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The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis. The series debuted on Netflix on August 12, 2016, and was cancelled after one season. [3][4][5]
Aug 12, 2016 · Netflix’s “The Get Down” Is the Rare (And Great) Music Drama That’s Actually About Music. A coming-of-age drama anchored in the late ’70s Bronx hip-hop and disco scenes, Baz Luhrmann's...
- Judy Berman
In a way, the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis’ series The Get Down is one of Luhrmann’s most ambitious projects: a dawn-of-hip-hop/golden-age-of-disco snapshot that captures the social urgency of the music while also making it feel like the spectacle that it probably was.
- The freshness of the cast is concerning for anyone who thought they were ‘hip’ Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen F. Guardiola, Skylan Brooks – you probably won’t recognise any of these names because they’re sparkling new and bursting with exuberance.
- Production values so sweet you’ll cry tears of caramel. In case you weren’t aware, Baz Luhrmann has an alarming knack for visuals; with 2001’s Moulin Rouge and 2013’s The Great Gatsby both possessing grandiose settings all deliciously served with eye-popping panache.
- It’s a musical for music lovers with an impossibly addictive soundtrack. Whether re-workings of classic songs or new originals by today’s finest, the show’s soundtrack is a party jukebox crammed with throwbacks and exciting new material.
- The swings from dreamer cheese to sincerity will question your emotional stability. Like many musicals, The Get Down is a massive loving ode to dream chasers which centres around Ezekiel and Mylene Cruz’s bid for superstardom to escape the Bronx.
The second soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis’ series The Get Down has plenty to like: a new Nas track about the ravages of PCP (“Angels With Dirty Faces”), Alessia Cara’s uplifting “The Other Side”—not to mention a reprise of 6LACK and Malay’s “Shaolin’s Theme.”
Aug 11, 2016 · In the 90-minute premiere episode, which Mr. Luhrmann directed (and, with Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and the playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, wrote), the result is relatively painless, even...
Jul 28, 2016 · Created by Baz Luhrmann with executive producers Catherine Martin (a longtime Luhrmann collaborator), Nas, and playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Get Down cast a wide net in its efforts to...
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