what I started (or continued) watching
Last time I posted here, I asked for input on what show(s) to try next. I started--or rather, restarted--watching The Expanse, but with a much-appreciated warning about body horror late in season one. So I decided to start another show as well, given that a lot of my TV watching happens during dinner. Call My Agent! (French title Dix pour cent fit the bill for "absolutely no horror or gore or violence at all".
I accidentally finished season one already. It was fun! But also, the season was only six episodes long. The formula so far is that each episode includes an already-famous French-speaking actor, playing a (highly fictionalized) version of him/herself--the theoretical clients of the talent agency.
A lot of things happen that would put the show into the category of sit-com, but the presentation is so different from American sit-coms. Funny events aren't played for laughs in the same way; it's less broadly comical, more of a subtle humor.
Also, there are occasional shots of Paris that are just gorgeous. So that's enjoyable.
Call My Agent! is on Netflix US. The Expanse is on Amazon Prime. So let's get one more streaming service mentioned: apparently there's a TV adaptation of Justin Cronin's The Passage, and it's available on Hulu. The book is first in a series of... three? I really liked the first book, but the flow and creativity in it were never matched by the sequels. At any rate, the idea of a TV adaptation interests me enough that I'll at least give the pilot episode a try. I'll be back in a week or so to let y'all know what I think.
Oh! Also on Hulu, starting the sixth season of Brooklyn Nine Nine, and wrapping up the third season of The Good Place. Thumbs up to both of those shows on an ongoing basis.
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I accidentally finished season one already. It was fun! But also, the season was only six episodes long. The formula so far is that each episode includes an already-famous French-speaking actor, playing a (highly fictionalized) version of him/herself--the theoretical clients of the talent agency.
A lot of things happen that would put the show into the category of sit-com, but the presentation is so different from American sit-coms. Funny events aren't played for laughs in the same way; it's less broadly comical, more of a subtle humor.
Also, there are occasional shots of Paris that are just gorgeous. So that's enjoyable.
Call My Agent! is on Netflix US. The Expanse is on Amazon Prime. So let's get one more streaming service mentioned: apparently there's a TV adaptation of Justin Cronin's The Passage, and it's available on Hulu. The book is first in a series of... three? I really liked the first book, but the flow and creativity in it were never matched by the sequels. At any rate, the idea of a TV adaptation interests me enough that I'll at least give the pilot episode a try. I'll be back in a week or so to let y'all know what I think.
Oh! Also on Hulu, starting the sixth season of Brooklyn Nine Nine, and wrapping up the third season of The Good Place. Thumbs up to both of those shows on an ongoing basis.
Posted at Dreamwidth: https://rose-griffes.dreamwidth.org/299524.html. Comment where you wish.