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Monster (2022)
Does what a lot of SK series fail to do...
At a running time of nearly nine hours, many might wonder why it takes this series nearly 7 hours more than most other films or documentaries on the same topic to capture the life and events of Jeffrey Dahmer...
The answer is because this series offers a rich panorama of both the psychopath's journey as well as all of the psychological horror he inflicts on all of the lives in the crossfire. His apartment neighbor, his father, his grandmother, his victims, and his victims' families.
The tragic series is surprisingly detailed and stays as close to the story as possible. The narrative moves around on several timelines through periods of his life in an unpredictable order. This seems to me to have been done for pacing rather than providing back stories. Though it moves in a more linear timeline in the last few episodes.
What this series does better than most is breathe life and humanity into the victims--mostly through the life of Tony, a young deaf, aspiring black model with a big heart from an incredibly loving family. It may bring you to tears when that episode wraps up. It is just devastating.
All of the acting is sublime. You feel for nearly every character on screen at times, even the monster himself. Standouts to me are Evan Peters, Niecy Nash and Richard Jenkins, as they had the most screen time, but it was well acted throughout.
TL;DR give it a watch, especially if you've seen other Dahmer movies... This one is something special.
Clickbait (2021)
The average rating of 7 is about right...
It's a good watch if you like crime mysteries. It doesn't stray too far or challenge any conventions of the genre however. The characters are well acted, especially the sister, but the kidnap happens too soon to ever like the dad/brother to really feel their grief.
One complaint is the detective's story kind of dead ends in the second half to the point where you kind of forget he exists at the end. I don't really understand the decision to make his character so central at the start of the show.
Still, it is an entertaining watch, but that's about it. Not a show you'll likely be thinking about for years to come, and that's totally fine by me.... Just saying what it is.
All American (2018)
Rating high to offset all the Trumpers whining about BLM
Although it really started going downhill towards the end of season 2. One thing I noticed towards the end of season 2 was that the longer the show seemed to drag on, the less and less I actually liked the characters on the show.
The show always dealt with race relations in America, hence it has always been political, contrary to what these whiners in the comments are saying. They just don't like the direction it leans to politically (which is to the left---- simply because that's the only side that acknowledges racism nowadays)
The Young Turks (2005)
Progressive news
The web series is unapologetically progressive. It's silly that people seem to be arguing the point, as they often state that they are openly speaking with leftist perspectives. But they are almost equally critical of the Democratic party than they are of the Republicans, and they are absolutely the most biased towards humans and human rights over corporations, lobbying and the current political system.
They are a true journalistic voice to support in this administration's corrupt political climate.