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- Yes, Rise threatens to trip over its own earnestness at times, but its heart is in the right place, and the writing is admirably patient. It presents us with characters who seem at first like simple stereotypes — the macho football coach; the bitchy mean girl; the town slut — and then digs deeper to find the complicated humanity underneath.
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Geniune and raw, this NBC drama features an eclectic group of great characters and a strong plot that keeps the proceedings moving along. Rated: 3.5/4 • Nov 24, 2018. Rise is well-written ...
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- March 13, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 · From the opening frames of NBC ‘s new drama Rise — an idyllic panorama of all-American scenery set to lilting guitar — you start to feel that familiar rush: This is Jason Katims country.
- Dave Nemetz
Mar 12, 2018 · Rise is reality-based, adapted from the non-fiction book Drama High, about a seemingly low-wattage high school English teacher named Joe Volpe, who believed his Levittown, Pennsylvania high...
Mar 12, 2018 · “Rise,” a moderately winning drama that follows those familiar contours, will instantly draw comparisons to “Glee,” though it eschews that program’s slick sheen and barbed sarcasm.
Mar 11, 2018 · It’s an unfortunate blind spot, because there’s plenty to admire about “Rise,” the new NBC series from “Friday Night Lights” showrunner Jason Katims, and nearly all of it comes courtesy of the aforementioned kids. When the show, loosely adapted from Michael Sokolove’s non-fiction book “Drama High,” focuses on the young people ...
Rise is an American musical drama television series created by Jason Katims, starring Josh Radnor in the lead role as Lou Mazzuchelli. The series is inspired by the 2013 book Drama High by Michael Sokolove, which focused on real-life teacher Lou Volpe and the famed theater program at Harry S Truman High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania .
Mar 6, 2018 · NBC's musical theater drama 'Rise' has a number of early problems, including a misguided Josh Radnor performance, but it gets better as the first season progresses.
