My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi constant readers. It has been a bit of a dry spell for entertainment but it seems the weather has changed and lots of good stuff coming in the pipeline. Here are a few highlights.
1) Fosse/Verdon on FX is a master class of acting with Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon and Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse as they take us through their very tumultuous working and personal relationship, while making some of the classic films we know and love such as Cabaret. This series is influenced in part by executive producer and their daughter Nicole Fosse . This gives an insider's view of the pain of creating art on film and theater. The genius of Bob Fosse the choreographer seems to have been greatly assisted by famed dancer Verdon during the filming and editing of Cabaret yet she remains uncredited while he goes on to win an Oscar.
2) Game of Thrones. Final Season on HBO. I am savoring each episode like the tasty morsel that it is. I am on a GOT Fantasy League and I am anxious to see how it all ends. It is great as the first couple of episodes bring the characters together at Winterfell. One of the highlights is Jon finding his true birthright , Brienne of Tarth being knighted and Arya ... welll lets just say that she is no longer a virgin...
3) Special is not like anything else on Netflix. A semi-autobiographical series written by and starring Ryan O'Connell as a young gay man with Cerebral Palsy as he finds a new job writing for an online publication and initiating his independence from his mother poignantly portrayed by the extremely talented Jessica Hect. O'Connell is hilarious and heartfelt often in the same scene. Shout out on of my favorites Punam Patel as his best friend and the most annoying boss ever Marla Mindelle.
Bonus: Bonding on Netflix is not for the feint of heart. The story of two best friends Tiff and Pete (Zoe Levin and Brendan Scannell) a post graduate who is moonlighting as a dominatrix who makes her shy broke best friend as her assistant. The results and the clients are hilarious and cringe worthy at the same time. a binge watch.
