Mainstream television is ripe for propaganda, especially hospital shows. Case in point: "New Amsterdam" on NBC, Season 5, Episode 8, which delves into the negative effects of a high-THC cannabis dose on a teenager.
Was jazz trumpeter and movie star Louis Armstrong an "Uncle Tom"? It's a key point of discussion in Sacha Jenkins' "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" documentary on Apple TV+.
Three women head West from Maryland in 1985 and end up at a Grateful Dead show in Colorado at legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Some four decades later they stage a reunion for "Box of Rain," directed by one of the trio, Lonnie Frazier.
Andrew Dominik's depiction of Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde" on Netflix isn't very pretty, no matter how beautiful the actress was.
The "Mike" miniseries on Hulu takes a critical look at boxer Mike Tyson's controversial career. Predictably, the former champ doesn't care for the truthful depiction.
