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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 8, 2019 5:01:49 GMT
4 part series on the real-life case of the Central Park Five, i.e. five kids who were wrongfully convicted of a rape that left the victim near death.
IMO the first three parts were good, but the fourth part was where it achieved greatness. At 88 minutes, this last episode could easily work as a standalone movie. Outstanding performance by the actor who plays Korey, whose acting I was iffy about in the earlier episodes.
(And I know this isn't the politics board, but a certain someone who holds a certain high office not only called for the kids to be executed, but even after they were exonerated refused to apologise and still maintains that he thinks they are guilty.)
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Post by faustus5 on Jun 8, 2019 11:20:56 GMT
4 part series on the real-life case of the Central Park Five, i.e. five kids who were wrongfully convicted of a rape that left the victim near death. IMO the first three parts were good, but the fourth part was where it achieved greatness. At 88 minutes, this last episode could easily work as a standalone movie. Outstanding performance by the actor who plays Korey, whose acting I was iffy about in the earlier episodes. (And I know this isn't the politics board, but a certain someone who holds a certain high office not only called for the kids to be executed, but even after they were exonerated refused to apologise and still maintains that he thinks they are guilty.) She managed to get incredible performances out of the entire cast, especially the youngest kid. His interrogation scenes were heartbreaking.
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Post by MrFurious on Jun 8, 2019 11:57:56 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jun 8, 2019 16:56:47 GMT
Forget about him. The important thing is they were exonerated.
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Post by Vits on Nov 23, 2019 20:19:14 GMT
It was great! Compelling story, good performances and strong directing! My favorite moment was in PART 1 when the kids met each other. It seemed like they were going to fight (since each one had been told by the police that the other ones had accused them), but they didn't. It was a clever way to subvert the viewer's expectations. The main issues happened in PART 4: 1) Why dedicate it to mostly just 1 character, when the other episodes were dedicated to the 5 guys? It felt unbalanced. At least do this in the middle of the series, not at the very end. 2) I had to endure Jharrel Jerome's performance, the only one I didn't like. Not terrible, but too over-the-top. Even if I had liked it, why use the same actor? The other 4 were played by different actors in different time periods. It was distracting.
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