Black Bird Review
Paul Walter Hauser is best known for his supporting roles in the box office successesI, Tonya—where he met his now-BFF Sebastian Stan—Cruella, and BlacKkKlansman. He also played the title character in Richard Jewell. From a parasocial standpoint, the actor radiates humblenessand kindness, yet has the talent to bring to life the most absurd, and sometimes demented, characters. He achieves that expertly in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Black Bird, where he acts alongside a star-studded cast including Taron Egerton and Ray Liotta.
While Hauser's career-defining performance as the bone-chilling, mind-boggling suspected serial killer Larry Hall deserves a lot of credit for making this show so good, a huge amount of praise is earned by the show's entire cast and creative team. Lately, many true crime television series have gotten the same feedback: the genre is oversaturated and few can offer something that's subversive enough to be a standout. Well, Black Bird is different. The show is brilliantly paced, well written, and balances blush-worthy sincerity with a level of creepiness that'll leave its viewers gagging.
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Based on the novel In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin—which ironically was reviewed back in 2014 as «a real life episode resembling a TV show»—Black Bird follows high school football hero and policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) and his sentencing of 10 years in a minimum security prison due to drug trafficking charges.
Jimmy is cocky and dismissive. He works his charm to get whatever ladies he wants, and he grins at the agents as he is beaten at his own game, arrested, and carted away to
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