2 iconic comedies to stream this week
It’s the first week of May, and it’s time for the celebs to be interrogated.
Ziwe, the new Showtime series from comedian (and former Daily Dot regular)
Ziwe Fumudoh, debuts on May 9 and according to the trailer she will be grilling Fran Lebowitz.
The show grew out of her Instagram Live interview series
Baited, in which she famously questioned Caroline Calloway and Rose McGowan on race and privilege. (A standard question was:
How many Black friends do you have?)
Ziwe will still have that component, filled out with sketch and musical numbers, and it arrives at just the right moment in the cyclical “wokeness” debate. Fumudoh told the
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TV review: Shadow And Bone
Leads Jessie Mei Li and Archie Renaux are very watchable in Shadow And Bone, which might have fared better as a shorter four-part series. PHOTO: NETFLIX
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The realm of young adult (YA) fantasy adaptations can be a minefield. The hits are few and those that fall through are many.
On the surface, Netflix has a hit in Shadow And Bone. Since its release two weeks ago, it has been in the top half of the Top 10.
It is not hard to see why. Money has been thrown at this production, and the costumes – riffing on the poverty and opulence of imperial Russia – are stunning.
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Book enthusiasts have been celebrating since the television show âShadow and Boneâ came out on April 23 on Netflix. It is based on the very popular young adult fantasy novels by Leigh Bardugo known as the âGrishaverse.â The show has been in the works since 2019, and from that time, fans have been promoting it through book communities on social media. Fans have been passionate, going to various Zoom interviews to meet the cast and find out details of production to know what to expect. Now that âShadow and Boneâ has been released, they no longer have to wait.
The 'Shadow and Bone' cast, Ben Barnes, Jessie Mei Li, Kit Young, Amita Suman, Archie Renaux, and Freddy Carter, play trivia in an interview with Marie Claire.