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By now
you will have discovered that I am your best go-to guy for T.V. and
movie reviews. You will know that if I like something
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- Chances are you will too; or
- Chances are you will hate it
Below you may scroll through three videos of stuff that I
have recently fancied quite a bit.
1) A few weeks ago I told you about Key
and Peele, a Comedy Central
offering that I'd never seen because I don't look at Comedy Central
anymore. Inside Amy Schumer
is another jewel, although it was evidently
canceled after one season. I think it's funny as hell, but it's
also unbelievably naughty, even for standard cable. No worse than
South Park, but that's no-holds barred too. Some of her sketches are
brilliant, brilliant parody.    
2. The second needs no introduction. Justified is simply
the best
television series ever made. Season 4 is now available on Amazon
Prime.     
3. Shakespeare Uncovered
is a
BBC series featuring various stage actors delving into the mechanics of
various Shakespearean plays. And let's be honest. The only time
most of
us read Shakespeare was in high school, and then people were randomly
chosen to play roles which could make it all drearier than it actually
was to
a 16 year old boy sitting next to that girl with the blond
pageboy. I was lucky. As one of just two boys in her AP
English class, I was always the lead role, and I think quite skilled.
I've watched just the first three so far.
Ethan Hawke's Macbeth gets 4
stars; created within me a spark for it all that I never before had.
(shown in full below)
After 10 minutes or so of The Comedies
with Joley Richardson, I stopped. Joley's mother is Vanessa
Redgrave, whom I abhor. The two comfortably interact here, and I
found it all
insufferable. I accidentally (really) Googled up a page of Joley
Richardson naked; she does that fairly well.
I loved the historical background of presentation of Richard the II. Derek Jacobs
is
not someone I should want to take a long trip with, but his
presentation is worthwhile, as are his reasons for not believing
Shakespeare is not Shakespeare. And no, he's not part of the Bacon crowd; not that I
care one way or another. My high school English teacher Mrs.
Meginnis would be abhorred.
You're welcome
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AMY, JUSTIFIED
and SHAKESPEARE

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