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 thematic base of the fourth season is delivered most directly in the last of the season’s 10 episodes. Four seasons in is when you’d expect a series to jump the shark--or, in this case, the “sharp”--but the writers have been jumping sharks, real and imagined, all along.
The will they/won’t they element might be gone (for now), but they’re still an exciting pair to watch. It’s a rare thing, to inspire such care from viewers whether they’re coupled or individuals, but Bernal and Kirke’s mix of flirtiness and companionability keeps us invested.
Sometimes Mozart in the Jungle lacks dramatic drive, but that's a small complaint when a show this whimsical treats the characters' struggles seriously while maintaining an infectious joie de vivre. [16 Feb 2018, p.49]
Jungle's charms are plentiful, including vivid guest roles this season by Masi Oka and Michael Emerson, but it's Rodrigo, perfectly described as a "musical, magical elf," who makes it all sing. [5-18 Feb 2018, p.11]