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Ken and Robin Consume Media is brought to you by the discriminating and good-looking backers of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff Patreon<\/a>. Each week we provide capsule reviews of the books, movies, TV seasons and more we cram into our hyper-analytical sensoriums. Join the Patreon to help pick the items we\u2019ll talk about in greater depth on a little podcast segment we like to call Tell Me More.<\/i><\/p>\n Don\u2019t Think I\u2019ve Forgotten: Cambodia\u2019s Lost Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<\/a>\u00a0 (Film, US, John Pirozzi, 2014) Documentary chronicles Cambodia\u2019s vibrant, cross-pollinated pop music scene of the 60s, and its abrupt ending with the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime, which murders all of its leading lights. Ably handles musicological exploration and the inexorable descent into political hell.\u2014RDL [Haven\u2019t seen the doc, but the soundtrack<\/a> is a banger that I listened to on heavy shuffle while writing The Fall of DELTA GREEN. –KH]<\/p>\n King John<\/a> (Filmed Stage Play, Canada, Tim Carroll & Barry Avrich, 2015) Scheming King John (Tom McCamus) fights off French efforts to reclaim his continental territory and replace him with their preferred heir, a sweet-natured child. Stratford Festival production keeps the pace rattling in Shakespeare\u2019s ultra-telescoped chronicle of 13th century betrayal and counter-betrayal, juiced with touches of absurdist humor. McCamus plays John as a ruthless twit, a combination observers of current politics may find resonant.. Chances to see this live crop up rarely, and the televised play format works surprisingly well here.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n Lupin Season 1 (Television, France, Netflix, George Kay, 2021) Master thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy) \u201cin the shadow of Ars\u00e8ne\u201d unravels the frame around his dead father, unjustly imprisoned 25 years ago for a theft he didn\u2019t commit. Structurally more Count of Monte Cristo than Lupin, this show\u2019s larcenous procedurals (and Sy\u2019s effortless charisma) shine brightly enough to obscure the occasional idiot plot hook. Looking forward to the actual end of the season, which Netflix for some reason won\u2019t air until summer. –KH<\/p>\n Lupin Season I (Television, France, Netflix, George Kay, 2021) Inspired by the fictional adventures of gentleman thief Ars\u00e8ne Lupin, a master heister and disguise artist (Omar Sy) attempts to clear his late father of the jewel theft that sent him to prison 25 years ago. Glamourous crime procedural cleverly updates an iconic character. If I\u2019d known that the storyline does not resolve in the current batch of episodes, I\u2019d have waited until the next drop, later this year, to start binging.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n Son of a Trickster<\/a> (Fiction, Eden Robinson, 2017) A snarky high schooler from the Haisla First Nation of northern B.C. already has enough on his hands with his volatile mom, broke dad, troubled woke girlfriend and weed cookie side hustle, when he begins to attract the interest of powerful entities from the spirit world. Sets the stage for supernatural doings with kicky social observation. Part one of a trilogy.\u2014RDL<\/p>\nRecommended<\/h2>\n
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