SummaryThe comedy based on the Blair Tindell memoir "Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music," follows the life of New York Symphony oboist Hailey (Lola Kirke) as Rodrigo (Gael Garcia Bernal), a new conductor who has unique methods, takes over the orchestra.
SummaryThe comedy based on the Blair Tindell memoir "Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music," follows the life of New York Symphony oboist Hailey (Lola Kirke) as Rodrigo (Gael Garcia Bernal), a new conductor who has unique methods, takes over the orchestra.
The plot-heavy episodes hit too many notes, but when the story falls away and the characters are set free to soak in the musical beauty of their world, the show truly sings. [31 Dec 2015, p.55]
The cast, generally, is superior to the complexity of the situations, with the series delivering its most enjoyable moments via interludes that often do little or nothing to advance the plot.
Beyond such winking moments [of insider-ish jokes], though, the second season of Mozart feels slacker than did the first, which was released a year ago.