As such, it won’t surprise anyone that it plays like an extended promotional video, a cross between close-contact hero worship and inspirational infomercial. After hearing from Craig, I have newfound compassion for my three siblings. No more. Her words were scrutinized so closely by the media that Michelle Obama stopped speaking off the cuff, she recalls. By Joel Keller @ joelkeller May 7, 2020 at 5:20pm 342 Shares.

It gets back to mentoring others. “You can start wars, you can crash economies, there’s too much power to be that careless. Biden’s appearance on ABC, moderated by George Stephanopoulos, averaged 14.1 million viewers compared to Trump’s 13.5 million on NBC. Review by Brian Lowry, CNN. That tells you as much about me as you need to know.”. What that chapter is or will be is left open, but, despite her protests to the contrary, Becoming leaves no doubt Obama isn’t exiting stage left any time soon – whether to fulfill many a Democrats’ dreams and return to the White House as the VP to her husband’s VP, or blaze a new path in the culture. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe to The Quint's newsletter and get selected stories delivered to your inbox every day. Available today on Netflix. ‘Becoming’ on Netflix: Film Review Where other docs go deep, Netflix’s Michelle Obama portrait stays shallow, but the former FLOTUS’s inspirational personality comes through loud and clear. Challenging the idea of affirmative action, the Harvard Law School grad — who is a descendant of slaves — tells Gayle King in one of her many celebrity-hosted Q&As, “I have been at probably every powerful table there is in the world. ( Log Out /  But she has more important work to do.

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She’s funny, she’s physical. When Barack Obama earned the Democratic Party nomination, the decision came at the expense of a former first lady, Hillary Clinton. Before Barack Obama was elected, his wife accompanied him on the campaign trail, giving candid speeches. COVID CONVOS — A Mask-Less, Backyard BBQ In The Middle Of A State-Wide Shelter-In-Place Order? Before Barack Obama was elected, his wife accompanied him on the campaign trail, giving candid speeches. For all Becoming’s deceptive opening limitations, I now wonder if there was a long game at play many of us missed in the turmoil of news cycles and tweets. Weaving in meetings with book clubs, church groups, support groups and students, Becoming unveils its true clear and present aim as a not-so-subtle saga of the journey and the battles that women, especially working-class women of color, travel and fight almost as a matter of course every day. Netflix ‘Becoming’ Critics Full Episode Review and Ratings: Becoming, a documentary on former first lady Michelle Obama’s 34-city book tour, dropped on Netflix on 6 May. Robert Lloyd has been a Los Angeles Times television critic since 2003. No more. What’s on TV Saturday; Sunday Talk shows; ‘American Utopia’, What’s on TV Saturday, Oct. 17, plus Sunday Talk shows: “David Byrne’s American Utopia” on HBO, The complete list of L.A. Times’ endorsements in the November 2020 election. 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Disaster funds will help rebuilding and cleanup efforts in the aftermath of several blazes, including the Bobcat and Creek fires. Classic Disney films such as “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan” now include a warning about “negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures” on Disney+. Honest, as any of the millions who have read Becoming, her 2018 book, know about recognizing her own limitations of career, motherhood and an extremely ambitious spouse, Mrs. Obama strips the constricting myth of the super-enduring black woman to reveal the real warrior underneath – though it really takes a while to get there in this documentary. Letters to the Editor: The obvious vice presidential pick for Joe Biden is Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama could say the same: Every president (and FLOTUS) must deal with being criticized on a daily basis, and yet, by virtue of being the first black first family to occupy the White House, the Obamas were held to a higher standard. Review: Netflix’s ‘Becoming’ won’t change your mind about Michelle Obama Michelle Obama waits backstage on her 2019 book tour in a scene from the Netflix documentary “Becoming.” (Netflix) Becoming, a documentary on former first lady Michelle Obama’s 34-city book tour, dropped on Netflix on 6 May. California’s November election will feature 12 statewide ballot measures. The book reflects on how she became first lady; the film suggests she’s still growing as a person, empowering us to do the same. If the words “hope” and “progress” and “change” effectively positioned his presidential run, then “Becoming” seems a perfectly fitting label for Michelle’s own journey.

View more posts. In reversal, Trump administration approves California wildfire relief funding. “I am from the south side of Chicago. Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others during her 2019 book tour for 'Becoming.' For its former members, leaving the NXIVM cult left lasting scars. Just a few of the bodies and lives sacrificed on the toxic altar of American racism in a time when too many naively assumed the nation was moving into a post-racism period. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Among the backstage and onstage scenes, and a visit to a house where she grew up and lived with Barack for a while — where she sits down at a piano and plays a chorus of Vince Guaraldi’s “Linus and Lucy,” the film’s nicest surprise — are scenes in which she meets with small groups of students, or elders, or readers. “Becoming” accompanies Michelle Obama on the 34-city book tour that followed the publication of her memoir of the same name. Still, it feels honest, without oversharing. Where other docs go deep, Netflix’s Michelle Obama portrait stays shallow, but the former FLOTUS’s inspirational personality comes through loud and clear. ‘Becoming’ on Netflix: Film Review Where other docs go deep, Netflix’s Michelle Obama portrait stays shallow, but the former FLOTUS’s inspirational personality comes through loud and clear. JUST WATCHED Former first lady's book is becoming a Netflix documentary. At one point, longtime bodyguard Allen Taylor explains, “The stakes are very high in this job. And so on to 2008, the Iowa caucuses, Millennium Park, the National Mall and “eight years of trying to do everything perfectly,” while being anatomized and magnified, celebrated and vilified and willfully misinterpreted, as when right-wing commentators characterized an ordinary (and pretty adorable) fist bump between the Obamas — the Healthier Handshake Alternative, we know now — as a “terrorist fist jab.” “Through the lies and the stuff they said about us, all we could do was wake up and do our jobs and let our jobs and our life speak for itself.,” Obama recalls. Pretty much neglecting the widespread talking heads of say Hulu’s successful Hillary docuseries (watch that review here), Becoming’s narrative is led partially by the bestseller on which it is based and its subject being interviewed by Gayle King repeatedly, plus marquee names like Stephen Colbert, Tracee Ellis Ross, Conan O’Brien, Reese Witherspoon and, of course, Oprah. If the words “hope” and “progress” and “change” effectively positioned his presidential run, then “Becoming” seems a perfectly fitting label for Michelle’s own journey. Our 44th president’s better and smarter half is as deft verbally as she is with the written word, a gift of which documentary viewers are reminded with this film, directed by Nadia Hallgren.

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