
EPISODE 1.1
Pretend It’s a City
Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as
... More she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.LessDocuseries on New York City icon, the wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz. From Martin Scorsese.
"For decades, the critic and essayist has been expressing her opinions, sometimes grouchily, always riotously. A New Yorker to the core, Lebowitz has raised straight talk to an art form, packaging her no-nonsense observations about the city and its denizens into a punchy running commentary, one that spares nobody." (Official synopsis)
LessThis is Scorsese’s version of forwarding you an email with a link and insisting that, trust him, you just gotta read it.
Full reviewA tribute to two things Scorsese loves, Fran Lebowitz and New York City, and that affection is contagious for much, if not quite all, of its running time.
Full reviewLebowitz is hilarious, and Scorsese captures her humor, as well as her love of New York City, very well.
Full reviewYields its share of amusing thoughts and wry observations, many of which are worth recording for posterity. But it would take a great pretender to act like it's worthy of the time devoted to them.
Full reviewNothing that Lebowitz says in it does more than provoke, and that's a reflex that fades with overuse.
Full reviewScorsese sets the jumping off points and Lebowitz leaps with often hilarious, reckless abandon.
Full reviewPretend It's a City is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.
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