From 'Gaslit' to 'The Duke': T Magazine's picks of the week
Here's what to listen to, watch and read during these long Eid offs!
Song: “Stars In The Sky” By Kid Cudi
A pop synth-driven song that is a single from the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie, and it proves to be another case of Cudi's style creating another spacey trip for his listeners. In the music video, it is a reality-bending of space and dimension travelling, and with the upbeat tune and the fun-loving attitude of Cudi show a trip that is a blast from the past. The chorus is wholesome, and you can tell Cudi has been a long-time fan of the videogame. Even though the song is catered for a young audience, the song is still a vibe.
Show: Gaslit
Based on the podcast, Slow Burn, where it reframes historical moments in a theatrical manner, with this case being about the US Watergate Scandal. The scandal, which happened in January 1972, where the break-in had occurred in the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Watergate and Nixon had become synonymous where it was found that Nixon personally orchestrated the break-in. Starring people like Julia Roberts, Sean Penn and many more, the show takes a row of big-named stars and delivers a series that is both a delightful and compelling retelling of an incident that shook the core of US politics.
Movie: The Duke
A film that is based on the 1961 theft of the Francisco de Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington. Where a 60-year-old taxi driver decides to steal the painting to ransom it then, where the demand was for the government to invest more in elderly care. However, this thoughtful scheme turns out to be a part of a series of lies that give an uplifting story. A comedy paralleled with a sense of drama, The Duke creates a legend for its protagonist, a legend in which lies and truth become a means to an end.
Book: “Jazz” by Toni Morrison
For the incoming International Jazz Holiday, where Jazz takes place in 1926 (the Jazz Age), Harlem, where a door-to-door salesman shoots his teenage lover to death. This novel is done by Pulizter and Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison, where the novel traverses its characters' lives by going forwards and backward in time. This time-travelling aspect of this novel shows the life of African-Americans in the 19th century south to 1920s Harlem. The Nobel laureate has received countless praises for skills in lyricism and characters that emerge the reader into the world of the book. Just as how Jazz is music that doesn't have a set pattern to play, this delivers in a similar manner.
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