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The kids are more than all right
Are we in a golden age of child acting?
By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated April 29, 2021, 3:55 p.m.
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Isla Johnston and Bill Camp in The Queen s Gambit. COURTESY OF NETFLIX/Associated Press
Earlier this month, on an episode of NBCâs âThis Is Us,â teenage Tess (Eris Baker) was kissing her non-binary partner when her mother suddenly walked in on them. In the immediate aftermath, Baker achingly conveyed the quiet devastation of Tessâs realization that something had shifted in her relationship with her mother, possibly irrevocably.
In âGodzilla vs. Kong,â Kaylee Hottle is a standout as Jia, a deaf child whoâs the only one who can communicate with Kong. The expressions of empathy and resolve that flicker across Hottleâs face register more vividly than the skyscraper-smashing battles between the titular titans.
The best TV of 2020: More great shows than any one person could watch
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By: James Poniewozik, Mike Hale and Margaret Lyons
Television wasn t spared by the pandemic, but there were still more great shows than any one person could watch. Here s a look at the top series of the year, as well as some that signed off for good.
James Poniewozik: The best TV shows of 2020
Everyone knows that the year 2020 changed everything. What this 10-best list presupposes is: What if it didn t?
The pandemic, the first and last story of this year, naturally disrupted television talk shows, sports and especially scripted comedy and drama. My list might have included The Good Fight if its unfinished fourth season had not been left dangling.