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Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
Gorgeous, hypnotic, exciting, and whimsical
It's really sad to see that this show has been cancelled, as I remember falling in love with it when it first came out in 2014. If you loved Sophia Coppola's Lost in Translation or Lena Dunham's Girls, and have a love for classical music (or just music in general), you will really dig this. Gael Garcia Bernal, Lola Kirke, Bernadette Peters, and Malcolm McDowell, all do a phenomenal job of telling the story of being a working musician in New York City, from the starving bohemian artist looking for a break, to the executives running the orchestra. But the show is so much more than that, as it really takes time to explore all the color, emotion, life, experiences, that come with this world, in a very artistic, indie film type of way, while you are taken on dream-like explorations through the heart, mind, different countries. The show definitely doesn't end the way it started, and like all things in life, there is a growing up, a development from innocence and excitement, to maturity, pain, awakening, and clarity. But its all very beautiful, and if this sounds good to you, please watch. I absolutely love this show, and although I wish there was one last season to tie everything together, I think at least what was made stands very well on its own. This show wasn't made for everybody, but it was definitely made for somebody like me, and I'm very happy that I was able to enjoy this work while it was being produced at that particular time in my life. Enjoy, and take the ride!