Well, this weekend was less productive than I would have hoped. One plan was to test move this site to another provider, but that's not going to happen for at least another week.
Because, well, I just binge-watched a pretty fantastic series. Louie C.K. put together web series, with pretty much no fanfare or marketing. I had heard of it when he mentioned it on a talk show a short while back, and was reminded of it again on Thursday or Friday. I bought the show on a whim, and was immediately hooked. It's called Horace and Pete (
main site here).
It's a very unique, even strange, format compared to other TV shows. It's more like a filmed play. 10 episodes, all of varying lengths. No laugh track, no audience; just actors performing. Very few cuts/transitions/etc., very theater-like. The actors are fantastic (Alan Alda, Steve Buscemi, Jessica Lange, Edie Falco, plus many others as memorable guests), and the writing is strong. It generally focuses on two brothers, the latest owners of a 100-year-old bar in Brooklyn, which has been owned by the same family since inception. I was looking for reviews late tonight, and have posted them below, but I wouldn't advise reading them all in detail until viewing at least one or two of the episodes. There are some spoilers embedded that may lessen the impact of the series itself.
http://filmmakermagazine.com/97938-w...maybe-the-best
http://www.vulture.com/2016/04/horac...atriarchy.html
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...ven-television