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Review: Ratched, season 1

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / September 24, 2020 / Alice Englert, Cynthia Nixon, Evan Romansky, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Lynch, Jessica Yu, Jon Jon Briones, Judy Davis, Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ratched, Ryan Murphy, season 1, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo, Women Directors

Ratched uses mind-altering saturated color and gorgeous visuals to tell the lunatic story of the murder and mayhem that created the horrifying nurse Mildred Ratched, played here by Sarah Paulson.

Lucy Boynton, Ben Platt, Laura Dreyfuss, Theo Germaine and Rahne Jones in The Politician

Review: The Politician, season 2

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 24, 2020 / #eldersrock, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, Brad Falchuk, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Ian Brennan, Judith Light, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Lucy Boynton, Rahne Jones, Robin Weigert, Ryan Murphy, season 2, Susannah Perkins, Tamra Davis, The Politician, Theo Germaine, Tina Mabry, Women Directors

The Politician, season 2, returned to Netflix with the same ambitious politician engaged in a run for office, much like season 1. All the back-stabbing, conniving, bald-faced lying that we saw in season 1 returned as well.

Review: Hollywood

9 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 5, 2020 / Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Glee, Holland Taylor, Hollywood, Ian Brennan, Jake Picking, Janet Mock, Jeremy Pope, Jessica Yu, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier, Michelle Krusiec, Mira Sorvino, Patti LuPone, Pose, Rob Reiner, Ryan Murphy, Samara Weaving, The Good Earth, The Politician, Women Directors

Hollywood is about rewriting the story of Hollywood by going back 80 years and re-imagining everything. Set in the 1940s, the series creates a new history for Hollywood that includes people of color, out gay men, and women bosses.

Review: The Politician, season 1

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 4, 2019 / #eldersrock, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, Bob Balaban, Brad Falchuk, David Corenswet, Dylan McDermott, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Helen Hunt, Ian Brennan, Janet Mock, January Jones, Jessica Lange, Joe Morton, Judith Light, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Lucy Boynton, Martina Navratilova, Natasha Ofili, Rahne Jones, Russell Posner, Ryan J. Haddad, Ryan Murphy, season 1, The Politician, Theo Germaine, Women Directors, Zoey Deutch

The Politician, the latest production from Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, is equal parts brilliant and scattered. It’s pretentiously adult but set in a high school. Thematically it jumps around from one idea to another and never quite lands. Ryan Murphy regulars abound. Yet overall, it’s wonderful.

Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, Aisha Hinds, and Oliver Stark in 9-1-1

5 Things to Love about 9-1-1 on Fox

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 9, 2018 / 9-1-1, Aisha Hinds, Angela Bassett, Barbara Brown, Brad Falchuk, Cocoa Brown, Connie Britton, Kenneth Choi, Maggie Kiley, Mariette Hartley, Peter Krause, Rockmond Dunbar, Ryan Murphy, Sarah Hay, Tim Minear, Tracie Thoms, Women Directors

9-1-1 is an excellent new show from Fox. It’s about 9-1-1 operators, paramedics, firefighters, and police officers who deal with life-threatening situations. I’ve thought about why I like it so much and decided a list is in order.

The News about ‘Pose’ from Ryan Murphy

Leave a Comment / News, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 1, 2017 / Angelica Ross, Dominique Jackson, Evan Peters, Hailie Sahar, Indya Moore, James Van Der Beek, Kate Mara, MJ Rodriguez, Pose, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Ryan Murphy, Tatiana Maslany, transgender

The Hollywood Reporter revealed two big news flashes about Ryan Murphy’s latest project Pose, which will air on FX, if it goes to series. I hope many, many people will watch for the pilot season on FX and punch in some high view numbers for Pose. Let’s make it happen!