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Posted inHome Viewing, Movies & TV

True TV: ‘The Get Down’ Dramatizes the Rise of Rap; ‘Elvis Lives!’ Digs Up the King

The Get Down (Friday, Aug. 12, Netflix), series debut: It’s the last Prestige TV debut of the summer, and viewers and critics alike are probably going to go easier on Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down than they did on that other high-profile ’70s NYC musical-history tour, HBO’s Vinyl. It’s nearly as messy as that Martin […]

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