Renegade Review: Nat Geo's Genius
Welcome Renegade Nation it’s me Naughty Nicole and it’s time for another Renegade Review. And to...
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May 1, 201712m 26sExplicit
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Show Notes
Welcome Renegade Nation it’s me Naughty Nicole and it’s time for another Renegade Review. And today’s escapade is a little off the beaten path, so I hope you guys enjoy the scenery. Today we’re looking at National Geographic’s first foray into scripted programming with “Genius”. And I, for one, believe that their gamble on this idea has paid off admirably. Thanks in part to the brilliant casting and skillful acting that positions Genius to be one of the most richly detailed historical shows.
Genius intends to be an anthology series about the lives of historical figures who fit the title, and the natural choice to kick off the series was the life of Albert Einstein. Now I know a number of you are going to roll your eyes and say “I don’t care for PBS programming”. The thing is, Genius does tell the story in a very dramatic and thought-provoking way, but the portrayal is so filled with heart and sincere moments that you’ll forget your hesitations.
So this season is a dramatization of the life of Albert Einstein, and it’s more than just a wild-haired caricature which most of us have come to know and gives real insight into the young Einstein. Not only did h revolutionize physics, but he also lived through turbulent times including two world wars set against his own eventful personal life. And the show starts off with a bang as we see Einstein’s friend, the German foreign minister, Walter Rathenau, be shot and blown up in his car by a gang of Nazis.
Then we cut to Einstein, played by Geoffrey Rush, in his study, making love to his secretary, Betty, against a blackboard covered with equations. It is June 1922 and he is 43, already famous for overturning the universe with his theory of relativity, being attacked in Germany as the proselytizer of “Jewish science” and in danger of becoming the next Nazi victim.
If your image of Albert Einstein is the sockless frizzy-haired wizard who wandered the streets of Princeton, you might be taken aback to first encounter the great wizard with his pants down. But this is not your parent’s biopic, because it’s time to meet the real guy behind the cuddly accent and the curvature of space-time.
Genius intends to be an anthology series about the lives of historical figures who fit the title, and the natural choice to kick off the series was the life of Albert Einstein. Now I know a number of you are going to roll your eyes and say “I don’t care for PBS programming”. The thing is, Genius does tell the story in a very dramatic and thought-provoking way, but the portrayal is so filled with heart and sincere moments that you’ll forget your hesitations.
So this season is a dramatization of the life of Albert Einstein, and it’s more than just a wild-haired caricature which most of us have come to know and gives real insight into the young Einstein. Not only did h revolutionize physics, but he also lived through turbulent times including two world wars set against his own eventful personal life. And the show starts off with a bang as we see Einstein’s friend, the German foreign minister, Walter Rathenau, be shot and blown up in his car by a gang of Nazis.
Then we cut to Einstein, played by Geoffrey Rush, in his study, making love to his secretary, Betty, against a blackboard covered with equations. It is June 1922 and he is 43, already famous for overturning the universe with his theory of relativity, being attacked in Germany as the proselytizer of “Jewish science” and in danger of becoming the next Nazi victim.
If your image of Albert Einstein is the sockless frizzy-haired wizard who wandered the streets of Princeton, you might be taken aback to first encounter the great wizard with his pants down. But this is not your parent’s biopic, because it’s time to meet the real guy behind the cuddly accent and the curvature of space-time.
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