DVD Review: This American Life: Season Two: Ira Glass: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: This American Life: Season Two: Ira Glass: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 21 July, 12:55 AM

Product Description
The widely popular, award-winning Chicago Public Radio show of the same name is now a Showtime show. Drawing on a different theme each week, viewers hear compelling stories from everyday folks culled from six months on the road. Host Ira Glass and company create a captivating look at the American Life in a series that’s not quite documentary, not much of a news magazine and definitely not a reality show – it’s simply unlike anything else.

Real life, beautifully filmed,

By David Amann (Redwood City, CA USA) -

I still remember when I first came across the radio show for This American Life. My wife and I were first dating, and, coming back from a movie, we sat in the car from 11pm to midnight, listening to the story that so captivated. In the 12 years since, I have never missed an radio show.

Ira Glass has taken his ear for story and married it to a beautiful eye. Each episode this season is lovingly filmed, the themes running through each episode are familiar, yet meaningful, and the stories will stay with you for most of your life.

From the first episode in the series, “Escape”, which chronicles the life of an young man striving to be on his own but constrained by a disease that leaves him physically helpless, to the last episode in the series, “Meet John Smith”, which chronicles a year in the life of 7 men named John Smith at different ages, this is what you Edward R. Murrow must have hoped TV would become.

Not a wasteland of reality TV shows and laugh tracks, but a respectful and deep record of the dignity and challenges surrounding everyday life.

I got this season on iTunes, but I would highly recommend that you pre-order this season. You will not be disappointed.

Moving,

By Buck-tumo “Buck-tumo” (Melbourne, Australia) -

Why can’t TV shows be made for adults? Why can’t TV shows trust the audience to be intelligent and curious? This American Life is one of the rare shows on TV that aspires to bring something more to the medium.

Subtle, easy-paced, and ultimately, enjoyable.

An Amazing piece of television!,

By Amanda -

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