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Series review: Good Omens

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title = "American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story"
date = 2020-11-05
updated = 2021-02-12
updated = 2021-03-28
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he's so loving, just *one* admits she didn't like that he wanted an open
marriage for him and not for her and one you can clearly see that she does not
want to have Hef around, looks annoyed in the filming, but the narration said
they divorce and are "friends".
they divorced and are "friends".
This is the kind of thing that push a documentary down. There are no downsides
of Hefner: He's loving, he's successful and he got ideas. Things he did wrong?

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title = "Good Omens (2019)"
date = 2021-03-28
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[Wikipedia Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)):
Set in 2018, the series follows the demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel
Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), longtime acquaintances who, having grown accustomed
to life on Earth as representatives of Heaven and Hell, seek to prevent the
coming of the Antichrist and with it Armageddon, the final battle between
Heaven and Hell.
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There is a certain "Douglas-Adams-ian" style on the series that really made my
day (I bet it was all Pratchett fault here, but I haven't read Pratchett yet,
so YMMV). And by that I mean the narration throwing you into confusion, text
snippets that show up to throw you into confusion and the general "Oh, nuns.
But they are **SATANIC** nuns" out of nowhere. All those misdirections just
make the whole thing funnier.
Also, you can see that the whole cast was having a blast doing it -- and I bet
Tennant was the one having the best time of all. Jon Hamm, playing Gabriel as a
"I don't fucking care about being good" angel is hilarious. Miranda Richardson,
whose character later in the series have to share the body with another spirit
does an *amazing* job with the actor playing the other spirit (not going to
spoilt *everything* here) with the mouth motions and personality. Michael
McKean making a very strong Scottish accent was also impressive, to the point
that it really took me awhile to realize who he was.
So, great plot, lots of fun, actors having fun and doing an amazing job in
their roles... Even if the end is a bit obvious, it is a great series. Too bad
it is just one season.
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