Anna Deavere Smith

Julia Garner in Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna, or the American obsession with money and power

Inventing Anna, a Netflix mini-series about the rise and fall of a fake socialite from creator Shonda Rhimes, is fascinating and compelling television. I took it as a parable about the rot at the heart of the American psyche. It’s a classic tale of good and evil, truth and lies, reality and illusion.

Vondie Curtis-Hall, Britt Robertson, Regé-Jean Page, Ben Rappaport, Wesam Keesh, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Susannah Flood in For the People

Brain Dump: Collateral, Rise, For the People

Welcome to the scattered thoughts swirling around on the way out of my head in what I charmingly call a brain dump. This edition will talk about Collateral, Rise, and For the People.

Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie

6 Observations on 7 Years with Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie ended in 2015 after 7 seasons. This half-hour show on Showtime was widely considered on of the best shows on television, and for good reason. At a half hour, it may have been considered a comedy. In my mind, it was a serious drama with a bit of comedy included. Because I don’t have Showtime, I never watched …

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