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The 10 best TV shows (and 3 best dance sequences) of 2022

This year was supposed to be the year that television nosedived into a creative slump. Worriers theorized that the darkest days of the pandemic had disrupted so many productions that there'd be nothing left worth watching by the time 2022 rolled around: Think of it as the entertainment equivalent of…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022

Little Mermaid’s racist critics pollute magical undersea world with bigotry

If your reaction to little Black girls feeling included is to dismiss is it as ‘woke’, then there is something deeply wrong with you

The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2022

Mo Amer’s ‘Mo’ Is a Love Letter to His Palestinian Heritage and Hometown

Up-and-coming comedian Mo Amer was opening for Dave Chappelle in 2014 when the more established comedian made a suggestion: Amer should make a short film to introduce his act. “I started thinking about the short film. I put it together, I was obsessed. And then I wrote it out and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 13, 2022

Mo review – it is impossible not to become instantly invested in this warm, moving comedy

Palestinian American comic Mo Amer’s semi-autobiographical sitcom about a refugee seeking US citizenship is gorgeously textured, bewitchingly acted – and very, very funny

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022

With Mohammed Amer, ‘Mo’ Means More Love

The Houston comic’s new Netflix show is an immigrant-asylee-personal dramedy that pays tribute to his love of Bayou City.

Texas Observer · Aug 23, 2022