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Taking It Down Podcast 52 – Reactions to Some TV News and Black Narcissus on FX

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Blaine Duncan
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Taking It Down this week covers topics far and wide! In the first segment, the group gives out some short takes with answers to these questions: why isn’t COVID in the list of Grammy nominations (1:26); what was it like for Saban to watch the Iron Bowl rather than coach it (1:47); why does CBS suck so badly at broadcasting college football (2:31); what does Wonder Woman: 1984 have to say for the world of streaming now that it will be on HBO Max on Christmas Day (8:05); what are our predictions for a David Lynch Netflix show (11:35); what about How To With John Wilson is so warm, lovable, and perfect (13:36); is The Mandalorian any good (20:56); and how did Fargo get so damn weird (27:27)?

After the break, Donovan helps to explore the FX series and film version of Black Narcissus (30:41).

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2 responses to “Taking It Down Podcast 52 – Reactions to Some TV News and Black Narcissus on FX”

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    87 Jetta

    How about that – CBS college football coverage gets raked over the coals (and deservedly so) on Taking it Down and less than two weeks later, the SEC ditches the network for Disney/ESPN! The only thing I’m going to miss from the CBS broadcasts is the theme song. Admittedly, however, I am a mute the TV/listen to Eli person, so the only thing that’s going to change from my perspective, hopefully, is fewer commercials.

    Fargo definitely mixed things up this season, and I think I’m going to have to rewatch it at some point to get a better grasp of it all. Some really great characters throughout. Jason Schwartzman’s Josto – a hapless goofball with an over-inflated ego – is in some ways reminiscent of a grownup version of his first major role, Max Fischer in Rushmore. Somewhat disappointed by how little Timothy Olyphant’s character factored into the season storyline; seems like there was a lot more potential there. Chris Rock was outstanding in an unfamiliar, “serious” role. I found Jessie Buckley’s character, at least in the early part of the season, to be pretty annoying, but that changed over time.

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      Blaine Duncan

      We won’t take all the credit for getting CBS canned. That theme song is great and brings up good (and bad) memories. With my own admission, it’s rare that I even pay much attention to any commentator; it was definitely the ads that got under my skin with CBS. It is getting ridiculous.

      I love Jason Schwartzman and I think I loved him in this season of Fargo, but I’m with you: the more Tim Olyphant, usually the better. I can certainly see how Jessie Buckley’s character could’ve been found annoying. That seemed to be a major complaint from viewers this season, that there were a lot of annoying characters. For me, it was the bigger, but younger, brother of Josto and the Native American convict. I don’t know what it was about those two, but they made me cringe a lot. Well, I’ll say that Gaetano Fadda stopped being annoying when he and Josto started working together. Alas, that’s what got him accidentally killed. Typical Fargo, I guess. It was an odd season to say the least, but I didn’t regret watching it. That show is always entertaining and always amazing to look at.

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