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After waking up covered in sweat from a 40-minute nap that felt like forever, in the heat of my AC-less room, I struggle to find words to properly introduce July's final theme. So I'm just going to say that this week we are talking about TV series based on movies, as the title says, and that since I've used the majority of those I've seen, I'm going with series I'm yet to watch but have been meaning to as I read great things about them.
Bates Motel (2013-2017)
A sort of prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, this series follows the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother (Vera Farmiga) prior to the events portrayed in the film.
Dear White People (2017- )
Based on the 2014 film of the same name, this Netflix original follows several black college students at an Ivy League institution, touching on issues surrounding modern American race relations.
She's Gotta Have It (2017-2019)
Based on Spike Lee's movie of the same name, this too is a Netflix original and follows Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise), a young African American woman, and her three lovers. I wasn't a big fan of Lee's film but I've read good things about this one so I'm willing to give it a chance.
I'm aware of the first two but never watched them. I had no idea there was a She's Gotta Have It series. I'm not sure how I missed that.
ReplyDeleteI really hope it's better than the film.
DeleteI really like Vera Farmiga but Bates Hotel never appealed to me. As much a I love Hitchcock and think Psycho is a fine film it's not one of my favorites in his canon.
ReplyDeleteWell I don't have Netflix so even though I've heard of your second two I don't have access to view them.
Lots to pick from so I went with three faves that I still occasionally catch episodes of.
M*A*S*H* (1972-1983)-During the Korean conflict surgeon Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce (Alan Alda) and head nurse Margaret “Hot Lips” Holihan (Loretta Swit) diligently work to save lives and their sanity with grit and humor as colleagues both friend-surgeons “Trapper John” McIntire (Wayne Rogers) & BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) and foe-Frank Burns (Larry Linville) & Charles Winchester (David Ogden Stiers)- and many others pass through. Based on the 1970 Altman film this serio-comic series ran for 12 exemplary years.
The Odd Couple (1970-1975)-Separated from their wives neat freak Felix Unger (Tony Randall) and slovenly Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) share a New York apartment. Though the habits of each drive the other to distraction their deep abiding friendship makes them stick together. Randall & Klugman share the kind of chemistry you just can’t manufacture. Based on the Neil Simon film of the same name that starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Alice (1976-1985)-Recently widowed Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) heads off with her young son Tommy for a fresh start as an aspiring singer. She gets as far as Phoenix where she finds a job at Mel’s, a roadside diner. With a boisterous group of co-workers including blunt and sassy waitress Flo (Polly Holliday) she tries to pursue her dream while dealing with everyday misadventures. Based on Scorsese’s “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”.
I've never heard of any of your picks but The Odd Couple sound fun. And it's very nice to hear the leads have great chemistry.
DeleteI know bout the first tv show and never cared to ever watch it even though I love Psycho. I don’t know the other 2 at all.
ReplyDeleteI've heard great things about Bates Motel and I like the cast so I just have to see it haha.
DeleteHave heard of the first two, haven't seen any of the three though.
ReplyDeleteI like Bates Motel, it builds a good backstory to Psycho and Norman is just so scarily unstable.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Dear White People the movie. I like it. I've seen the first season of the TV series it was just ok.
Okay... now I'm rethinking my decision of watching Dear White People.
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