Tune into this series, America, unless you prefer to stay sound asleep.
I'm so grateful to have this very important subject revealed -- somewhat -- to me after all these years. I'm an avid news follower, and after watching these first few episodes of The US of Al, I'm realizing that the news has not covered the war in Afghanistan in a way that informed me about what was actually going on there. Afghanistan has been a buried headline. It's with this series I'm finally getting my first glimpse of this war.
This is a beautifully written and acted episode. It takes us step by step through the two main characters' story arcs, one finally revealing a moment of compassion in a relationship, the other masterfully flipping a deeply moving intensity -- a startling truth about a US promise to our helpers in Afghanistan was described -- seamlessly to a delightful frivolity. It was a high-wire act done with breathtaking perfection.
And loved seeing Jimmy Walker. Also, bravo on the Grenada joke. Grenada was the first time the press was not allowed in, so no one still really knows what happened. Hmmm. Kinda like Afghanistan.
I'm so grateful to have this very important subject revealed -- somewhat -- to me after all these years. I'm an avid news follower, and after watching these first few episodes of The US of Al, I'm realizing that the news has not covered the war in Afghanistan in a way that informed me about what was actually going on there. Afghanistan has been a buried headline. It's with this series I'm finally getting my first glimpse of this war.
This is a beautifully written and acted episode. It takes us step by step through the two main characters' story arcs, one finally revealing a moment of compassion in a relationship, the other masterfully flipping a deeply moving intensity -- a startling truth about a US promise to our helpers in Afghanistan was described -- seamlessly to a delightful frivolity. It was a high-wire act done with breathtaking perfection.
And loved seeing Jimmy Walker. Also, bravo on the Grenada joke. Grenada was the first time the press was not allowed in, so no one still really knows what happened. Hmmm. Kinda like Afghanistan.