed, and it’s even worse in the era of Covid-19. I.e. advertising has fallen off dramatically. But “The Week” was never based on advertising. So now, every magazine is expensive, look at the price […]

Prisoners of War – hulu This starts out so slow and so violent that you may not make it over the hump. But you should. “Prisoners of War” is the Israeli series which inspired “Homeland.” But they’re not identical. Not that I would know, I’ve never watched “Homeland.” I don’t go for episodic TV, I […]

It’s astounding. Truly. It reminds me of seeing “Hamilton,” before the hype, during previews, just before opening night. I’m sitting there thinking…can this sustain, can this really be this good throughout? YES! But there’s a difference, “Hamilton” is warm, Seinfeld is cool. As in you’d like to hang with Seinfeld to experience his brain, but […]

There’s never gonna be peace in the Middle East. Unless the Arabs succeed in eliminating the Jews. The “R” word the Israelis are up against isn’t rationality, but religion. Everybody in Gaza, everybody south of Hebron, greets each other in a religious way. Religion is baked-in to everyday life. To a limit even the Evangelicals […]