Some artists are prolific, dealing in quantity as much as quality. Others, the J.D. Salingers among us, parcel out their genius more deliberately. For some it’s not their fault. Who knows how many more movies James Dean would have made had his life and career not ended at 24? Well, he made three movies and they’re all gems.<\/p>\n
It is on that subject that I invoke the name of Nathan Fielder. I’ve mentioned Fielder before<\/a>, he of Comedy Central’s\u00a0Nathan for You<\/em> and HBO’s\u00a0The Rehearsal<\/em>.<\/p>\n And that’s it.<\/p>\n (Yeah, yeah, some minor credits, just like James Dean’s uncredited parts pre-stardom, but who’s counting those?)<\/p>\n Enter “The Curse,” Fielder’s latest and his latest home run. One episode in I was hooked. Unlike Fielder’s other projects he is\u00a0not<\/em> playing himself, but like his other projects it’s best to go in fresh. And let’s just say there’s a lot going on. Knowing that my wife and son would never watch the thing I tried this week to explain to them the first episode. Twenty minutes later I was still talking and hadn’t even scratched the surface.<\/p>\n Do yourself a favor and watch “The Curse,” somehow presented by Showtime or Paramount+ or Amazon prime or some combination of all of those things. It’s what everyone else is talking about, so why not?<\/p>\n And who knows when you’re going to get another Fielder project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some artists are prolific, dealing in quantity as much as quality. Others, the J.D. Salingers among us, parcel out their genius more deliberately. For some it’s not their fault. Who knows how many more movies James Dean would have made … Continue reading