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Displaying all articles tagged:
The Good Lord Bird
awards season
Nov. 30, 2021
Squid Game
Wins Its First Major Award at the Gothams
And
The Lost Daughter
did anything but lose.
By
Rebecca Alter
close reads
July 15, 2021
When Presented With a Black Gaze, the Emmys Turned Away
This year’s nominations struggled to recognize works that approach Black stories as three-dimensional portraits, rather than blunt, thematic hammers.
By
Robert Daniels
barry recommends
Dec. 18, 2020
Barack Obama Had a Good Time Watching Congressional Heads Explode on
The Boys
He also recommends
The Good Place, Mrs. America,
and the sexy chess show.
By
Devon Ivie
a long talk
Nov. 16, 2020
Ethan Hawke Bids Farewell to John Brown and
The Good Lord Bird
“I always said, if it were easy to tell John Brown’s story, it would have been done before.”
By
Jen Chaney
overnights
Nov. 15, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Finale Recap: He Stirred Shit Up
This story ends exactly how and when it should, but damn, I wish there were more.
By
Hillary Kelly
overnights
Nov. 8, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Recap: Lunatics
The penultimate episode leans into John Brown’s failed raid on Harpers Ferry as a comedy of errors.
By
Hillary Kelly
overnights
Nov. 1, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Recap: Jesus Walks
“Hiving the Bees” painstakingly recounts just how exquisitely John Brown fumbled his planning for the raid at Harpers Ferry.
By
Hillary Kelly
overnights
Oct. 25, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Recap: No More Words
An exquisitely rendered hour of television finally regulates Onion and John Brown’s relationship.
By
Hillary Kelly
chat room
Oct. 19, 2020
Why Daveed Diggs Finally Agreed to Play Frederick Douglass for
Good Lord Bird
“It’s not a goal of mine to play historical figures … I’m not really interested in the hero worship that we normally do with our biographies.”
By
Hillary Kelly
overnights
Oct. 18, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Recap: Meet the Douglasses
Frederick Douglass (Daveed Diggs) is introduced in direct dichotomy to Brown in an episode that purposely pushes our buttons.
By
Hillary Kelly
last night on late night
Oct. 16, 2020
Ethan Hawke’s Biggest Influences Were Denzel Washington and
Charlotte’s W
eb
Also: What does
Good Lord Bird
even mean?
By
Rebecca Alter
overnights
Oct. 4, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Premiere Recap: What a Beautiful Country
A busy premiere built around one skirmish after another nonetheless admirably strings together a morally complicated situation.
By
Hillary Kelly
tv review
Oct. 3, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Is a Historical Epic That Speaks of and for the Present
Ethan Hawke’s fiery John Brown is ultimately a supporting player in this savage, often corrosively funny portrait of the lead-up to the Civil War.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
summer 2020
May 19, 2020
The 20 Best and Biggest TV Shows to Watch This Summer
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
,
The Good Lord Bird
,
I May Destroy You
, and more worth seeing during the Great Indoor Summer.
By
Jen Chaney,
Kathryn VanArendonk,
and
Genevieve Koski
trailer mix
May 12, 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Trailer: With Liberty and Justice for Ethan Hawke’s Beard
He’s abolitionist John Brown.
By
Devon Ivie
casting couch
Apr. 15, 2014
Liev Schreiber, Jaden Smith to Star in
The Good Lord Bird
That was fast.
By
Amanda Dobbins