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2023 Media Access Awards with Easterseals (2023)
The Beauty of a One Hour Awards Program
A wonderful variety program, filled with new talent, influencers, and star-power; it wouldn't be too surprising if viewers stream this not realizing the history. The Media Access Awards have been around since 1978, yet its television broadcast on PBS SoCal at the end of 2023 is a first with this airing. I'm verifying this within this review, as I was once part of the office staff, and still know that the recognition of talent and allies within the media industries is important for maintaining momentum for those seeking careers in front of and behind the camera.
With inclusion as a more established business practice, making casting decisions, developing characters and whole shows, or encouraging overall social acceptance rather than marginalization of people with disabilities truly feels natural to be standard practice. Kudos for the fluid and performance-centered transitions.
The Green Knight (2021)
Teaser pre-pandemic was the last moment of joy
I believe the acting/casting and the overall set design and costuming/makeup choices
do redeem the film for Cinema's sake, and were bold choices which might have been used to much greater effect. By presenting the court at Camelot as something other than brightly or even pastel-colored and jovial, even on Christmas day, I felt we were given a dash of humility and reality for always expecting fantasy heroes to be celebrity-visage perfect.
Yet, I was disappointed almost as soon as that original teaser image of Dev Patel was revealed as the very first image of the film. Glorious, mysterious and powerful -- it felt out of place as the first image.
The title cards in Old English lettering were as problematic as hearing some dialog.
I actually had to squirm around often to fight off sleep.
I accepted and stayed interested along the lines of King Arthur trying to get better acquainted with his sister's son. This essentially made the role of Morgan le Fey more based in realms of history rather than direct fantasy. She could be the result of conquest. I really don't know if that is what the production intended or not.
Rim of the World (2019)
What BS brain Twinkies
Was this sitting on a development shelf for fifteen years, and just dusted off with vulgar references and race politics out of the mouths of teens to make it seem relevant in 2019. Wish Netflix had just released Stranger Things sooner.