The Godfather gets a multiracial makeover – in pictures. Barely Keeping Up in TV’s New Golden Age. Not long ago, a friend at work told me I absolutely, positively must watch “Broad City” on Comedy Central, saying it was a slacker-infused hilarity. My reaction? Oh no, not another one. The vast wasteland of television has been replaced by an excess of excellence that is fundamentally altering my media diet and threatening to consume my waking life in the process. I am not alone. Even as alternatives proliferate and people cut the cord, they are continuing to spend ever more time in front of the TV without a trace of embarrassment. I was never one of those snobby people who would claim to not own a television when the subject came up, but I was generally more a reader than a watcher. Something tangible, and technical, is at work. Photo And what a feast. Whew. My once beloved magazines sit in a forlorn pile, patiently waiting for their turn in front of my eyes.
And then there are books. In the past, great shows, entire seasons of them, used to go whooshing past me. ANIMATION on FOX. Cannes showing for scathing portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power. It threatens to be so true to life that it's more like a documentary than a feature film.
"I'm surrounded by cretins! " shouts a stack-heeled, would-be French president at his terrified advisers. "Remember, I'm a Ferrari. When you open the bonnet, you use white gloves. " When the Cannes film festival opens next week, it will break the last taboo in French film. Inspired by the merciless British satire In the Loop, and subtitled "The man who won the presidency, but lost a wife", it hopes to skewer Sarkozy's rage, ambition and problems with women. This year's Cannes is already displaying an unprecedented Sarkozy theme. Sarkozy, record-breakingly unpopular one year before a tough battle for re-election, cannot risk appearing on the red carpet himself, nor can Bruni.
But the Elysée is already on a damage-limitation offensive over La Conquête. But the Elysée is clearly irked by the film. Even the film poster has made the political class cringe. Meet Spiral's feminist anti-hero. Caroline Proust screeches up to a Paris cafe terrace on her bike in a mini-dress and red leather jacket, beaming a lipsticked smile.
It's a far cry from her TV character, police captain Laure Berthaud: the downtrodden detective who is France's least groomed sex symbol. With her unwashed hair, no makeup, T-shirt worn three days in a row and seemingly perpetual PMT, Berthaud has become one of the most prized TV pin-ups in a nation that likes its beauty barefaced. Spiral – or Engrenages — is France's answer to The Wire. Paris's first "hyper-realist" TV show, its gritty take on the justice system has stunned executives by becoming the biggest- selling French TV show ever. Proust loves the fact that Spiral, now in its third series, has a cult following in the UK. "Of course we had a lot less money than HBO. The bosses wanted no recognisable faces, so casting directors looked to theatre. Realism is an obsession for Proust. Series four is likely to be the most controversial yet. Worst movie accents. You have read your 10 complimentary SUN+ Articles this month. / month * Tax(es) not included * Certain conditions apply Our SUN+ digital package provides subscribers with unlimited access to all content on theToronto SUN website, mobile site, and mobile apps (Android and iOS devices).
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