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Summary:
The eight-part limited series about the five decade long partnership between choreographer/director Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and Broadway dancer/actress Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams) was based on the biography Fosse written by Sam Wasson.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Music
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Recent Episodes
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S1:E7. Nowadays
Air Date: May 21, 2019
Positive:
21
Mixed:
15
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Apr 4, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Williams conveys Verdon’s star quality without letting it obscure her steely survivor’s core. In Mad Men terms, the character is Joan (an underestimated single mom), Betty (a betrayed wife rebuilding her life) and Peggy (a woman who’s just as talented and driven as any man in her field) in one.
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Apr 9, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Fosse/Verdon can never quite escape its deteriorating orbit, plunging closer and closer to the black hole that is its central subject, because it knows, deep down, how essential he is to American art. That could have tanked the whole project. And yet ... it doesn’t. Because, deep down, this is a fantastic show about a marriage.
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Apr 9, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Sam Rockwell is excellent as the passionate, manipulative, adulation-seeking Fosse. As Gwen Verdon, Michelle Williams is very nearly perfect. ... The bigger issue, and I’m not sure how much it could’ve been avoided, is that the “destructive artist and long-suffering helpmeet/muse” trope gets really freaking old.
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Apr 5, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Fosse/Verdon has some things going for it that held my interest even when the basic plot didn't. The scenes in which the two break out the dance steps for their productions, are fascinating, even if—maybe especially if—you don't give a tinker's dam about scissor kicks or jazz hands.
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The Guardian
Dec 3, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Ultimately, I wished Fosse/Verdon was more focused, that it could bring all its fascinating parts into tighter alignment. But to those who appreciate the art of performance, the strongest piece of the series and the ingredient of entertainment about which it’s smartest, I say: Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!
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Mar 13, 2019
Season 1 Review:
If you're familiar with Bob Fosse's choreography — obligatory "jazz hands!" jokes need not apply — and the who's who of '60s and '70s Broadway and can sing along to the entirety of Sweet Charity and Cabaret and Damn Yankees, there's a lot to enjoy here, starting with Rockwell and Williams. Beyond that, however, the early installments of Fosse/Verdon lean way too heavily on familiar genre tropes relating to self-destructive geniuses and the long-suffering women who love them. The love story of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon should open up as something bigger than just another well-cast prestige TV antihero saga. So far, it hasn't.
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May 29, 2019
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Feb 12, 2023
The performances were outstanding. I got a little tired of the back and forth through time. I recommend it.
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May 29, 2019
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: April 9, 2019
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S1:E7. Nowadays
Air Date: May 21, 2019
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Season 1 Overview