No, I don't think you're off base. And I found Maggie a more fully formed character than most did; I just didn't think we spent much time with her or seeing things from her points of view, which makes sense for the story that was being told.
Oh, you know, he had the audacity to write about machismo and masculinity, and to be successful at it, too. The Internet Critic Culture more interested in promoting TV as a medium for progressive propaganda rather than artistic storytelling hates that.
When "preserving moral purity and groupthink" takes precedence over "affecting positive change," your revolution has already failed.
Honestly, this season felt to me like it was intentionally broad and crowd-pleasing. Like the writer didn't want to risk having anything too daring, original, or challenging. Like it was written with the intent of receiving broad critical support.
he pretty much states that there are two sides to this, all the protesters (no matter how important or trivial the subject of protest, no matter what they do) are on one side
It's first-generation immigrant, right? Not second? I believe the generation refers to the generation born in America. Dev refers to himself as first-generation in this episode.
"It gets easier.
Every day it gets easier.
But you gotta do it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier."
The ballots that probably most closely reflected my tastes were Vikram Murthi's and Emily L. Stephens', with Dennis Perkins coming in third.
I loved this season. Really high on my final list.
Cutting out the shows whose exclusion came as no surprise, I thought The Nightly Show and The Last Man on Earth would have gotten mentioned.
It goes beyond comparing the shows, is my point. People on the internet (both commenters and professional writers!) have more vitriol for Nic Pizzolatto than they do for any showrunner I've ever seen. That includes Lindelof/Cuse from people who hated LOST's ending, that includes Chuck Lorre, that includes Ryan Murphy,…
No, I didn't think you were, just affirming that the people who appear on Brass Eye are generally the targets of the satire in a way that the people who appear on Nathan For You aren't.
Scott Tobias of the NYT has pretty much the same opinion of it I do. It's nice to find someone who didn't let their love of all things Coen cloud their writing on this show.
Yeah, that's how I felt about the narration too, and I was a little offended by it. Give me some credit!
Hey, he also had a lot of Target house brand pasta and alfredo sauce.
Source?
Really agree with the second paragraph. I kinda think that maybe the cast should have been smaller; I thought the show had the potential for a lot of interesting characters (and did have a lot of good performances), but nobody really got explored in-depth enough to make them memorable. I wouldn't have minded if this…
I know there are some references in the early episodes, but I'd have to watch them again to pick them out exactly. I think the two episodes that are the worst offenders are in the second half of the season. (And one of the more shameless/distracting references is a scene largely lifted directly from Miller's Crossing,…
Nothing gold can stay.