News: RIP John Amos, maybe best known for Good Times, but I’m such a fan of The West Wing that I’ll always remember what he brought to that show as well.
TV Shows Watched: English Teacher: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Solar Opposites: S5E9 (Hulu) with audio description, Brilliant Minds: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, Nobody Wants this: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, 911 Lone Star: S5E2 (Hulu) no audio description, Mr McMahon: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, What’s next with Bill Gates: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description.
Podcasts: Anderson Cooper 360 (News/Politics), Pod Save America (News/Podcasts), Film Threat (Review: Joker Folie Aux Duex)
YouTube: none
Movies Watched: Friday Night lights (Netflix) with audio description
It is so hard to not come here every week and say Dave Wallace is killing it on Solar Opposites. Such a perfectly matched narrator to show performance. But, I’m not continuing with Briliant Minds, and it is the last episode of Mr McMahon. So i should talk about one of those.
Brilliant Minds has average audio description for a TV series. Considering I watched the pilot without, and the second episode finally had next day audio description, I got to experience the show with both. When you’re learning a new show, you are also meeting these characters for the first time. I think the plot is just a merge of The Good Doctor and new Amsterdam, and I’m just not interested. But, the audio description is average. I don’t think it did anything special, but I didn’t find myself confused either.
However,props to Jeff heck for writing Mr McMahon, a docuseries that shouldn’t work, but does. Wrestling is very visual, but this is also a talking head style series with a ton of interviews. What stood out to me was the continued use of someone’s name. I’ve seen too many docuseries and documentaries, where the first time someone speaks is when we get their name, and never again, like blind people are supposed to be amazing at memorizing voices immediately. And with some 20 odd people talking in this, that’s a lot of voices to memorize. Luckily, you don’t have to. I won’t say he put it before every time someone spoke, because these types of series don’t have that kind of time, but when i realized I was in episodes 5 and 6 and still getting names of people who had definitely spoken before, i was impressed. So, shoutout to Jeff, and the DVW team for that. Diane Newman also did a nice job narrating the series. A strong voice for docuseries, as she feels perpetually neutral and unaffected by the material, which is probably the best course here as I’m sure WWE fans still exist who think Vince is amazing.
