Spider Noir - ★★★☆☆

Who knows the evil that lives in mens hearts? The Spider knows. Not exactly spectacular or amazing, but entertaining enough that I felt good watching it. I heard on a podcast that this probably would not have been made without Nick Cage, and I agree but for large parts of this show it's the other actors who really drove me to watch it. I have been excited to see this for months. I had blocked out time on the calendar, allotted money from my fun fund, told everyone not to bother me for the duration, and even went to bed early a couple nights before so that I was well rested. In the end, I’m treated to a decent TV show. I doubt we’re going to see a second season. The show wants to be a lighthearted adventure featuring “The Spider” living in a 1920ish America and we get to see aspect of it talking about people recovering from World War I and prohibition. It shows a little bit of the racism, police corruption and brutality, and the dehumanization of the poor and powerless. At first, I was…

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