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A Place to Call Home (2013)
A Series That Started Well
By Season 4, there was no more story to tell and falls into a thoroughly uninteresting plot -- but a plot with a recurring villainess to keep the story moving along. Notes from a viewer who reviewed this series and corrected many mistakes made in the depiction of women and Judaism is worth an interesting read. Had this soap ended after Season 3, the Series would deserve a 10 star rating. But, as all series that jump the metaphorical shark, this one is no different. The plot became mundane and disappointing. I found myself tuning in only to enjoy handsome Dr. Jack Duncan.
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
10/10 for Rip Torn and Scott Thompson ONLY
Thank you Scott Thompson for taking the typically Canadian funny, liberal attitude to this misogynistic series. Thompson is a wonderful comedic actor and a national treasure.
The series derives humour from all (in this case -Jewish) men's inability to understand the minds of females. When religion separates male and females into separate quarters for worship, the understanding between sexes is miniscule.
Rip Torn was one of the greatest character actors to ever go to film and T.V. He was an actor's actor: he did comedy so well. He could play the bad guy believably in dramatic parts. It will be a very long until any actor can fill those shoes. Even Sean Penn cannot do that.
Glad the series was made for the benefit of future generations that might wish to research how men and women were treated in comedy of the 1990's. Spoiler alert: There was no enlightenment between sexes in that period of time. Most of the actors on this series are dead and gone now. That's their legacy.
Galapagos (2017)
We Need an Actual Biologist Hosting This Show
Ms. Bonnin looks absolutely terrorized aboard the submersible. That terrorized expression also gets even funnier. Mostly when pretending to understand, she looks dumbfounded with mouth drawn down in a scowl. What is that? We are waiting for her to ask something intelligent about biodiversity seen in certain species. She has managed .."gosh there is so much biodiversity".. Well duh, yes, there is. On what creds was she chosen to host this show? Where are her papers published and her contributions to the science of bio-diversity in the Galapagos? There are none? Zero? Imagine that! But she looks cute, don't she. And that is what is most important to sell science.