What better way to write my first album review on this blog for the year (which is ridiculous as it's the end of September) than to cover one of the best albums of 2013?
Drake's third album, "Nothing Was The Same" was released on Monday, a week after its online leak. Yes, the man who put Melancholy & B on the map
is back to tell us how sad he is. I couldn't be happier about it. But for the
first time in his career, Drake chooses to lead us in with the upbeat and
hypnotising track 'Tuscan Leather'. Sampling Whitney Houston's ‘I Have
Nothing’, the opener is three interlude’s in one. Letting us know that he’s
here to stay, (“I'm tired of hearing ‘bout who you checking for now, just give
it time we’ll see who’s still around a decade from now”) the Canadian rapper
has never seemed so pompous, believable and likeable at the same time.
Drake’s grandiosity is broken up by his sombre
temperament similar to his last two
efforts "Thank Me Later" and "Take Care". 'Connect' and the previously leaked 'The Motion' reek of the rapper’s feelings we've all come to know, and 'From
Time' is the 'Take Care' of NWTS, aided by a beautifully fitting Jhene Aiko.
‘Own It’ features a first for any rapper in existence as Drake utters the words – “Next time we fuck, I
don’t wanna fuck, I wanna make love”. You can tell he really means this
one.
What does separate him from his previous LP's is
how angry he is in parts of NWTS. Okay, so he’s not at a Yeezus level of rage
(yet) but his versus have never sounded as forceful or urgent as they have here . It’s hard
to believe the same person spittin’ is the same person singing on ‘Hold On, We’re
Going Home’, a song so filled with golden throwback goodness it seems almost too perfect to have
been released this year. 'Nothing Was The Same' is without a doubt his most diverse album thus far, at least on a lyrical level. It's the perfect addition to his already strong discography. Drake should be proud of this one.
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Key Tracks: Tuscan Leather, Worst
Behaviour, From Time
On Sunday night, I said to a good friend, "I haven't said this in 10 years, but I am really excited for the VMAs tonight". That's no exaggeration, as I feel like the MTV Video Music Awards haven't been good since about 2003 or '04. What once seemed to be an alternative awards ceremony celebrating the best in the business and those who couldn't get close to a Grammy later turned into a seemingly overreaching spectacle to win viewership ratings. This year saw the awards return back to form. Although it wouldn't be the VMAs without a lil' controversy, it was nice to see a strong selection of nominees while also witnessing some incredible live performances. Ten of the show's moments have been spread (unevenly) into three categories; The Good, The Bad and the troll-under-a-bridge ugly. I don't think it takes a genius to guess which moments were the ugliest.
5. Lady Gaga's opener - 'Applause' Yes, Lady Gaga opened the show with 'Applause', the first single off her third album 'Artpop'. While I'm sure some of you found time to cheer her, others were more likely to moan and groan, as after only four years, a lot of people seem to be sick of her already. My expectations for this performance were at a comfortable average to reasonably high, only to be exceeded entirely. Why Gaga found it necessary to wear four different costumes and three different wigs is unbeknownst to me at this moment in time, but for now I'll just take it as it was. An incredibly entertaining show opener.
4. The Surprise presenters Something I didn't see coming were the appearances of Jason Collins, TLC and Lil' Kim this year. Even though Kim herself is a native Brooklynite (where the event was held this year), I never would've guessed that she'd actually turn up, especially since she left me hanging at Lovebox this year. Taking turns to introduce performances by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Drake, and the nominees for Best Rap Video respectively, the three were a pleasant add to the mix among the stars of the new generation, including Iggy Azalea, Selena Gomez and Bruno Mars.
3. Danity Kane's reformation
While a collective 'WHO?!' sweeps this post/nation/the internet, lemme say one thing. Danity Kane are my jam. Those who know me know this. Shannon, Aundrea, Aubrey and Dawn stepped out together as a group for the first time five years, acting like no time had passed at all. The band made famous on MTV's Making The Band released two albums in '06 and '08 before being disbanded by the groups creator, the Ciroc splashing Diddy in '09. Becoming the only girl group in history to have their first two albums début atop the Billboard chart, the new foursome (the fifth member, 'D. Woods' decided not to return for whatever reason), announced that they're currently readying a new single, titled 'Rage' from their upcoming third album. Sure they've been gone longer than they were together, and most people don't know who they are, but I remain excited.
2. Kanye West's 'Blood on the Leaves'
The most shocking thing that Kanye West can do at the point is act like a normal human being. Which is pretty much what he did the entire time he was on stage performing 'Blood on the Leaves' this year. West made a rare appearance at this years awards to perform a track from his dark, twisted but not so beautiful LP, Yeezus on Sunday night. While performing in front of the backdrop to Steve McQueen's "Lynching Tree", West flailed and wailed to the track which samples Nina Simone's 'Strange Fruit'. So maybe it wasn't exactly normal, but pretty normal for him at least.
1. Justin Timberlake & NSync's Medley How could this not be #1? The recipient of this year's Video Vanguard Award blessed us with a 15 minute medley of almost every song he's ever released. About half way through Timberlake headed towards the stage to reunite with the best boyband of all time, NSync for 'Gone', 'Bye Bye Bye' and 'Girlfriend'. The choreography and vocals were air fucking TIGHT. Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
and most importantly, Exhibit C:
And let's not forget about this:
I need a slo-mo of that:
Everyone, their mother, and Lady Gaga lost their minds:
The Bad 3. Katy Perry's closer, 'Roar'
To be fair, this show had the fewest poor moments since I started watching the show in 1998, so it was quite hard to pick these. So I'm sorry Katy Perry but this one goes to you. Also performing the lead single from her third album, Perry opted for a 'Rocky' themed stage set under the Brooklyn Bridge. The performance wasn't necessarily 'bad' exactly, just a tad slow and dull for a show closer. It probably doesn't help that I also don't like the song at all.
2. Taylor Swift's potty mouth
It's hard to know who she was referring to exactly or whether it was just clever editing, but there's a member of One Direction she clearly can't stand the sound of. Bad in the best possible way. 1. That weird voice Joseph Gordon Levitt was speaking in.
JGL took the stage to present the award for Video of the Year, only to grace us with a really weird 19th Century circus ringleader persona. Although he recognised his own ridiculousness, he was met on stage by the awards recipient, Justin Timberlake also using the same voice...which made it slightly less cringe-inducing. Slightly. The Ugly
2. Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke's 'We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines/Give It 2 Me'
As this feature is already a lot more image and gif heavy than expected, I'm gonna keep this one clean and short. What the hell was I even watching when Miley Cyrus performed 'We Can't Stop'? From the sad teddy bears, to the backoff slapping, to Cyrus's 'twerking', I don't even know where to begin. At least for the final song we had 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar attempt to save this desperate and unnecessary attempt for Cyrus to shed her child star skin. Call me an old codger but I was kinda disgusted. I'm gonna let this image speak for itself and be done with it...
...urgh... 1. Everyone's reaction to it
...Except I can't be cause the reactions are some of the best things to come out of this years ceremony. Of course, the Parents Television Council complained as it's pretty much what they do, but the Twittersphere exploded. In fact, this performance alone produced a gargantuan 306,000 tweets per minute, breaking a record previously held by Beyonce's Superbowl performance in February. Low and behold my favourite tweet o' them all:
Heh. So there you have it. With 10.6 million live viewers it was also the most watched VMA telecast in recent years. More importantly there was something for everyone this year. Unless you're a Chris Brown fan.
Credit to, fuckenamyy, tammygu3, Mashable, @flashinlightsU and MTV, and anyone elses .gifs I used from Tumblr.
For what felt like weeks on end I
heard at least one person every day at school say “GO SHAWTY, IT’S YA
BIRTHDAY”, having no idea what the hell they were talking about. It wasn’t until February of that year that I actually
witnessed the song for the first time. Still as incredible as it was then (I'm
listening to it right now), the Dr. Dre produced track was nominated for two
Grammy awards and was listed in Rolling Stone’s list of Greatest Songs of the
Decade at numbers 13. Coming in at number one in 10 different
countries (not bad for a seemingly unknown rapper), the track was also
remixed and sung by Beyoncé, under the title ‘Sexy Lil’ Thug’. Beautiful.
Pops most talked about kiss occurred
28th August 2003
"The kiss seen around the world" touched down during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City, New York.
Madonna, dressed as (for some unknown reason) a groom locked lips with a
recently single Britney and the Dirrty Xtina, both of which were wearing slutty
wedding gowns. The moment was great for so many reasons. Britney and Christina
were performing on stage together for what seemed like the first time, Missy Elliott hopped out two thirds of the way through, and who could forget Justin Timberlake's
face while his former lover lezzed out in front of millions? The only reaction face that
trumps that is Mary J. Blige's look of sheer disgust when Aguilera took the stage.
The greatest show in the world ended…
20th May 2003
Oh Buffster. I love the shit out
of this show and I don't care who knows it. Beneath the "guilty pleasure" or "something that’s shit but you watch cause there’s nothing else on" was
actually a TV show which changed the female protagonist forever. After an
ill-fated attempt at a movie in 1992, Joss Whedon revived his creation and took
it to network television in 1997. Buffy The Vampire Slayer was a tongue in cheek tale
of a 16 year old teenage girl turned vampire hunter – or slayer – who would "combat the forces of darkness" aided by her Watcher, Rupert Giles and gang of
high school friends. Buffy tackled the oh-so dramatic lives of every teenager with fantastical twists. High
school was hell, (the school was literally located above the mouth of hell)
drug abuse, attempted suicide and how dudes can change after hitting that for the
first time. Was it a coincidence that shows such as Alias, Relic Hunter, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood followed in the years to come? Probably not. Buffy the Vampire Slayer has
been named in Time Magazine, Empire, TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly’s best TV shows of all
time. In fact, the 5th season episode 'The Body' is hailed by
many critics as "one of the greatest TV episodes ever televised". I bet you didn't
know THAT.
…and the second greatest show in the world
began
8th August 2003
At long last, I finally had a
teenage TV show to call my own while actually being a teenager. Once described
as "less hairspray and less deodorant" by guest star Samaire Armstrong, The O.C
first debuted in the summer of ’03 to both a killer audience and critical reception. From the youngest showrunner in American TV history, Josh Schwartz,
(who was 25 when the show was made) the show about the wayward and brooding
Ryan Atwood being taken in by the family
of his lawyer, saw an unexpected resurgence in the traditional rich kid teen
soap drama. The show that brought The Killers, Modest Mouse and Death Cab for
Cutie to light for many for the first time was also the show that brought us one
of the most beloved characters in teen drama history – Seth Cohen. Awkward
bookish and sarcastic white kids everywhere now had someone to look up to.
Throw this in with a poor little rich kid, a spoilt little rich kid and the
greatest TV father of all time, you've got TV gold. The O.C was shortly followed by shows such as One Tree Hill, 90210 and Gossip
Girl, which we all know, pale in comparison, right?
Him and His Girlfriend – Boo – Wifey – etc
10th October 2002
The single was technically first released in 2002, but it wasn't until the following year that the track made huge waves. The “03 Bonnie & Clyde – Hov
& B” married on 04-04-2008 (Beyoncé
has a fetish for the number ‘4’) and spawned the majestic and REAL
royal baby, Blue Ivy Carter last year. Since then, Jay & Bey have collaborated on a number of tracks including "Upgrade U" "Venus vs. Mars" and of course, "Crazy in Love" (more on that one in a sec). '03 Bonnie & Clyde' also saw a sequel on Jay-Z’s "Magna Carta…Holy Grail" LP this year, appropriately titled
“Part II: On the Run. Oh, and the original was also produced by Kanye West. Imagine
that.
Pixar brought us Finding Nemo
30th May 2003
Often called Pixar's best film
ever made (I disagree, we all know it's Wall-E, with Monster's Inc. coming a
close second) the colourful, innovative masterpiece 'Finding Nemo' hit cinemas in
May ten years ago. Nemo grossed close to 1 billion dollars and holds a 99%
rating on Rotten Tomatoes - which leads me to one question and one question
only. Who is the sick fuck in that 1%? I remember seeing a BBC news report on
TV that the sales of clownfish had also gone through the roof thanks to the
film. I for one am glad they all found a home.
Pixar are also planning a sequel,
and the creatively titled 'Finding Dory' is set to be released in 2015. I could
only imagine what it could be about.
Pharrell Williams was everywhere
All year
Pharrell’s distinctive sound had
him all over the place. Literally, he had a song everywhere. His weird yet rhythmic
cutlery clanging sound dominated 2003 like none other. As well as the NERD
album In Search Of… (featuring 'Lapdance' and 'Rock Star') Pharrell, along with collab teammate Chad Hugo found time to produce some of the years biggest singles. Among those released that
year included Kelis's 'Milkshake', Snoop Dogg's 'Beautiful', Jay-Z's 'Change
Clothes' and Timberlake's 'Senorita' and 'Rock Your Body'. He's still got it
after over 20 (TWENTY) years as an artist, songwriter and producer.
Martin Bashir lived with Michael Jackson
3rd February 2003
I have to relate this back to
school once again. During break time while everyone outside was talking about
this ITV1 special, one boy in my class asked me if I "watched Con Air on Channel
5 last night" …what? No. Of course I didn't. Along with everyone else in my
year/school/life apart from him I was watching Living with Michael Jackson.
What a mess of a nightmare this turned out to be. The show obviously
started out as an up close look at what it was like to be the most famous and
talented living musician in the world, but soon took a turn for the
unexpectedly worrying. It was here that Jackson first spoke about sleepovers
taking place in his house with minors on a number of occasions. Weirdly enough
it was Bashir who came under fire from Jackson enthusiasts across the world. Martin was accused of mishandling footage, and editing the feature to make Michael Jackson look...well, you know.
Dixie Chicks were ashamed
10th March 2003
The country sibling trio who had
been famous across the pond since the early nineties spoke these now
immortalised words during a gig in London 2003:
"Just so you know, we're on the
good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed
that the President of the United States is from Texas"
The Texan natives found
themselves subject to mass media scrutiny (mostly in the south of course),
losing sponsorship deals, radio airplay and even receiving death threats in
wake of the comment. After initially apologising for the offence they
caused, lead singer Natalie Maines backtracked, stating that she was proud of
the fact they spoke their minds amidst the decisions George Bush had made to go
forth with attacking Iraq. The controversy eventually led to the documentary film "Shut
up and Sing" being produced three years later, shedding light on the backlash
Dixie Chicks had received in the years thereafter. The band released the album "Taking the Long
Way" in 2007, with its lead single 'Not Ready to Make Nice' dealing with the scrutiny head on. The album sold 2 million copies in the US
alone and won five Grammy's including the coveted Album of the Year and Song of
the Year awards for “Nice”. Take that republicans.
Bey, Blu and Black had a 13 week number one
chart run
All originally released on 18th
May, 6th May and 16th June respectively.
I feel like 2003 was a crowning
moment in which the UK developed the taste for actually buying good music. A
trend that started to fade around 2009.
It was this year that Beyoncé’s Crazy
in Love was brought to us. Collaborating once again with Jay-Z the track found
itself at #1 for three weeks in the summer of ’03. It was impossible to run
from the big-band style introduction, as well as the music video, which would
be on any and every channel possible for what felt like 8 times an hour. CIL became a staple in Beyoncé’s discography, and saw herself become the solo
star she’d always wanted to be.
However, 'Crazy in Love' saw itself
sharing the airwaves with another male-female rap-sung collaboration, in the
form of Blu Cantrell & Sean Paul’s incredible "Breathe". Sampled from Dr.
Dre's "What’s The Difference", the track stayed at number one for 4 weeks, and
has stood the test of time as one of the best R&B collaborations of the
last ten years. Yes I'm serious; I love this song that much.
What many thought was the Black
Eyed Peas first single was actually the first from their fourth album. It was
just their first single after recruiting Fergie. The single 'Where is the Love' featuring Justin Timberlake stayed at #1 for five weeks in June and
subsequently became the top selling single of the year. As I said, this was the year that great music was released but for me, let's discount this one. Yeah
it has a nice message and all that, but I never really “got it”. I'm sure that
makes me a horrible person, but whatever.
Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) & creator Mike Kelley
I never really do entertainment based - or any sort of news articles on here but I found this quite interesting and actually a little irritating (let me explain why in a bit). It was announced yesterday that creator of ABC's/E4's soap-y drama 'Revenge' would be leaving the show in its entirety. Mike Kelley's series starring Emily VanCamp and Madeline Stowe debuted in the US in September 2011 and is currently in its second season. The creator is set to finish post-production duties on the show shortly before he departs, which is expected to be next month. The announcement surprised me mainly because I've never heard of a creator stepping down from a show this early on. 'Revenge' became a sleeper hit with its debut, gaining just over 10 million viewers on its first ever showing. The audience viewership stayed strong, as did its critical reception for the next 21 episodes in the season. However, its audience has depleted somewhat in the show's sophmore year, with only 5.49 million people tuning into its most recent episode, "Masquerade", on Sunday 31st March. The move is, as I said shocking to me, but what irritated me about Kelley leaving his beloved show behind was the supposed reason. Kelley had allegedly lobbied for 'Revenge' to carry a shortened 3rd season, possibly to stand at 13 episodes, to abandon unnecessary story arcs and twists that ultimately aren't necessary to the shows main story. ABC opted against the idea, most probably because they would be losing out on thousands, maybe even millions of dollars of ad-revenue from only having 13 episodes in one series (although there isn't an official figure for how much 'Revenge' "charges", in October 2012 a 30 second ad cost a little over $150,000 according to this chart from ad-age). What ABC doesn't seem to understand is that a short season is exactly what the show needs at this point. At the end of season 1 we were left with a cliffhanger that 18 episodes later - still hasn't been fully seen to, and while the second series is good (at a stretch), it's been carried on for much longer then it probably should've been. The show is known for its ridiculously dramatic soap opera-like twists and turns; people from the past showing up unexpectedly, fake deaths, surprise pregnancies and the like, while also trying to maintain a very dark, crime related story at its core. The marriage of the two genres of soap and crime is what's brought the show into the forefront from its inception, but with its intricate and tricky sub-plots which are quickly getting more difficult to follow, viewership is declining. A concise season of much fewer episodes would allow less "waffle" in the show, and let the main story work perfectly without the interruption of pointless side arcs and guest characters. Network television needs to put shorter seasons into practise. It happens here and there and shows such as 'The Following', (the first season of) 'Scandal' and NBC's 'Hannibal' are proof that it can actually work effectively. Plus all you have to do is look at the most celebrated TV shows of the 21st century so far: 'Breaking Bad', 'Mad Men', 'The Walking Dead', 'Game of Thrones', 'Luther', 'Downton Abbey' and 'The Wire'. How many episodes have they all had per season? Not as many as Revenge. You can read a review of Revenge Season 1 here.
Where is Donna? Where is she? She’s a valued member of the
Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, Indiana that seems to pop up once or
twice an episode (if that) with a couple of lines, and…that’s
pretty much it. In fact, her role in the show has become smaller and smaller as the series has gone on. The absence of Donna is pretty much the only downfall in an
otherwise flawless sitcom.
Cerie – 30 Rock
When Liz Lemon asked Cerie “looked okay”, a spritely Cerie
retorted with “that’s exactly how you look”. The fact that the line is said not
in dislike or disdain but as a genuine compliment is why she's such a good character. The
usage of Cerie is vaguely similar to Donna’s in Parks and Recreation – she turns up
once in a while, gives us some good dialogue, and then she’s off again. Only
(once again like Donna) she works in the exact same place that every episode of
the show is set in.
Harrison Wright – Scandal
Okay, this one is a bit of a cheat as *spoiler* creator
Shonda Rhimes has stated that this characters role will be beefed up in the
second half of the addictive political drama’s second season *end spoiler*. Harrison has
largely been on the backburner, occasionally seen conversing with Abby and
Olivia…while not doing much else. Although it has been revealed that Harrison avoided
a serious prison sentence on behalf of crafty and not-so legit work of Olivia
Pope, the statement was made only as a passing reference. I think we can assume
this will play a major part in the last few episodes of the season, along with (hopefully) many more to come.
Luke Dunphy– Modern Family
For some reason “I can feel my heart beating in my eyes” is
one of my favourite Modern Family quotes, and it comes from young Luke, probably
the most underutilised Dunphy on Modern Family. The show which has one of
the strongest and most comedic ensemble casts currently on television, needs to let the most beloved of those, such as Gloria, Phil, Manny
and Cam step aside; just for a little while and let Luke do something solo.
Harry Crane – Mad Men
In a world where everyone is lying, backstabbing, cheating
on their wives and descending into alcohol addiction in 1960s based drama Mad
Men, Crane is only guilty of..one or two of those. For a while Crane, played by
Rich Sommer was one of the few genuinely likeable characters in the fictional
Sterling Cooper work place – and it may just be because it feels like decades
ago, I barely even remember him on screen in the show’s 5th season. We better see him actually doing some serious shit when Mad Men returns next month.
"It’s weird. Good weird" is probably the most accurate way
of describing Park Chan-wook’s Stoker. The film is written and co-produced
by Mariah Carey video-boy and 'Prison Break' star Wentworth Miller, who strangely
dropped off the radar after the show ended, with the exception of a role in
Resident Evil: Afterlife that’s better off not discussing.
The screenplay for Stoker ended up on the 2010 “Black List”, an annual aggregated detailing of the best
unproduced scripts making their way around Hollywood. Luckily for us the film
ended up being produced, and has in turn become the disturbing, messed up family
drama Miller is sure to have originally hoped it would be.
Stoker stars Mia
Wasikowska as India Stoker, a strangely quiet girl by nature who’s mourning the
death of her father, Richard (Dermot Mulroney). Often pushed aside by peers and
neglected by her own mother, Evelyn (a perfectly cast Nicole Kidman), the
wealthy family and their estate gets a shake up when brother to the recently deceased, Charlie (Matthew Goode) shows up. A man India didn't even know
existed. In between Evelyn’s obvious attraction to Charlie and India's descent
into isolation , Charlie becomes the epicentre of a number of seemingly unrelated disappearances
by those close to the family – some of which who know much darker things about
the harmless and charismatic "cool uncle" façade Charlie puts on for those around him.
Although set in the present day the film has a timeless
appeal. Chan-wook’s choice of mise-en-scene and framing are delightfully odd
yet visually appealing, while Stoker’s dramatic and eerie tendencies are very
reminiscent of M Night Shyamalan's The Village.
His direction also makes you see
directly into the minds of our mentally “not-all-there” screen leads, all of
which perform tremendously throughout the film. Yes, Stoker can be slightly confusing in parts, but what it lacks in linearity
it makes up for in sheer shock value and savagery.
It's really great to see solid and original American films can still be made.
American Horror Story wrapped up for
another year last week, leaving a satisfying end to a bloody, twisted and
psychopathic story. AHS, created by
Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck & Glee) was an entire departure from the
first season. Opting to take various actors from the 2011 edition including
Lily Rabe, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange, the show was moved
from its contemporary sunny suburban setting into the cold, sinister and
clinical surroundings of a mental asylum in the 1960s.
The show centred on the staff and inmates of the
fictional Briarcliff Asylum for the criminally insane. Most notably the
power-mad HBIC, Sister Jude & seemingly meek Sister Mary Eunice
(Lange and Rabe), the Monsignor, Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes) Dr. Oliver
Thredson (Zachary Qunito) and the wrongly imprisoned Lana Winters (Paulson),
Grace Bertrand (Lizzie Brochere) and Kit Walker (Peters), the latter of which
is strongly believed to have murdered his wife in a blind rage.
Yes, most of the inmates that you see are obviously
seriously disturbed, such as a homicidal Santa, a woman claiming to be Anne
Frank, as well as a chronic masturbator that quite literally creeps up
every now and then, but what seemed to be more disturbing were those that were
running the place...I'll try not to ruin it for those who haven't seen the show
through to the end yet but as you can probably guess, the inmates are barely
half of the real issue.
Evan Peters as Kit Evans
Looking deeper into the characters as the series
progressed only saw things going from slightly freakish to demonic, not to
mention chronically messed up. The show had it all, from possession
and exorcisms, excruciatingly violent deaths and eerily calm
serial killers. What’s not to love?
Both Asylum,
and the first season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series shared the same issue;
powerful and enigmatic episodes early on in the season that later felt
discombobulated and lost a lot of steam as they reached their conclusion. I’m
not saying that the show was in any way mediocre, but I am pointing out that
some plot points carried out towards the end felt out of place with the
original story, almost like it was made up as Murphy and co. went along.
While the show still makes me wonder how someone who
createdGleecould reach inside their soul and
pull out some of the most depraved and shocking stories seen on TV today,
there’s no denying that this 13 part series wassomething
I fail to find very often in American culture.
