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One thing I like to do, before of after watching a new episode of a TV series is to read the reviews online. Some of the reviews are just a recap of what happened in the episode, with no critic or any insight of the author. Let's say that they are just spoilers, a step by step guide to the episode. Those are the ones that we can find online first, just after the episode was aired. Then we have the ones that have a little more thought. I have been fascinated by tales and stories all my life and I think that right now TV series have screenplays as good as movies and theatrical plays.
So as a practice, I will be listing here some recaps and reviews I find online. My goal is to learn how to write a good review, and evetually you'll be able to read an actual review written by yours truly. Until then, I'll share what I enjoyed the most.
For now I will go in order of appearance. Perhaps in the future I will use some kind of measurement.
First, IndieWire: Review: 'Masters of Sex' Season 3, Episode 3: After 'The Excitement of Release,' the Sweet Smell of Success by Matt Brennan
It has spoilers and perhaps you'll enjoy it if you already watched the episode, but it is excellent. There is a perspective there and also there is additional information about the books mentioned, a historic point of view and some brilliant quotes. Here are two as an example:
"Even in a subculture driven by the accumulation of credentials, keeping up appearances is the core prerequisite."
"In the era of "Masters of Sex" as in our own, the sexual revolution remains unfinished."
Second, The A.V. Club: Masters Of Sex: “The Excitement Of Release” - The show depicts just why the study was so important by Gwen Inhat
The author says: "it’s a much better episode than the two that preceded it, adding new characters and old to bolster the excitement of the event we’ve all been waiting for: The release of Human Sexual Response. To underline the importance of the book, the show now offers cautionary tales as subplots: the curious teenager, the bored domestic couple, the closeted older man. To these different scenarios, Human Sexual Response offers not just a solution (for the couple), informative but dangerous knowledge (for the teenager), and the promise of a more enlightened populace (the older man). Framing these subplots in this way not only underlines the importance of the book, but paints Masters and Johnson’s cause as the farthest thing from sordid, into downright noble territory." and I completely agree.
I also agree with Joy's “undocumented spousal abuse” suspicion as well. I thought the husband had actually killed her, to be honest.
Third, The New York Times, of course. excellent Judith Warner in "For Tessa a nightmare homecoming". I like so much the way she writes, and I quote: "With tonight's episode, we finally return to the "Masters of Sex" we've come to love and expect: lots of ambiguity, a touch of creepiness, characters at war with themselves and out of sync with one another, and a combination of disturbing and beautiful visual imagery that you just can't get out of your mind."
And here you can read a 2009 New York Times book review written by Cristina Nehring of "Masters of Sex - The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love" by Thomas Maier
Yes, the book!
Well, this is it for today. Thanks for reading.
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