Television shows are no strangers to critics, but political program ‘BBC Question Time’ is feeling the heat in a special way, as dozens on Twitter are composing not-so-complimentary rhymes under the hashtag #WriteAPoemAboutBBCQT. The poets, and their corresponding works, range from clever to not-so-great. However, they all seem to share a common theme – BBC […]
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The RZA-Directed, Azealia Banks-Fronted Hip-Hop Drama ‘Love Beats Rhymes’ Looks Kind of Terrible
When Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA made the move from film acting and soundtrack work to directing, the project was unsurprising: The Man With the Iron Fists, a grindhouse-style martial arts flick of the variety he’d been sampling musically since, oh, the very first Wu-Tang records. He next sat in the director’s chair for an episode of […]
Last Night's TV reviewed: Sad sign of the rhymes
BBC The cast of King Charles III Wisely, they left the bit about it all being done in Shakespeareanstyle blank verse until the bottom of the page. Various people, including that BBC website, have described Bartlett’s play as “bold”. I’d say it was anything but. If any audience is likely not to mind a story […]