Linda Gioja

A masterpiece. Art rising to meet art, and its creators encompass the humanity of its subjects

Respect. These stories are finally being told — this realized world, the music - music! the words— concise cuts of poetics, the graffiti art and artist, the cons long and short, the heroic, the mentoring subtle, every character’s vivid self. The undertow of the pull-down- all kinds of enemies all the time, but the characters taking it to the Get Down every time. to Baz Lurhmann, every creator, actor, writer and the real people with real lives who made this happen: We. owe. you.

This movie captures the roots and legacy of rock and roll, the subversive power of sex and wild art of the time, the specific majesty and tragedy of Elvis. Its intelligence transcends and includes other versions of the story in outstanding, don’t-change-anything performances, direction, and design

This series is outstanding for its historical detail, complexity, and nuance as well as its imagination of characters and place. It is a rich portrait of a hero, a leader as a real human being that explores his development, his influences, his changing views and capabilities.