Pretend It's a City: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: January 8, 2021

Summary: Directed by Martin Scorsese, writer Fran Lebowitz talks about a variety of topics about New York City, including the arts, its subways, Times Square, and tourists.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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The Playlist Jason Bailey

Jan 6, 2021

The resulting series is, like the film [“Public Speaking”] (and its subject) delightfully grouchy, whip-smart, and riotously funny. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

Jan 11, 2021

Pretend It’s a City feels like a gift from the universe — a small, affectionate token that a lover might drop in the mail while traveling the world just to remind you that she’ll be back, and that she’s worth the wait. ... Watching it I felt a strange permission to imagine life returning to normal, as I know it will sometime this year. In my mind, I pretend I’m in New York, and I’m walking up Sixth Avenue, and by chance I look up from my phone — and there’s Fran Lebowitz walking the other way, judging me. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jan 8, 2021

Whether pointing out the irony of art auctions (“people applauded the price” but not the painting) or mocking her horrific luck with real estate, Fran Lebowitz’s delivery is masterful. So, if the first episode hooks you, this is worth binge-watching. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jan 6, 2021

Pretend It's a City is a tribute to two things Scorsese loves, Fran Lebowitz and New York City, and that affection is contagious for much, if not quite all, of its running time. Even the places the series lags a bit are more a product of exhaustion from spending that amount of time with any other person, a sentiment I'm fairly confident Lebowitz would acknowledge. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jan 8, 2021

Lebowitz is hilarious, and Scorsese captures her humor, as well as her love of New York City, very well. You may not want to binge Pretend It’s A City, because one can only take so much “New York humor,” even those of us who know the city well. But it’s certainly worth taking in an episode or two at a time. Read full review

Judy Berman

Jan 8, 2021

Deeply pleasurable. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jan 7, 2021

“Pretend It’s a City” passes quickly, but that’s more condemnation than praise. Nothing that Lebowitz says in it does more than provoke, and that’s a reflex that fades with overuse. Read full review

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UncleWillard

Jan 28, 2021

I'll never understand what anyone finds compelling in anything Fran Liebowitz has to say. She's one of those people who's just an unwarranted celebrity. If she wasn't talking about New York, Chicago or LA, no one would give a **** what she says. She is the embodiment of Katz's deli. NiceI'll never understand what anyone finds compelling in anything Fran Liebowitz has to say. She's one of those people who's just an unwarranted celebrity. If she wasn't talking about New York, Chicago or LA, no one would give a **** what she says. She is the embodiment of Katz's deli. Nice place to get a sandwich, but little or no value culturally.… Expand

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