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L'Affaire Bettencourt: Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde (2023)
Awful presentation.
I felt a sense of tabloid history here but there was no uniformity when listening to the French with subtitles then the film switching to the English translation was annoying. What's with the overhead shots and the repeated flashes to the gate of the daughter's home. Made it almost through the second episode then quit. In the end it was the cinematography that had me abandoning this offering. It was a great example of largess and how wealth can actually seem absurd from a middle class perspective. I will say this however as a man I knew the product L'Oréal but not the actual owners of this giant organization.
Godfather of Harlem: Our Black Shining Prince (2023)
Bumpy the escape artist.
I knew Forest Whitaker was a great actor until this series which proved to me he's an excellent actor. The realism of this teleplay didn't have to resort to some didactic preachy script. It was of the times and the portrayal of this ensemble nailed it!
I say that the Johnson character was an escape artist because of how he played chess in the series both on the board and off the board.
The two actors that portrayed Malcolm X (the 20th Century transformational man) were an incredible likeness to the real Malcolm and how they both maintained an ethical relationship with Johnson was pure artistry. An incredible series.