In episode 2, Crown and Country, we chatted about the Netflix series The Crown and an oldie but goodie, In the Heat of the Night. Something old, something new.
Episode 2 Crown and Country
We Kept International Idea Going
Living Single
Remember Our First Episode
We talked about two shows that each had a hint of royalty. Sanford and Son which featured Redd Foxx who was comedy royalty. Midsomer Murders which featured detectives from the Crown’s constabulary. If it has comedy or murder, you got us.
Episode 1 The King of Comedy and the Crown’s Constabulary
Our First Season
In this podcast, two sisters chat about iconic television shows and their impact on the African American and American culture. We are available on Stitcher, Apple, Google, iHeart, and Spotify.
Season Finale
In the final show of our first season we tackle a complicated show, The Wire. We examine the complexity of this show and the legacy it has created. Check out our season finale and let us know if we got it right.
Episode When You Walk Through A Storm
Such a Big Story, So Little Time
The Sistas talk about The Wire. Lots of people talk about it. Great actors were a part of it. Is this almost 20 year old story worth your watch. They saved it for the season finale.
Season Finale Episode 10
Season Finale
In the final show of our first season we tackle a complicated show, The Wire. We examine the complexity of this show and the legacy it has created. Check out our season finale and let us know if we got it right.
Episode 10
Sometimes You Got To Be Sneaky
Listen to see what one sister did to the other so she could watch a good story.
Episode 9 Where No One Has Gone
Welcome to August
At UPP Creative Media, we educate, entertain and inform our audiences through various media. In our podcast, TV Talk With the Sistas, we examine the diversity in some sci fi projects. But there are eight other episodes where other topics are discussed. Check them out and send us some feedback on Twitter @TVSistas.
TV Talk With the Sistas Episode 9
New Episode Drops Today
Episode 9 To Sci Fi or Not to Sci Fi, What Do You Think?
The Sistas look at Sci Fi. One likes it, the other does not. Can she be convinced that this genre is worthy of her time. Listen and hear.
Case of the Perfect Attorney
It is like seeing the love of your life before he acquired all of the qualities that endear you to him. That is how this new Perry Mason is hitting me.
I am drawn to the fact that it is set in the 1930s like Erle Stanley Gardner’s books. I like the storytelling from this time period because it is before censors began curating what type of story could be told. Censors decided what the public could see and stayed away from anything that actually reflected society.
This new series gives Mason a backstory that reflects some of the things I learned of him in the 1960 series. As a matter of fact, he lives on the farm where he was raised as the story opens. But one thing this story does, which was hard for me take, is bust up Mason’s perfect image.
This takes my hero and makes him a former soldier of World War I with struggles that made him a divorced deadbeat dad who has a hard time holding down a job. I know right. But Paul Drake is an African American police officer with more morals than Perry in the midst of a corrupt police department. I am all in. Della Street brings in our LGBTQ storyline, which was refreshing because these storylines are usually men.
The main story with the criminal case is very dark, with parents accused of kidnapping their own baby.
In true Perry Mason style, they defend their client with all of the same tricks, but it gives you a glimpse into why Mason does what he does. There are many twists and turns, but worth it.
The biggest flaw in this series to me is cinematic. African Americans are so dark in this series that in some scenes they lose their features. It is just a large black blob. For instance, there is a moment when Drake shows up on Mason’s doorstep. He sits out in the dark with the moon shining on his face. The only features you can make out are the whites of his eyes. I hope the producers understand that it eclipses the actor’s humanity to not make him look attractive like the other actors. I hope they correct this in season two.
Matthew Rhys plays a very troubled brooding Mason with Chris Chalk playing an equally troubled and dissatisfied Paul Drake. I mean you can see where it is leading. But the train ride to getting there is pretty fun.
Each Sunday night they drop a new episode on HBO.
Who Told A Better Story
TV Talk With The Sistas
In this podcast, two sisters chat about iconic television shows and their impact on the African American and American culture. We are available on Stitcher, Apple, Google, and Spotify.
Episode One
The Sistas examine the 1970s hit Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx and the British murder mystery series, Midsomer Murders.
Episode Two
The Girls focus on the Netflix series The Crown and the 1980s crime drama In the Heat of the Night. They find similar qualities in the way they tell their stories.
Episode Three
The Girls focus on the 1980s Norman Lear sitcom The Jeffersons and the Netflix limited series Self Made: The Madam CJ Walker Story. They examine the impact of these stories on African American culture.
Episode Four
The Sistas talk about the James Bond,007 franchise and the impact they think it has had on society and culture. These two Bond lovers go toe to toe over who is the best Bond. They also introduce you to their rating system
Episode Five
The Sistas talk about how shows like Designing Women and Living Single brought a strong message about women from the 1980s and 90s. Even though one show was geared toward a Caucasian audience, the other an African American, they both created moments that are still funny today. They created timeless comedy but uplifted their subject matter.
Episode Six
In this week’s episode, the Sistahs talk about The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Queen Sono which are two shows that have strong African characters in the lead. These shows have women in nontraditional roles and showcase the beautiful land of Botswana and South Africa.
Episode Seven
In our latest TV Talk With the Sistas podcast, we ask the question “Who is the best defense attorney on television?” One sista says Perry Mason, the other sista says Matlock. They present the evidence, you are the jury.
Episode Eight
The Sistas examine the image of the gangster in the African American community with the series Godfather of Harlem and American Gangster.
Listen up…Episode 8
