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Where this brilliant series most notably succeeds is in repositioning the same type of story within a new perspective, all while tackling how someone’s actions affect the lives of those around them.
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A sharp and funny and insightful slice of political and social commentary wrapped in some live-wire, spoken-word-fueled musical numbers. It’s a wickedly entertaining work equal parts dreamlike hip-hop fantasy and gritty, real-world drama..
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Casal and Diggs’ writing is a compelling combination of commentary and entertainment, inviting us to think about the larger prison industrial complex and how it affects entire families, while still having moments of levity.
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Blindspotting is the rare film-to-TV adaptation that translates what made the original so successful and manages to expand upon and even adds to it.
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“Blindspotting” doesn’t pack as large a punch as the original movie did, but as a series it creates a slice-of-life story that’s fun and engaging. With Cephas Jones at the helm the series moves along at a brisk clip without forsaking an ounce of humor.
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Estrada’s film gave this series a tone and set of narrative values that prove incredibly fruitful here, especially with such a solid cast across the board. The series is vibrant and just as full of inspired storytelling, with bursts of creativity that now give “Blindspotting”’s theatrical vision a fitting home in forward-thinking TV.
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The series is the rare well-rounded portrait of contemporary Oakland. Even more rewarding are the layers of history between the characters that the season gradually uncovers, especially between Ashley and Rainey, whose lives have intersected for more than a decade.
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Across eight half-hour episodes, the series affords the screen time necessary for more characters, more songs, more dance, more nuance, more drama. When the material is good – as Blindspotting’s consistently is – more time can only ever be a good thing.
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Through the six episodes sent to critics, this Blindspotting quickly settles into its own confident voice, and the characters, especially the new faces, are proving to be appealing vehicles for some of the same themes and more.
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The 30-minute episodic structure makes the series feel less powerful than the film it is based off of. Even so, Blindspotting is a welcome return to form for not only the stellar cast, but also for Diggs and Casal’s consistently encapsulating, dynamic and affecting screenwriting style.
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While there are a ton of head-scratching aspects of Blindspotting, there’s more than enough to recommend, especially the performances of Cephas Jones and Barron.
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Blindspotting the movie may not have seemed a natural a choice for spinoff treatment, but nothing in this smart new series feels off.
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The series possesses a musically-tinged energy, with Cephas Jones periodically expressing her feelings and fears by delivering poetic spoken-word monologues directly to the camera, and characters breaking into impromptu dance numbers at various moments.
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This flitting about is Blindspotting’s charm – and its weakness. Sometimes, the writing can edge too close to trivialising, even glamorising, the issues, but when it works it sizzles.
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While “Blindspotting” offers an expanded universe, adding rich layers to a once side character, its thematic elements read as undercooked and its visual ambition isn’t smoothly stitched to the primary narrative.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 3 out of 8
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Nov 20, 2021
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Jun 14, 2021It could be a good series with personable actors if it wasn't so bloodless.
There is no tension and the story babbles along. Too bad.