Show Me a Hero
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| HBO | Release Date: August 16, 2015 |
Summary:
Based on Lisa Belkin's nonfiction book of the same name, a mayor (Oscar Isaac) faces a federal court decision forcing his city to build low-income housing in white neighborhoods during the 1980s.
Creator:
David Simon
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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S1:E1. Part One
Air Date: August 16, 2015
Positive:
30
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
Aug 10, 2015
Aug 14, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It’s brilliant. HBO’s Show Me a Hero is a subtle and deeply effective melding of art and conscience; from its writing and narrative pace to its outstanding performances (particularly that of its star, Oscar Isaac) the miniseries locates a seldom-found sweet spot between storytelling and moralism.
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Aug 17, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It's like a procedural drama, about the drama of procedure--it isn't ever dry. There are some superbly mounted, loud, crowded big scenes--Simon is a great orchestrator of chaos --but there is an intensity to the quieter, more private moments as well. I wouldn't trade it for a bushel barrel of tortured detectives or all the kings and queens in Westeros.
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Aug 6, 2015
Aug 14, 2015
Season 1 Review:
An absorbing drama.... To the extent that Show Me a Hero is flawed, the problem lies not in Simon's dramaturgy but his journalistic instincts. Show Me a Hero is but a single snapshot of a lumbering crisis that unfolded over a period of nearly three decades, and while the show's narrative is painstakingly accurate within its timeframe, its wide implications are not.
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Aug 13, 2015
Aug 13, 2015
Season 1 Review:
The potential emotional satisfaction of this melodrama, which is insultingly pat to begin with, is hampered by the seemingly endless scenes of council meetings that Simon characteristically loves, which are contextually diluted by the stock dialogue and cartoon acting that surrounds them.
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: August 16, 2015
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S1:E1. Part One
Air Date: August 16, 2015
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Season 1 Overview