- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 20, 2020
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Walker's life is, clearly, a story worth telling, and as basically a longish movie split into four chapters, it's a reasonably concise package. It just could have been made in a way that would have more fully branded this inspirational biography as a miniseries worth watching.
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Self Made, despite its incredible cast and incredible source material, feels too trapped within the “greatest hits biopic film” template, content to rush through every plot point of Walker’s life without slowing and settling to figure out who Walker is.
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Nicole Asher’s script does a solid job at squeezing the many details of Walker’s life into four entertaining episodes but the directors, including Harriet’s Kasi Lemmons, don’t always hit the mark. There are attempts to enliven the by-the-numbers biopic-plotting with stylish flourishes but they’re mostly always misses. ... It’s ultimately, thankfully, Spencer’s show.
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The show explores how Black men have told Black women to wait their turn in line, and takes a big swing at one Black leader’s history. The mapping of these issues is so blatant, they can be seen coming a mile away, but they’re managed with such enthusiasm that it’s almost endearing.
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Unfortunately, the inspiration inherent in Walker’s story is in short supply in the script. ... Spencer’s intelligent, restrained performance is faultless but a little dry — with the exception of one early scene in which the tyranny of light skin and straight hair bring Walker to tears, she doesn’t really grab us. Ejogo, on the other hand, is fully alive as the O.M.G. (original mean girl) Munroe.
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A compelling if clunky drama about an important figure.
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The eminently talented Spencer gives it the best she’s got, despite some truly cringeworthy dialogue. But once her business is established as a success near the end of Chapter 2, the plot devolves into a series of telenovela storylines.
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As a piece of scholastic infotainment, the series has tons of merit. But as a piece of prestige television, it falls short.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 13
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Mixed: 3 out of 13
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Negative: 3 out of 13
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Nov 24, 2021Dobry serial,który można ogarnąć w jeden wieczór. Uważam że po serialu warto doczytać w internecie o Madam C.J. Walker
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Apr 9, 2020A série é muito divertida e interessante, só que muito corrida, mas eu gostei bastante e vale a pena assistir
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Mar 24, 2020