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Reviews
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Good Ones (2021)
Advocating for what they believe in
While I understand some people's dislike of this episode, I enjoyed it. I laughed, cried, and was more invested in the characters in one episode than I was for the first half of season 7. I'm proud of what this episode represents and that the current events of the time are being addressed because this is reality. The more we acknowledge what's really happening in the world and the police, the less likely we are to look at the police under rosy colored glasses. Even if you disagree with what the episode discusses, we can all agree that actors become more invested in a show, the more viewers are engaged with the content. If you don't like what the show is doing, don't watch. They won't need your views to renew the show.
The Underground Railroad (2021)
An adaptation of a moving novel
I read a few reviews talking about the accuracy/timeliness of the series. Factually, if you haven't read the book by Colson Whitehead, this seems like an inaccurate and propagandistic show. But make no mistake, this series is about the novel. As an adaptation of Whitehead's novel, Jenkins respects the source material and leads a superior cast. Each actor's emotions aren't expressed in the normal way we expect actors to emote. Each character's trauma has repressed their ability to emote and empathize. Cora's story is one of survival - and this adaptation (or what I've seen so far) does a great job at capturing how Cora copes with the changes in her life. And yes - in the case of the show and novel - the Underground Railroad IS real and tangible. Cora actually sees and follows it in the last chapter.
We, as viewers, know this isn't true, but it's an unusual take on the impersonal history I was taught in high school. This show humanizes slavery, the suffering, and the atrocities that were committed to further capitalism and oppress people with more melanin than their European cousins. But stick with it, please. Watch to the end. I know I will.