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Tokyo Vice (2022)
Such an amazing show
This is a great crime drama set in a world where the Gaijin reporter is "outside" of everything, even his own company.
There's plenty of great writing and the tension a gaijin feels in Japan is pretty accurately portrayed.
And Rachel Keller? Maybe the next Lauren Bacall. She's wonderful in the part. Ansel (Jake) learning to speak Japanese fluently also makes an enormous difference in the credibility of the main character interacting with his Japanese co-workers and Yakuza. You can almost sense the relief that many of the excellent Japanese actors have at being able to play their roles as Japanese characters not anglicized versions of their characters.
Overall a huge well done drama. Recommended.
Schmigadoon! (2021)
And I'm not a musical kind of person
Really funny and well done. I'm a huge Cecily Strong fan, so this is a win-win for me. I honestly never thought outside "Book of Mormon" I'd ever recommend another musical.
Can't wait for next week's episode.