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Couch Talk with Captain Lee and Kate (2023)
Should be titled Couch Talk on the Deck of the Titanic
If there's any doubt that Kate Chastain and Captain Lee need to sail off into the sunset permanently, this show will resolve those mysteries, for it seems to serve more as a sad dethroning for the former king and princess of the Below Deck franchise.
Done in the format similar to another program, Galley Talk, Kate and Harold give an anodyne and uncreative synopsis of recently aired Bravo programing, but without the wit, humor and behind the scenes insight of Galley Talk.
While there's little question that the workplace chemistry between the duo ultimately made Below Deck the success it is today, it's simply not seen here, for times have changed and these two seem to be stuck in a former era.
Betrayal: The Perfect Husband (2023)
Wake up, Karen would have been a better title.
As has become popular over the past few years, once again we're given a documentary that is more in the reality show format with over embellishments of emotions in place of details and facts.
While the actions and infidelities committed the subject's husband are horrible, the documentary is ultimately about a women's desire to live a fairy tale, as titled in the first episode, and the reality when her fairy tale blows up in her face.
The production details are amateur as are the producer's narration and maudlin songs are used to elevate the since of victimization.
The sad takeaway is their is no innocent party in this story, for the documentary never accepts the responsibility that as long as individuals choose to live in a fantasy world, they will continue to be the targets of very bad people.
We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022)
Do We Really Need to Talk about Cosby?
Is it really necessary to have this conversation? I mean are there documentary series in the works that explore Harvey Weinstein as a sexual predator, but also the contributions he made to the film industry?
The same could be asked about Roman Polanski in that while he was a statutory rapist, he's also one the greatest film directors of the twentieth century.
Has anyone seen a documentary that explores the juxtaposition of Tom Brokaw or Charlie Rose and their improprieties, yet also reflex the contributions they made to journalism?
The names go on and on, but we done see or heard about these men anymore.
Here lies my problem with the series in that while Cosby is a convicted rapist and his crimes are depicted in detail, the need to protect his legacy and acknowledge the contributions he made to advancing a moment superseded his crimes.
The series is an overwhelming hall pass with interviews of people who explain Cosby as the man they thought he was, providing a hall pass to the reality of who he is.
Watch the series, or not, and judge for yourself.
Meryl: Winner Takes It All (2021)
An Amateur and Unworthy Attempt
Winner Takes it All is a film with no winners, for you're in for a disappointment if you are a fan of Meryl's and incredibly bored if you're not.
The filmmaker has no understanding of the subject, for there's little more here than stock footage of interviews edited together with an inaccurate narrative that provides no insights to the life or career of the legendary actress.
Discussion are made of Streep's films and periods of her career, while the documentary displays pictures from completely different films or decades of the actress's forty-five year film career.
All that said, Ms. Streep has always kept her private life exactly that and that's a code that even the most skilled of filmmakers will probably never crack.
A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)
Terrible disappointment
Sordid Lives was nothing less than a masterpiece considering the length of the shoestring budget in which it was made. I remember renting the DVD only to find myself of the floor, holding my stomach to prevent my laughter from causing internal damage.
This installment, in turn, generated a complete total of one laugh.
Like the original, the film calls on the forces of white thrash good and evil, but instead of the side splitting laughter and honestly played scene, the film attempts to wrap everything in a pink bow, cheaply stealing lines from the original.
There's even five minutes of Whoopi Goldberg that's basically the identical cameo she played in Absolutely Fabulous, but good luck getting that far into the film.
Seventeen years for this? I want my money back.