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Daily Archives: August 21, 2020
Netflixable? Danny Glover, Maya Rudolph and a prized porker take a pig farmer’s tour of Mexico in “Mr. Pig (Sr. Pig)”
Who would have guessed that Danny Glover and Maya Rudolph would make pleasant traveling companions for a tour of rural, backroads Mexico in pursuit of the perfect place to park his prized pig? Actor and sometimes director Diego Luna, that’s … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Freak Show” leaves no cliche/stereotype unturned
“Freak Show” is a sentimental satire of the “gay boy makes good at his new school” variety, a campy, cliche-ridden calypso not through “coming out,” but rather the “deal with it” part of that rite of passage. Narrated, ad nauseum, … Continue reading
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